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Gateway City: Zürich
Transfer Time: 3 hours
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Beginner/Novice: 20 %
Intermediate: 40%
Expert: 40% |
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For those who followed Austria's first skier, Viktor Sohm and his famous student, Hannes Schneider, St. Anton was the cradle for the founding fathers of modern skiing. Today it's still a small town filled with skiers in the winter months - just a few more, speaking many languages, mixing the old with the new. At a mountain café in late afternoon, a 'tea dance' at the Post or one of the many discos going until the wee hours, you, too, can meet the greats, near-greats and the wanna-bes in this true skiers' resort.
Hannes Schneider started the ski school in 1912 and today its 250 instructors still teach his world-famous Arlberg method. Try it on any of the more than 240 miles of trails or 160 miles of off-piste powder. To enjoy the Arlberg's variety there are more than 88 lifts plus buses linking St Anton with Zuers, Lech, St Christoph, Stuben, and Rauz. Closest to St. Anton are Gampen/Kapall for novices and Grand-Kreuz/Gampen for intermediates. For the 06-07 season the landmark 1937 Valluga cable car was finally retired. They replaced it with high speed gondolas tripling capacity for experts wanting early, one gorgeous spring morning to hit Mattun's corn snow with magical ice-bells tinkling behind their off-piste turns.
For thousands of years, man trudged through what is now St. Christoph atop the Arlberg Pass. Then they were traders and pilgrims on foot, struggling against Nature. Today they're Wall St. traders and powder pilgrims going over the pass with horses named Mercedes and Beamer. In 600 years St. Christoph's original tiny chapel hospice has grown to a hand-sized hamlet catering to men and women of winter questing for the perfect run.
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Not too many years ago this was St. Anton's clinic. Now it's a small, very cozy 15 room hotel run by the doctor's wife ably assisted by her daughter. Because of its 'previous life' most of the rooms are actually balconied suites. In 2007 they renovated the public areas along with the small pool, sauna, and steam bath so they can fill restorative needs on a higher scale. As a garni hotel, Frau Murr only serves breakfast; but rest assured, in case of need, your every care will be attended to and for those who prefer, they have a beautiful apartment châlet just next door.
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The ever-American friendly Montjola is always a welcome treat - perhaps because Peter Nohl spent so many years in Vermont and has a dry, subtle humor that runs through his staff. The Nohls's Bauhaus hotel (built in '91) has 40 lovely rooms with a sauna, steam bath, and fitness. The generations-old, antique-filled chalet (just next door) was for many decades their original small inn so intimately run by Peter's parents. The hotel with the 06/07 season offers free ski storage at the new Galzigbahn cable car. The Montjola's chef, who's also Peter's wife, continues to serve some of the Arlberg's best comfort food to their end-of-day, beat-the-mountain skiers. Ah, yes, the Montjola, truly a family affair!
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For the last couple of years the Hotel Post has re-invested in itself. The bar, restaurant and dining room were redone as well as the bedrooms and in 01-02 they built an indoor pool. But don't think its smiling hospitality was tossed out with the dishwater. Yes, you still get a warm greeting, sparkling service and enjoy more tangible assets: comfortably furnished rooms; terrific cuisine; pool, sauna, hot tub, steam bath, and masseuse; kinder-care for that disco night; and a very central location. Yes, the Post is a St. Anton landmark because it's big and small, old and new, comfortable and very friendly!
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Six centuries ago, a peasant and monk first offered shelter, alms and a chapel to those struggling over the Arlberg pass. Today the Hospiz offers shelter and alms as one of Europe's finest hotels. In proverbial no-man's land, with its long-standing chapel, welcoming warmth and exquisite service, how can we endure winter without visiting this oasis of gourmet delights: a Gault-Millau kitchen and a legendary 70,000 bottle wine cellar? Whose body couldn't be lured to their 21,000 square foot spa with an unlimited variety of cures, treatments, saunas, aromatic steam baths, Jacuzzis, and oversized pool! If preferred, they've ten luxurious apartments, apartments as they ought to be: at the end of the piste and with every possible accoutrement of life's finer side. Dance till dawn peeks over the Valluga, and yes, come to the uniquely wonderful Hospiz!
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