St Anton: Austrian Alps Adventure

January 24 - 30, 2011

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Jan 24	Arrival Day
Jan 25 - 27	Ski the St Anton resorts
Jan 28 - 29	Ski off-piste terrain around St Anton
Jan 30	Departure day

As part of the Arlberg mountain range, skiing in St. Anton offers an extensive amount of groomed and ungroomed terrain and a resort height of 1,300m, with a top elevation of 2,800m. The resort and skiing terrain is wide and varied, as skiing in the St. Anton region offers steep challenging terrain, with a huge choice of intermediate and advanced runs, and some of the best off-piste skiing in Austria. 

Our accommodation is the Piltriquitron Lodge in downtown St Anton.
"The Lodge is designed and built in a way that combines clean, modern architecture with warm, comfortable surroundings.  We merge and influence the modernity and quality of Scandinavian architecture with subtle Japanese and Argentine design and photography. There are four bedrooms, each of which sleep two people in very comfortable, hotel quality beds.  The beds can be combined or separated (should two friends not wish to sleep so close). Each bedroom has its own Japanese-style bathroom equipped with shower, sink, and toilet.  And, when you wish to have some privacy from the common area, each bedroom has a flat screen television equipped with cable.  We built the common area with the hope that old and new friends will share meals and recount their ski days in a relaxed environment.  We serve breakfast each morning at a shared table.  And, when your ski day is finished, we have a comfortable sofa and chair that serve as good places to watch ski movies, flip through ski magazines, read books, or take a nap."

The traditional Tyrolean village is attractive and picturesque, with a well-equipped pedestrian centre and a wide choice of shops and restaurants catering for those on a skiing holiday.

We will spend the first three days getting our St Anton ski legs, skiing perhaps the Vallugagrat to the village of St. Christoph or exploring Zurs, Lech, Stuben, St. Christoph, Sonnenkopf (Klösterle) or Zug.  The following two days we will ski with a local UIAGM internationally certified guide who will take us out of bounds/off piste skiing where the weather and snow conditions permit us.  St Anton has some of the best off-piste skiing in Austria and we plan to take advantage of it.

DAILY OVERVIEW
Jan 24  Arrival day.  The two major airports you can fly into in order to get to St Anton are Zurich and Munich.  Make sure you arrive with plenty of time to get to St Anton which takes about two to three hours.  Our accommodation, the Piltriquitron Lodge, is situated right in the town of St Anton.

Jan 25  Day 1.  We will look at the conditions on a daily basis and decide upon our ski day. There are many St Anton resorts that interconnect, so we will do some exploring.

Jan 26  Day 2.  Ski St Anton, St. Christoph, Zurs, Lech, Stuben, Sonnenkopf (Klösterle) or Zug.

Jan 27  Day 3.  Weather permitting we will ski more off-piste terrain and conditions to prepare us for the following two days of skiing.

Jan 28  Day 4.  Skiing with a local UIAGM internationally certified guide, looking for the best off-piste conditions available.

Jan 29  Day 5.  The second day with the guide and we will be looking to ski great powder in the Austrian Alps using the lift system to access terrain.

Jan 30  Departure day.  Back to Zurich or Munich.  Make sure you book a flight that gives you plenty of time for the trip from St Anton to the airport.

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PRICE

$4000/each for 4 people
$3600/each for 5 people
$3300/each for 6+ people

Trip includes: 6 nights lodging in the Piltriquitron Lodge (PL) 6 breakfasts at PL 2 dinners at PL 5 day ski pass 2 days with UIAGM guide 5 days with your hosts Jill and Ross

Does not include: Airfare Airport transfers Lunches Dinners Alcohol

PLEASE NOTE: Like any major resort the skiing can be whatever the weather gives us.  Your skiing ability level should be proficient enough to be able to ski in variable ski conditions and powder, on blue and black terrain.  You should also be able to ski in off piste conditions comfortably.  Skiing Levels 7 - 9 preferred. And you will get the most out of the trip if your fitness is such that you can ski all day long.