Ski Arlberg (St. Anton, St. Christoph, Stuben)

Very beautiful and big resort giving a lot of opportunities. Prices are high (ski pass, food and drinks on the slopes) but this is well known. Slops are medium difficult in general but good maintained. Some signs on the slopes could be improved a little bit. Villages around the resort are amazing and each of them are giving different look. No problem with parking anywhere. All slopes were open in February.

Spectacular skiing. The resort is absolutely massive, we could barely make it from one side to the other in one day, if you spent a week here you would hardly be able to get to all of the pistes. The abundance of high speed lifts and gondolas also ensured that we essentially never had to wait to get in some wonderful skiing in a gorgeous location.

The skireaort itself is really good, but the service, particularly the policy that ski passes are non-refundable is appalling. I had a personal emergency where i had to head back hone a day early with my wife and kids, the ticket office at the Galzigbahn at St Anton refused to support in any way (no refund, or pushing out the remaining tickets to a later date), despite a manager escalation. The manager was completely uninterested and said he couldn't do anything to help. Given the price of the tickets this lack of customer obsession is very disappointing. I am truly irritated and said at this clear display of understanding and empathy with customers.

Beautiful but NOT for beginners First of all the area is stunning, the scenery the buildings - everything is like something from an Alpine postcard. Every restaurant we ate in over a week long trip was fantastic, however expensive, with the Post and Hotel Krone being our favourites. Our hotel, Garni Schneider, was in a perfect location for the ski lifts and restaurants. One thing the resort overall is is missing is bars and a bit of nightlife. Now the important part, skiing. This is 100% not a resort for beginners. If you read some of the reviews at 3 stars and below you will see the same comments. I class myself as a beginner having learned on artificial snow slopes and then having been on two prior ski holidays to Morzine, France. In Morzine I was comfortable on ALL of the blue slopes and even managed to challenge myself on a couple of red slopes. In Oberlech I couldn’t do the blue slopes, or when I did some of the “easier” ones (210) I was not able to enjoy them. The run down to Lech town was very steep and by 2pm covered in moguls (see photos). There are also a lot of really experienced skiers there who will zoom past you on the blue slopes. Nothing at all against them, but it does make it even harder. There are other things to do like nice walks, gondola rides, tobogganing and St Anton is a nice little town not too far away. Another tip is to bring cash, anything under 10 Euros and they don’t accept card in Austria. Taxis and buses are cash only. If you are an experienced skier, you will love this place! I was jealous of all those making it look so easy! :-) If you’re not and you want to enjoy the skiing, don’t go. Lots of the reviews on websites will say that it is good for beginners, it’s definitely not. Also worth noting that there are no green runs in Austria.

Lech is Topnoch skiing area. Wide slopes, super groomed slopes and super good vibe in the restaurant. We really enjoyed it! It is true not a beginner friendly skiing slops.

One of the oldest and biggest ski resorts in Austria, comprising a total of 5 towns and their areas. You can tell it's old since some of the original buildings of the former villages are still standing. This is actually quite scenic, as is the whole area. St. Anton is also well known to tourists mainly due to international winter sports events so be prepared for bigger crowds during peak times. You'll find a big number of slopes of which many in my opinion are quite narrow for the mass of people going there. The pistes are nevertheless well groomed. Blue slopes can be rather steep already so be sure to have some experience before going. Food quality is OK, but expensive. The ski pass is one of the most pricy I bought, even parking in the towns is charged (when it's still free in most other resorts in Austria). Conclusion: as it goes for clothe brands and known tourist areas, you mainly pay a high price for the name. But you'll find similar or even better areas for a lower price in the same region. Unless you fancy the chic aprés-ski scene, then it's one of the on-vogue places to go (together with Ischgl and Obertauern).

Top reasons to go? Amazing ski area with modern infrastructure and some of the longest runs in the world. Quality restaurants and authentic mountain huts are everywhere for a nice lunch, schnapps or dinner. The town center of St Anton is, as expected, a little pricey but if you are on a budget there are still places where you can find some nice value. We stayed for a week and certainly did not run out of things to do for the first time...

Ski resort with famous name but the operation lacks compared to other ski resorts. It seems to me that when there is snow during the night it takes them too long to open. Also, when there is no operation, anybody will tell you the current status. We took ski bus to Stuben, they tell us that we have to take the ski bus to Lech. This ski bus schedule is once per hour and it just left. So we go back to the hotel to drive the car. 30 minutes later we check the ski lift status and ski lift is open. Terrible experience. I am not coming back. Summary: Pistes: 4* - can be challenging Operation: 1* Ski lifts: 3* - not the newest ones, some places are queued due to small capacity Food: 2* - overpriced compared to Sella Ronda (Lech and Zurs)