St. Anton Am Arlberg Announces Opening Day - December 2, 2022

St. Anton am Arlberg, the cradle of alpine skiing, has shaped the development of winter sports for more than 120 years. On December 2, 2022, the Austrian mountain region will start a new winter season full of milestones and highlights for guests, spectators and participants from all over the world. In January 2023, the best of the best will once again be at the start of the traditional Arlberg Kandahar race at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Women. Following in the big footsteps of the women's elite, St. Anton am Arlberg, as the location of the FIS Alpine Junior Ski World Championships 2023 under the motto "(Y)our next step", is taking important steps as an international venue for major sporting events. The heart of the Ski-Arlberg region has a total of more than 300 kilometers of marked runs and 200 kilometers of variants in open terrain. Gourmets can look forward to the renovated Galzig restaurants, and the famous Verwallstube will also shine in new splendor. Thanks to hydropower, holidaymakers have been able to reach St. Anton am Arlberg, which has been self-sufficient in energy since 2006, best by taking the climate-neutral train. You can easily plan your journey with the smallest possible CO2 footprint with the newly developed tool "GreTA".www.stantonamarlberg.com

News and highlights in the ski area

Start of the winter season on December 2nd, 2022. As the calendar year draws to a close, a highlight for mountain sports fans is still to come: On December 2nd, winter will return to the “world village” of St. Anton am Arlberg! In the morning at 8.45 a.m. the start of the official lift operation heralds a particularly sporty ski season in the Tyrolean region. Throughout the opening weekend, visitors can test new ski and board models from well-known manufacturers on the slopes of St. Anton am Arlberg free of charge.

Start of winter in St. Anton am Arlberg

• New culinary heights. Kaiserschmarrn or bouillabaisse, toque-awarded cuisine or Tyrolean classics – the gastronomic offer of St. Anton am Arlberg is just as diverse as its ski area. The renowned "Gault&Millau" regularly honors restaurants from the holiday region, which houses a total of more than 90 different restaurants from fine to casual as well as huts for cozy get-togethers. St. Anton am Arlberg is taking the next steps in terms of culinary delights for the 2022/23 winter season with the new construction of the restaurants in the Galzig mountain station, which also includes the popular Verwallstube.
• New driving experience thanks to V-Edge edge grinding. Numerous chapters in the history of winter sports were written in St. Anton am Arlberg. In its function as a pioneer of alpine ski technology, the mountain village has again had an innovation in store for the industry since winter 2021/22. Because the Stanton Service Center, the world's largest workshop of its kind, relies on the revolutionary V-Edge technology from the world market leader Wintersteiger for edge grinding. While the angle varies at the front and rear of the ski, it remains constant in the binding area. The result: grippy edges and effortless turning on the mountain. For beginners as well as professionals, this means a noticeable relief as well as a completely new skiing experience on the slopes of St. Anton am Arlberg.
• Winter adventures in a pack. In cooperation with Wild Paws Adventures, guided husky tours in the Austrian region of St. Anton am Arlberg complete the offer for winter vacationers. Every Monday and Friday morning, vacationers with and without kids accompany the strong-character dogs on foot or on skids through the winter landscape of the Tyrolean mountain village.
• Ladies First at the Arlberg. Upgrade for your skiing holiday: From January 7th to 28th, 2023, female winter sports fans enjoy special advantages in the Tyrolean region of St. Anton am Arlberg. Many attractive additional offers and discounts await you in wellness and shopping, in restaurants and on the slopes as part of the Ladies First weeks . The tourist office gives every lady staying in St. Anton, Pettneu, Flirsch or Strengen a personal “Ladies First Book” and a small welcome gift.
• Nothing for those inexperienced in alpine skiing. The starting point of one of the most beautiful winter climbing routes in Tyrol is at the Riffelbahn II mountain station on the Rendl (2,645 meters) above St. Anton am Arlberg. Secured throughout with a wire rope, tour fans commit the 850 meter long, high-alpine ridge crossing from there. The view extends over the entire Verwall Group and the Lechtal Alps, and even as far as South Tyrol when the weather is nice. Arriving at the Rossfallscharte (2,732 meters), skiers' hearts beat faster when the descent through open terrain finally beckons. Guided tours and equipment can be booked at the ski schools in St. Anton am Arlberg.

Arrival and service

• New travel planning tool. Thanks to GreTA (Green Travel Alternatives) , holidaymakers can coordinate their trip to St. Anton am Arlberg from the first to the last meter - with the aim of leaving the smallest possible CO2 footprint. GreTA always suggests the most sustainable option first, finds the best time to depart and has integrated other options - both local public transport and international transport connections and hotel shuttles.
• In the Nightjet to the snow. The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) are also offering special combination tickets for guests from certain regions in winter 2022/23. You can travel comfortably from Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Vienna or Graz to St. Anton am Arlberg without traffic jams and in a climate-neutral manner. The Nightjet combination ticket includes the train journey (back and forth) in the ÖBB Nightjet including seat reservation, 3- to 6-day lift pass and transfer to the desired hotel in the Tyrolean mountain village.
• Directly to the village center by train. St. Anton am Arlberg in Tyrol is an attractive destination for rail travelers from all over Europe. The mountain village is a Railjet station, there are seven direct connections from Vienna and Zurich per day. The St. Anton am Arlberg Tourist Association operates the local train station counter as an additional service center. In the entire holiday region, overnight guests can reach their destination without a car: a sophisticated bus system ensures maximum mobility from and to all districts and surrounding regions in the Stanzertal. By the way: If you live in St. Anton am Arlberg, you can reach everything on foot anyway due to the short distances.

Via St Anton am Arlberg. As the "cradle of alpine skiing", St. Anton am Arlberg is one of the most renowned winter sports resorts in the world. Piste and freeride fans from more than 50 nations visit the mountain village and its ski area with a total of more than 300 kilometers of marked runs, 200 kilometers of open terrain and 87 lifts and cable cars every year. "Ski Arlberg" stretches from St. Anton in Tyrol via Lech and Zürs to Warth and Schröcken in Vorarlberg. Cross-country skiing, winter hiking or a ride on one of the five winding toboggan runs in the region are just as much a part of St. Anton am Arlberg as events with a cult character, international world cup races or the multi-award-winning Tyrolean cuisine.