 Poster: A snowHead
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A few parts to this so bear with me 
1/ What is the off piste likely to be like in 3rd/4th week of April in St Anton? Was looking to some courses/guiding there.
2/ If I go, I think I will have to fly into Innsbruck from Bristol. How can I then get into St Anton cheapest possible. I don't really want to rent a car if I don't have to but actually it might work out easier as I can go door to door to hotel with all my kit. What are some good accommodation options for not too much in St Anton?
3/ I then need to get to Amsterdam and think I'm going to have to fly from Zurich for this. What are the connections from St Anton to Zurich like? I know a lot of the buses in some of the ski resorts don't run outside of normal 9to5 working hours. Any trains? Again, I could drop off a rental car at Zurich but then I'll have to pay a charge so not sure what works out best.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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GordonFreeman, St Anton to Zurich is best done via the Arlberg Express scheduled bus service - 45€ one way, an excellent service. Take a look at their website arlbergexpress.com
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GordonFreeman, excellent train service from St Anton to Zurich
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Thanks. What do you think the accommodation options will be like 6th-12 April ?
And connections from Innsbruck? ...or is Zurich a better option for flights?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| GordonFreeman wrote: |
Thanks. What do you think the accommodation options will be like 6th-12 April ?
And connections from Innsbruck? ...or is Zurich a better option for flights? |
train from innsbruck is dead easy...station in st. a is right in the middle of town..
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GordonFreeman, Zurich is much better for flights, BA and Swiss from LHR and LCY, Innsbruck is Orange only and they want £££.
Can't comment on accoms, but St A is a big town and that is very very late in the season so you will be spoiled for choice I would say...
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
| GordonFreeman wrote: |
Thanks. What do you think the accommodation options will be like 6th-12 April ?
And connections from Innsbruck? ...or is Zurich a better option for flights? |
train from innsbruck is dead easy...station in st. a is right in the middle of town.. |
And getting around St Anton, eg to hotel. I don't know how compact the town is or whether taxis are cheapish...
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GordonFreeman, Zurich is much better for flights, BA and Swiss from LHR and LCY, Innsbruck is Orange only and they want £££.
Can't comment on accoms, but St A is a big town and that is very very late in the season so you will be spoiled for choice I would say... |
Easter though...
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true... I can't offer anything except my good wishes. Enjoy the crowds, enjoy the slush! 
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Innsbruck to StA by train is about an hour IIRC, but you'll have to get from the airport to the station; there's a bus, I believe. In StA, the station is pretty much in the middle of the town (it used to be right in the middle, but has been moved a bit).
There are plenty of reasonably priced pensions (the Tourist Office is your friend), the further you are from the main lifts, the cheaper. St Anton isn't huge, but it's long and skinny, so you could be half an hour away from the station/lifts, or 5 mins. No idea about taxi costs; probably horrendous.
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StA is a pretty big town - certainly big enough that carrying luggage from the station to the more distant accom places could be quoiet a chore.
Standard taxi fare within StA during the day this is, from memory, about EUR9. After hours is a bit more - cannot remember what I paid to get to the station at 6am (I think I was sobbing too much!). Perhaps EUR15?
Train from Zurich to StA is very convenient. Check www.oebb.at for times. Trip is about 2 1/2 hours.
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GordonFreeman, Innsbruck is definitely best airport to get to St Anton from. An hour by taxi - but probably €160 each way and train just over an hour. Have never done via Zurich but based on the fact it's twice the distance that Innsruck is....you do the maths. Friedrichshafen is another alternative (Ryanair) with good bus at weekends (waits for the flight) or train links, but you do need either one or two changes. If you can go to Innsbruck with easyJet easilly enough, then without doubt that would be my choice.
Take a car and the likelihood is that you'll need to pay for parking whilst in St Anton, unless your hotel/guesthouse offers it for free.
This webiste gives you the lowdown on various ascpects of St Anton http://www.st-antonamarlberg.co.uk/
If you can try to stay in Dorf (town centre) or Oberdorf (between centre and Mooserwirt) - you can usually use the filter on the St Anton website under room search. If statying in Nasserein, make sure you're close to the gondola or staying in Dorfstrasse. If you open the interactive village map you can then choose accomodation based on its location/star rating etc - very good for finding rooms close to lifts/slopes.
If you're not bothered about the apres ski you could base yourself in Stuben which is cheaper than St Anton and has better snow and has quieter slopes http://www.stuben.com/index.php?id=3&L=1 Langen train station only a couple of minutes away from Stuben
Good luck
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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For Nasserein, I think Boabski means try to be close to Nassereinerstrasse for the Linie 4 ski bus runs along to Alt St Anton. Linie 4 stops at Nassereinbahn (ie the gondola) and West Terminal, where you can hook up with the buses that go to Zurs/Lech and the Rendl shuttle. West Terminal is also within walking distance of the Galzigbahn and Gampenbahn.
A plus for using Zurich is that more airlines service that airport, but I must confess I am not familiar with the UK budget airlines, because I fly in from Australia. There is a train station at Zurich airport, from which you can connect to a mainline train at Zurich HBf. There are many trains that run from Zurich HBf through to StA, ie no train changes. There is also the Arlberg Express bus from Zurich, but I have not used it.
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
| train from innsbruck is dead easy...station in st. a is right in the middle of town.. |
it used to be. Since around 8 years ago it is now other side of the main road and a taxi ride to wherever you're staying.
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You know it makes sense.
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For Nasserein, I think Boabski means try to be close to Nassereinerstrasse for the Linie 4 ski bus runs along to Alt St Anton. Linie 4 stops at Nassereinbahn (ie the gondola) and West Terminal, where you can hook up with the buses that go to Zurs/Lech and the Rendl shuttle. West Terminal is also within walking distance of the Galzigbahn and Gampenbahn
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No I didn't. If you stay in Dorfstrasse either in Dorf or Nasserein, you're staying in the main st, so if staying in Nasserein part of Dorfstrasse, you're a 2 min walk to Nasserein gondola and a 5-10 walk back from the Picadilly, depending of course on how pissed you are 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Okay, I am going to be pedantic - Dorfstrasse does not actually go into Nasserein. See: http://www.stantonamarlberg.com/winter/userfiles/PDFs/OP-StAnton08-09_Winter.pdf That is however very pedantic, so I will apologise now. 
Boabski is right, with probably all of Dorfstrasse within 5 - 10 min walk of a lift.
I have not ever stayed in the Dorf, and suspect it might not be all that quiet for those who enjoy some sleep this side of midnight. I started staying in Nasserein with a family many years/trips ago and have never been inclined to change. They look after us too well. It is also quiet for those boring f#rts who like to get an early night (and get the best snow next morning).
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Poster: A snowHead
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3rd 4th week of April is very quiet. There is nothing like the noise,party atmosphere in Dorfstrasse you get in Feb or March. Many of the disocs and bars are shut by then.
FYI nearly all bars shutdown Saturday 18th April
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| bertie bassett wrote: |
| train from innsbruck is dead easy...station in st. a is right in the middle of town.. |
it used to be. Since around 8 years ago it is now other side of the main road and a taxi ride to wherever you're staying. |
True. And not an improvement for the visitor, IMV.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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The train station in St A isn't that from the main lifts (10 mins walk), so if you're staying reasonably central and don't have a ridiculous amount of luggage, walking's not a problem (it's what we did when we arrived by train). If you're staying in Nasserein, though, it might be a bit far with kit. It's ashame that you no longer have to wait for trains to cross the main street, however, and the old station is much more attractive than the (perfectly inoffensive) new one.
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ulmerhutte, I stand corrected. I thought that Nasserein started around about the church but it starts beyond the gondola. Have stayed on Dorfstrasse a few times and noise has never been an issue - probably too 'tired' shall we say after downing 6 pints at Griabli/Mooserwirt followed by same again at Picadilly 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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And getting around St Anton, eg to hotel. I don't know how compact the town is or whether taxis are cheapish...
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Nothing ....absolutely nothing is cheap in St Anton!!
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So, the week after Easter is unlikely to be good or have good off piste going? Too warm by then I guess...
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GordonFreeman, you never know.... you'll need fresh snow and an alarm clock
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And getting around St Anton, eg to hotel. I don't know how compact the town is or whether taxis are cheapish...
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Nothing ....absolutely nothing is cheap in St Anton!! |
Ahhhh, that is the advantage of coming from Australia. While StA is probably expensive compared to many resorts in Europe, compared to skiing in Australia it feels like a bargain. Accom, lifts, and (good) mountain food are so much cheaper in StA. You would also be horrified at the attitude to service at many Australian resorts, especially at on-mountain cafes, and from resort management and the lift company. Do not want to derail this thread so I will stop there...
Have never skied in StA in April, but I noticed last year that the resort closed with over 4m on the upper mountain. You can get lucky. Yes, it will probably get slushy early, but your chances of skiing on sunny days are probably quite good.
Boabski... yup, 6 pints will do it.
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Innsbruck is very convenient to get to St Anton and a bus goes from Innsbruck airport to the Innsbruck train station for five Euros, taxi last year to St Anton from Innsbruck was 160 Euros and train was about 20 Euros one way and took just over an hour. Best to stay in Dorf imv and you can walk to most accom there from the train station. Loads of B&Bs near the church etc.
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