off-piste in St Anton

St Anton Off Piste

There are plenty of opportunities to ski ungroomed snow throughout the St Anton ski area especially either side of the high altitude ski routes Schindlerkar and Mattun.
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Off the back of the Valluga

St. Anton’s ‘off the back’ is legend and can be crowded on a powder day, but these ‘must do’ descents are worth skiing even many days after a fresh snow fall, especially the mighty Valluga descent to Zürs. The gut-wrenching Valluga summit descent into the Paziel-Tal to Zurs is world famous for being one of the “must ski” off-piste descents accessible from a lift station and justifiably so more...

Off the back of Rendl

St Anton's Rendl mountain really comes into its own when you want to start venturing farther away from the lifts with a number of short side-stepping climbs allowing access excellent hidden off-piste stashes. Rendl's many 'off the back' options include the Hinter Rendl bowl, the challenging North Face and scenic silence in comparatively gentle Rossfall more...

Off the back of Schindler and more

High on Schindler challenging off piste descents can be accessed by experts from the top of the liftstation with varying degrees of difficulty and in all cases they seem a lot steeper standing at the top than when viewed from the bottom up. A choice of equally steep and narrow fenced-off couloir descents run down Schindler's west facing slopes and on powder days in safe conditions Schindler's southern slopes offer good deep snow possibilities more...

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Avalanche gear

Away from the marked runs, you depend on your friends and your equipment should anything go wrong.

Make sure you have the best gear, available from Facewest.

Avalanche guide

Some passages in this section are extracted from Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Tremper, Director of the Utah Avalanche Center.
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