Austria · Europe · northern hemisphere
St. Anton am Arlberg is at its best for hiking in July to August. Good but not prime in June and September. Crowds peak in February and bottom out in May.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skiing | 90 | 90 | 90 | 66 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 68 |
| Hiking | 11 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 58 | 89 | 91 | 76 | 42 | 9 | 10 |
| Crowds |
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
The Arlberg is one linked ski area across several villages, and St. Anton is its rowdiest end — steep terrain, deep off-piste and an après scene that starts mid-afternoon. If that is not the trip, Lech across the pass is the same lift pass and a different planet
Day walks with lift access and a hut network. No guide needed.
Early December and late April, the ends of a season that depends on altitude holding. November and May are closed shoulder months with the lifts down and the hiking huts not yet open.
The staggered Austrian February school holidays and the weeks either side of New Year
St. Anton itself skews adult and the nursery slopes sit away from the main village. Families generally do better in Lech, Zürs or Stuben, all on the same pass.
The village is strung along one road and the far end is a long walk in ski boots. Nasserein is quieter and has its own gondola; Stuben is cheapest and on the same pass, twenty minutes away.
St. Anton’s off-piste reputation is earned; so is its avalanche record.Jan · Feb · Mar
Kept out of the score on purpose. Averaging a rare catastrophe into a monthly number would tell you something false; the warning is the honest form.
Summer here is quiet, cheap and underrated — the same lifts run for walkers and the hut network makes multi-day routes easy without carrying a tent.
0 is this destination’s own quietest month and 100 its busiest. The scale never compares one destination to another. Source: Wikipedia — St. Anton am Arlberg