I’ll be there the last week of February and into the beginning of March. We might be there at the same time!
I’ll throw a few tips out there from when I was in the Arlberg in 2017…so keep in mind things may have changed since then. Last time we stayed in St. Anton for a week, and only really got to see from St. Anton to Lech (with only a little of Lech), we didn’t make it to any of the small areas in the north. This is why we’re heading back and staying more centralized in the region. While our focus will be seeing the areas we didn’t see much or any of (Lech, Zug, Warth, etc), I’m sure we’ll hit a few favorites on the south side as well.
A few recommendations and thoughts on the southern parts of the resort:
- There’s only one route between Zurs and Lech. It’s a red route than can be often closed for avalanche danger after new snow. Getting from Lech to Zurs involves a couple lifts (and a T bar)…a bit challenging to map out, but doable. We didn’t do either of these routes when we were there due to timing, so I can’t speak of their difficulties from experience. We ended up taking the bus between the two towns, which was really easy.
- As noted above, the bus routes throughout the Ski Arlberg towns are easy and convenient if you get stuck at the end of the day, or want to start in a different town, sometimes a bus is easier than trying to navigate the trail system.
- Steuben and Rendl were two areas that were mostly uncrowded, despite some crowds in the busier towns/lifts. However most of their lifts are slower fixed grips (probably why they stay uncrowded). If you don’t mind slower lifts, I really enjoyed both areas. My husband and I enjoyed Rendl enough to name our dog after it.
- If you’re looking for an apres scene (or even if you aren’t) , the Krazy Kangaroo and Moserwirt in St. Anton are quite the experience.
- We generally found a restaurant in whatever town we were in to eat lunch…everything we found was amazing. I don’t really recall any of the names specifically, but if you want more detail, I could probably find them on a map.
- There’s a restaurant in St. Christophe with a slide to the bathroom, which was pretty cool…food was good there too. With a little Googling, I’m sure you could find the name pretty quickly.
- We’re staying in a little hotel, and similar to last time, they include dinner so I don’t have much experience on that side of things.
- Taking the tram to the top of the Valluga is well worth it for the views on a bluebird day. We didn’t go to the lookout on the very top (via the 5 person gondola), but might this time around for the experience.
Good chance I’ll think of some other things and hoping to hear some more recommendations from the hive here.
