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St. Anton Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for St. Anton Ski Resort

St. Anton Ratings

Overall: 4.1. Based on 53 votes and 85 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.3

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • St. Anton is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.6

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • St. Anton has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 4.5

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.2

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 4.0

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of St. Anton

Public Transport: 4.6

  • There are no buses or taxis to St. Anton
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.5

  • No places to stay in/near St. Anton
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.2

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 4.6

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in St. Anton

Ski in/Ski out: 4.1

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 3.8

  • There are no child care facilities at St. Anton
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 4.3

  • St. Anton relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 4.1

  • There are no snow groomers at St. Anton
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at St. Anton are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.5

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • St. Anton is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 3.5

  • If snow conditions are poor at St. Anton, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 4.4

  • St. Anton usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 4.1

  • The staff at St. Anton are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at St. Anton are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.3

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.5

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.8

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 3.1

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.2

  • No intermediate terrain at St. Anton
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 4.7

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 3.3

  • Not even a kicker at St. Anton
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 3.7

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around St. Anton
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 3.5

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • St. Anton has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 4.3

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 4.4

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 4.8

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 4.1

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 3.6

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 3.6

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 3.9

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 3.7

  • Overall, St. Anton is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 3.9

  • Overall, St. Anton is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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February 10, 2009
Ben Postans from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
I believe that stats are needed in order to account for the avalanche deaths at St Anton. The theft issue could happen in any resort and has happened to my friends and as for the air lift, if you're going to be rescued then what a way to do it, from those helicopters. I don't think you can find a lift service better anywhere in Europe. In St Christoph they provide fleece blankets at the bottom of the chair lift. The ski area offers great variety to skiers and boarders. The town has a great atmosphere. The Rendl has live acoustic music during the day. I'm going in 2 weeks time for my 4th time and it won't be the last. St Anton rocks.
February 05, 2009
nick
St Anton is an excellent resort with very, very friendly and helpful local people. As for the cost of being rescued from the mountain, pay 12 euros when buying your ski pass for a full week's cover against such eventualities. The resort has great runs, an enormous selection of areas to ski and a wide variety of skiing to suit all levels. The night life at St Anton is there as much or as little as you would wish.
February 03, 2009
Wizard from Ski Switzerland Switzerland
Overall, I wouldn't recommend St Anton. It's true, there is a lot going for it. The people are friendly, the bars are quite lively and attract a good crowd, restaurants cater for all tastes, the off-piste is great when it gets going, access to St Anton is good with the tunnel & train, and joining lift ticket to other areas is great. The snow-making in 2009 has also gone up a level. However, there is so much more that can be done to make it better, yet no one seems interested. 1. Avalanche deaths - obviously this is bad for publicity, but cover-ups don't help anyone. People will go off-piste and need to be fully aware of dangers. All the risks need to be broadcast. 2. Helicopter evacuation - get ready to drop a thousand euros if you have any accident. Almost all evacuations are done dangling from a wire under a helicopter. Great for pilot/rescue training. Not so good for your back pocket or vertigo. 3. Dangerous points - there are known tight parts on the pistes (e.g at the end of Steissbachtal, last corner down to Nasserein) that should be widened, but year after year nothing changes. Same thing with the flat parts under Ulmer Hutter and the turn-off to the Mattunbahn, with people carrying too much speed trying to avoid stopping. 4. Skiing on Rodelbahn - a pet hate of mine, yet no one seems interested in enforcing this as a non-ski area. The last thing kids want on their sleds are stupid skiers and boarders flying past, especially on all the blind hair-pin corners. 5. Skiing in restricted areas - another pet hate, and mostly boarders to blame here. No one seems to interested in enforcing this either. The forest above Nasserein would be a good place to start. 6. Reporting theft - obviously people have to secure there equipment properly. But if you ever become a victim then don't expect much help from the police. They apparently view such events as a waste of their time and feel it an imposition to file a report or prepare something for your insurance company. 7. Wastes of money - seems the money not spent on improving the above dangers are wasted on other things. Examples that quickly come to mind are the V-tunnel moving carpet at Rauz and the safety red/green lights as you get to the top of may lifts (and now being advertised on TV). Surely this cash could be diverted somewhere more useful. 8. Town council is petty - a visitor here for a week may not notice but other people do. Excessive restrictions on property ownership, having to register for every night of your stay, restricting bar operations only for some operators, etc. Petty and mean. St Anton is a good resort, although definitely not for beginners. But, in any case, I recommend you take you hard-earned tourist dollars and spend them where they are more appreciated.
February 02, 2009
Simon from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
St Anton is a strangely addictive place. There are lots of off-piste, with good food and great night life. Kind of a decent all rounder of a place. The best thing about St Anton is that we have never been let down for great powdery snow at any time. Guess that's why so many national ski teams train locally. I board and it's a much better place for boarding than the more popular boarder resorts, mainly because St Anton is focused towards skiers. This means that a lot of the off-piste remains untouched. Rendl is the best off-piste area I have ever found in Europe. Try a Jagertee at the Hotel Anton - if you can bear to drink it.
January 17, 2009
De Jannen from Ski France France
St Anton is great. Great pistes for skiing and for boarding, Superb apres-ski. For pictures and movies go to www-dejannen-nl
January 10, 2009
Barnsey from Lancashire from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
I've been skiing for years now and have been all over - USA, Canada plus loads in Europe - the sad thing for me is that I didn't come across St. Anton sooner. In my view the restaurants were plentiful and of a superb standard (the Austrian nation really cares about their food), the skiing was to die for, snow conditions great, the sun was shining, the apres- ski at the Mooserwirt was top class; full of well mannered and educated people having a great time whilst on their holidays. Oh and as well as 'drunken Brits' there were drunken French, Danish, Swedish, Norwegians, Americans, Italians, Germans, Austrians and Swiss, need I go on. Blame it on the champagne - goes straight to your head when you're up the mountain.
January 09, 2009
Big Al from Ski USA - Hawaii USA - Hawaii
St Anton rocks BIG style. The place speaks for itself: great skiing, great people, great day/night life, 100% awesome. Go there and enjoy.
January 09, 2009
allen burton from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Who needs a mathematical solution to St Anton; my theory is great snow + great atmosphere + lots of booze + hot females = 1 helluva place: 10/10.
December 05, 2008
JD from Ski Switzerland Switzerland
Right, yup I live in the BVIs but still like my snowboarding and, with friends in Europe, St Anton has been a place I've ended up going to a few times (3 I think - can't remember exactly as the shots are strong there and have affected my memory). It's a huge area with lots to ski/ride. But, I've decided not to return there. A few reasons, 1. Yhe bars are a bit limited and you must get absolutely smashed whether or not its dumping snow or not and gonna be a powder day the next day (or maybe thats just my buds from the UK). 2. It's definitely more set up for skiers, the piste gets smashed into mogul fields most days by the Euro skiers, so not so great on a board. 3. The lower slopes into St Anton face the sun and melt a lot so you find yourself riding surrounded by brown fields (this has happened every time to me, in February, March and April, so not so great. 4. There always seems to be some crappy bug going around that everyone gets. Oh and the run down the back to Lech is way too packed with a lot of people disregarding beginners - not good. To balance it out - the pros about St Anton are: 1 That it's great for drinking - Krazy Kangaroo and the Mooserwirt are on the slopes. So you party and get smashed then ride down to town - have seen a lot of accidents from people doing this, but it's good fun. 2 It's a big area, so you can go over the back and ride to Lech and Zurs, which are good areas with real nice restaurants. 3 When it does snow it can be really good. 4 It's only an hour from the airport at Innsbruck. So I guess if you like getting smashed, big areas to ski/ride and nice restaurants you should definitely go. If you don't like moguls, riding surrounded by brown fields and packed runs whilst doing it with a crappy cold bug thing - don't go.
October 30, 2008
St Anton Rocks from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Mr Average from Canada - I don't understand your review of St Anton, I have been there every year for the last 6 or 7 and would not go anywhere else. I have never been lost of restaurants to eat in - how many dinners do you eat a day !! The snow is fantastic, the runs, yes, can be narrow in places but the area is huge. Maybe you wrote the review after being out with all us drunken Brits and felt a little worse for wear in the morning !!