The Montafon valley in south Vorarlberg, Austria, is easy to get to. With a choice of three airports within 100-170km, transfers by road or rail take less than two hours. Montafon is good for weekend skiing and short breaks as...
Montafon
Montafon ski resorts in the south-western corner of Vorarlberg, Austria, are surrounded by three mountain ranges – chalk cliffs of Rätikon to the north-west, the Silvretta mountains (with glaciers and 80 peaks over 3000m) to the south and Verwall north-east, with many iconic mountains including Zimba, Drei Tűrme (Three Towers), Madrisa, Pateriol and highest peak Piz Buin 3312m.
While the skiing is mostly between 1600-2400m, which is not particularly high, low pressure systems blowing in from the Atlantic bring substantial precipitation and, when they reach Vorarlberg, regularly dump snow on the Rätikon, Silvretta and Verwall mountain ranges surrounding the Montafon valley, resulting in above average snowfall and a long ski season from early December until late April.
Montafon’s marked ski runs are predominantly red and blue, and especially good for intermediates and beginners but there’s plenty of challenging off-piste skiing including some of the best ski touring in Europe. The snowboarder friendly ski areas feature one of Europe’s top snowparks and around 30 mountain restaurants (mostly with sun terraces) and an efficient lift system now benefiting from substantial investment in new lifts.
Montafon is easy to get to and there’s lots of reasonably priced family friendly accommodation – most of it in Schruns, St Gallenkirch, Gaschurn and Gargellen – along with 219km of well-groomed pistes and plenty of activities for non-skiers.
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Montafon has a wide range of accommodation from reasonably priced 4-star hotels to self catering apartments in the 11 ski resort villages along the 39km long Montafon valley. These are at altitudes between 650m and 1450m. Accordingly, where you stay...
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Montafon Ski Area Montafon in Vorarlberg, Austria, offers good skiing and boarding for all ability levels. There are 219km of marked downhill ski runs, mostly between 1600-2400m and a modern ski lift system of 61 ski lifts covered by a...
Montafon Ski Lifts & Lift Passes Montafon ski region has a modern ski lift system serving 219km of marked runs in four main ski areas. There are 4 cable cars, 10 gondolas, 25 chairlifts and 22 surface lifts (drag lifts...
Montafon Beginner Skiing Montafon has plenty of runs for beginners. Nearly 50% of the groomed pistes are blue and competent beginners can enjoy long top-to-bottom descents on Hochjoch and Gargellen. The longest of these is a 12km long easy run...
Montafon Intermediate Skiing Montafon is good for intermediate skiers and boarders. Around 35% of 219km piste skiing is graded red and 50% blue and there are long (8-14km) descents from top to bottom of each of Montafon’s four main ski...
Montafon Advanced Skiing Montafon ski pistes are mostly red and blue, with black runs amounting to only 15% of groomed runs, but with 80 peaks over 3000 metres there are some excellent off-piste possibilities including some of the best ski...
Montafon Off-Piste Skiing Montafon's above average snow record and long ski season usually means good opportunities off-piste in and around the main ski areas. Montafon is best known, however, for excellent ski touring including including ski touring on glaciers and...
Montafon Mountain Restaurants Montafon has upwards of 20 mountain restaurants in four main ski areas, ranging from the unusually big but satisfying Nova Stoba restaurant in Silvretta Nova to small traditional huts in Gargellen, nearly all of which have sun...
Montafon Villages Schruns is the biggest ski resort in Montafon in addition to which there are ten other ski villages - St. Anton im Montafon, Bartholomäberg, Vandans, Tschagguns, Silbertal, St Gallenkirch, Gortipohl, Gaschurn, Partenen and Gargellen. No matter which village...
Montafon Other Activities Montafon has lots of activities besides alpine skiing ; including cross-country, ice-skating, winter walking, snowshoeing, tobogganing and sleigh rides as well as cultural and historical tours and there’s plenty of choice for non-skiers. Cross country skiing in...