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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Karl-Schranz-Piste is a World Cup speed ski course in St Anton am Arlberg, Austria.
St. Anton seen from the main piste into the centre of town. Sankt Anton am Arlberg , commonly referred to as St Anton , is a village and ski resort in the Austrian state of Tyrol . It lies in the Tyrolean Alps , with aerial tramways and chairlifts up to 2,811 m (9,222 ft), yielding a vertical drop of 1,507 m (4,944 ft).
Sankt Anton (“Saint Anthony”) may refer to the following places in Austria: Sankt Anton am Arlberg , a municipality and ski resort in Tyrol Sankt Anton im Montafon , a municipality in Vorarlberg
Together they organized the first slalom race in Arlberg, held at St. Anton. The event was successful, so on March 3 and 4 of the following year they held the first Arlberg-Kandahar races. [ 4 ] The slalom and downhill events constituted the first alpine combined events in the history of alpine racing. 45 racers from Austria , Switzerland , the ...
St. Anton Pass (el. 1110 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen in Switzerland. It connects Ruppen Pass (St. Gall) and Oberegg (Appenzell Inner Rhodes).
Karl Schuler, owner of the Hotel Post, knew this was an opportunity to position St Anton as a major ski resort for the growing sport. While at St Anton, Schneider developed the basics of ski instruction known as the "Hannes Schneider Arlberg Ski Technique and Method of Teaching", or simply the Arlberg technique. This technique is still used ...
St. Anton provides long-distance connections only, since regional traffic on the Arlberg mountain section was abandoned completely. In the winter season it is an important station for special ski trains from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands whereas in the summer season it is even a scheduled stop of the Orient Express. It is serviced by:
Sankt Anton im Montafon is a town in the Montafon valley in the district of Bludenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is a popular ski resort , and much of the population makes a living from tourism .