Ski Arlberg

The famous skiing area at the Arlberg mountain is considered “the cradle of skiing”.

Ski Arlberg comprises two skiing areas, Ski Arlberg Ost round St. Anton am Arlberg, St. Christoph and Stuben, as well as Ski Arlberg West in the area of Lech, Oberlech and Zürs. Only St. Anton am Arlberg and St. Christoph are located in North Tyrol, as the other above mentioned villages belong to Vorarlberg. Here, at the Arlberg mountain, skiing has got a very long tradition. Already in 1884, the emperor had a railway line built in this place, so people could access this area for skiing. In 1901 the Arlberg Ski Club was founded, and in 1936 the first ski lift was put into operation at the Arlberg mountain. Before people simply walked up the slopes on foot. The ski pioneer and founder of the ski school Arlberg, Hannes Schneider, also comes from this area. Still today, this period of time is illustrated in the ski and folk museum St. Anton in the Kandahar building.

Today the skiing area is above all famous for the speed race track at the Rendl, the area for children in St. Anton and the Stanton Park for boarders. Ski Arlberg has also been awarded “Top Freeride skiing area 2009″ (by the ADAC Guide) and became “Top Resort Winter” in 2007/08, for the 6th time. Particularly worth noticing is the valley station of the Galzigbahn funicular in St. Anton, which is a rather futuristic building. This construction won the “INTERNATIONAL Chicago Architecture AWARD 2007″ as well as the first Austrian Steel Prize (1. Österreichischer Stahlpreis).

Altitude: 1,300 - 2,811 m asl
Km of ski slopes: 278 km
Lift facilities: 91
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