St Anton Am Arlberg Ski Schools

St Anton Am Arlberg Ski Schools

St Anton is justifiably proud of its ski schools which deliver consistently high standards of ski instruction and mountain guiding by some of Austria’s best ski instructors and guides.

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Group Adult Ski Lessons in St Anton Am Arlberg

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Group Kids Ski Lessons in St Anton Am Arlberg

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Private Adult Ski Lessons in St Anton Am Arlberg

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Private Kids Ski Lessons in St Anton Am Arlberg

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Private Off Piste Skiing in St Anton Am Arlberg

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Private Snowboard Lessons in St Anton Am Arlberg

St Anton Ski Schools

St Anton ski schools offer a full range of expert instruction in skiing, snowboarding, cross-country and snowshoeing, including group skiing and snowboarding lessons for adults and children as well as private lessons, and guiding. 

Three categories of ski schools include “comprehensive ski schools” (the main ski schools); smaller “section ski schools” (offering ski lessons for all abilities, including guiding off-piste); and over 30 individual instructors operating as “one-person ski schools”.

Two leading St Anton ski schools – the Arlberg Ski School and Ski School St Anton – employ over 360 ski instructors and guides, the vast majority speaking good English as well as German, and providing the highest standards of ski instruction for all ability levels. Some also offer snow sports for people with disabilities, and three St Anton ski schools also offer childcare. including lunch if requested. Main ski school groups meet at the assembly point of the Children’s World in St. Anton (opposite the Gampen chairlift) and in Nasserein at the children’s area (bottom lift).

Arlberg Ski School

Founded in 1921 by St Anton’s most celebrated ski teacher Hannes Schneider who pioneered the downhill ski technique, the Arlberg Ski School employs over 300 instructors,  recognisable by their blue and yellow ski suits. Lessons range from beginner to expert level for both skiers and boarders.

Offering group lessons (minimum 5 participants) in skiing and snowboarding for adults, teenagers and kids, private lessons and guiding on- and off-piste, including ski and snowboard tours, helisking, as well as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Main office on Kandaharweg (opposite the Gampen chairlift), with satellite offices in the pedestrian zone in St Anton, at the lift station in Nasserein and in St Christoph.

Address: Kandaharweg 15, 6580 St. Anton.
Tel: +43 5446 3411.
Web: www.skischule-arlberg.com

Ski School St Anton am Arlberg

Founded in 1986, the smaller Ski School St Anton am Arlberg has about 60 instructors, also wearing blue ski suits, but with red flashes.

Closely associated with the Arlberg Ski School, the Ski School St Anton offers group or private courses for all levels of skier and snowboarder. Group courses for adults (minimum 5 participants), grouped according to ability (four levels) for 1-5 days, and children’s lessons according to age (4 years, 5-11 and 12-17 years) as well as ability.

Address: Kandaharweg 10, 6580 St. Anton.
Tel: +43 5446 3563. Web: www.skistanton.com

Skischule Alpine Faszination

Alpin Fascination is a small independent “ski school” of four instructors guides specialising in freestyle rides and jumps as well as ski touring, helisking/boarding, and ski mountaineering on Rendl..

Offering group lessons for skiers and boarders (4-8 participants), freeride camps for teenagers (4-7 participants) and group courses for ski touring and off-piste (maximum 7 participants per group). Also, private lessons for skiing and snowboarding, private Freeride courses (minimum 2 participants) and private lessons for 1-2 children. Meet at the nearest lift station or children can be picked up from your hotel.

Director: Daniel Federspiel.
Mobile: +43 676 630 2136.
Web: www.alpine-faszination.at

Alpin Ski School / St Anton Classic

St Anton Classic is an independent ski school formed in 2009 by an association of former employees of the Arlberg Ski School, including some of its most experienced instructors. Recognisable by their green and white ski suits, all are highly regarded local instructors and guides who have lived in St Anton for most if not all of their lives and who prefer to operate independently of the main ski school, and with a sense of ownership.

Offering guiding on-piste and off-piste for private groups 4-7 people and 2-6 hours per day, to fast-track you to the best routes, huts and slopes, or to discover untouched powder in St Anton and the Arlberg. Safety equipment included for off-piste excursions from “beginner” to expert level. Also, ski and snowboard lessons and technique training for beginners, advanced skier and families according to your needs. St Anton Classic instructors and guides will meet you either at your accommodation or other preferred meeting place in St Anton.

Director: Jürgen Pirker.
Tel: +43 5446 3311.
Web: www.arlbergclassic.com

Ski School Pettneu

If staying nearby St Anton in Pettnau, the Ski School Pettneu offers private lessons in skiing and snowboarding for adults and children, and guided ski safaris around the Ski Arlberg area.

Director: Stefan Falch.
Mobile: +43 699 153 41 909.
Web: www.schischule-pettneu.at

St Anton Mountain Guides

Qualified mountain guiding is offered by the ski schools and by specialist independent mountain guiding companies, including Piste to Powder, which is recommended.

Piste to Powder Mountain Guides

Founded by Graham Austick in the early 2000s and now owned by Florian Klarer, Piste to Powder is a team of 20 IFGA mountain guides who will guide you to the best snow and the best off-piste terrain in the Arlberg. Offering off-piste skiing for three levels of ability – entry level, intermediate and advanced off-piste – their Open Group system allows you to ski more and pay less! All day guiding from €159 per person per day, and discounts for multiple day bookings.

• Entry level: competent piste skiers with very little or no off-piste experience;
• Intermediate: comfortable skiing moderate off-piste terrain; and
• Advanced: off-piste skiers happy to ski steeper lines at a fast pace in all conditions.

Intermediate and advanced levels also require a good level of fitness. Expect lots of fun, laughs and great days with like-minded skiers. Meeting point outside Anton Bar, opposite the Galzigbahn, at 8:45 am.

Director: Florian Klarer.
Tel: +43 664 174 6282.
Web: www. pistetopowder.com

Arlberg Guides / Andy Thurner

Owned and operated by Andy Thurner, a qualified instructor and mountain guide and author of Off-Piste in the Arlberg. Arlberg Guides offer guiding and ski touring off-piste throughout the Arlberg as well as guided heli-skiing trips to Turkey and Russia.

Andreas Thurner.
Mobile: +43 664 233 5010
Web: www.arlberg-guides.at

Ski Austria Academy St Christoph

For the highest level of skills development, the Ski Austria Academy in St Christoph is the competence centre of the Austrian Ski Federation. Offering all-inclusive residential full-board winter sports weeks for schools, special training courses for Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) squads, Ski Austria Camps, and specialised training for ski coaches, ski instructors, and ÖSV instructors, the Academy in St Christoph is legendary. For German speakers only, unfortunately.

Adress: St Christoph Nr. 10, 6580 St. Anton.
Tel.: +43 5446 2627.
Web: www.skiakademie.at

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