Ski Guides St Anton

The Ski Slopes

The main slopes are essentially open: only the lower Gampen runs and the run from Rendl to the valley offer much shelter from bad weather. St Anton vies with Val d'Isre for the title of 'resort with most underclassified slopes'. There are plenty of blue pistes that would be red in many other resorts, and plenty of reds that would be black although, paradoxically, none of the blacks is seriously steep. Reporters regularly complain of poor and limited piste grooming. St Anton's slopes make up a large linked area with three main sectors Valluga, Galzig and Kapall-Gampen. If the weather is coming from the west or north-west (as it often is), St Anton and its neighbours get heavy falls of snow. It often has much better conditions than other resorts of a similar height, but many of the slopes face south or south-east, causing icy or heavy conditions at times. Queues are not the problem they once were, thanks to continuing lift upgrades, but there are still problems up the mountain.