Skiing holiday in the Montafon - Skiing area Ski resort - Ski area map - Holiday apartments - holiday houses - Hotels The Montafon is a valley in Vorarlberg, which stretches over 39 kilometres and accommodates with its four larger and two smaller skiing areas the largest ski region in Vorarlberg. Skiing and snowboarding In the Montafon there are about 219 kilometres of ski runs for downhill skiing. With concentration on the larger skiing areas you reach at the entrance of the valley first the Golm skiing area, which is accessible from Vandans or Tschagguns-Latschau by mountain railway. The 27 kilometres of ski runs are predominately easy to moderately difficult and are variedly running partly through the forest and partly above the tree line. But also here you can find a real challenge: The Diabolo descent with a gradient of up to 70 % is in parts the steepest slope in the Vorarlberg.

Skilifts 14 26 28 Ski runs: 219 32 78 109 difficult intermediate easy   Current Snow Report

On the opposite side of the valley you reach in Schruns the Silvretta Montafon Hochjoch skiing area with altogether 40 kilometres of ski runs. From Schruns two mountain railways lead up on the Hochjoch, from the Silbertal valley also a chairlift. Particularly in the Grassjoch area there are easy slopes dominating. From there you come via a long ski tunnel back again into the Hochjoch area, where, except for one black descent, also not so experienced skiers get along well.

Further into the valley before you reach St. Gallenkirch a side valley branches off leading to Gargellen, the highest situated village of the Montafon (1423 m). From Gargellen you get into the skiing area Gargellen with its 33 kilometres of slopes. Broad and easy downhill runs are dominating here, which are particularly appreciated by beginners and families.

The largest and most well known skiing area of the Montafon, the Silvretta Montafon Nova, is accessible from St. Gallenkirch as well as from Gaschurn. From these places mountain railways run into the first-class skiing area with its altogether 114 kilometres of ski runs of all degrees of difficulty. The slopes spread over two ridges, the Valiseraspitze and the Versettla, which are connected by a sophisticated network of lifts. Thus varied new landscape impressions and views appear to you again and again.

Snowboard specials
All the four large skiing areas of the Ski Arena Montafon have adapted to the desires of the snowboard freaks. On the Silvretta Montafon Nova you find the already several times awarded Nova Park with halfpipe, boardercross, rails and kicks. Real freaks find at the Silvretta Montafon Hochjoch in the Grasjoch area super freeride areas, likewise on the Golm. The snowboard school Gargellen offers freeride courses in the ski area Gargellen.

Cross-country skiing
Apart from Gargellen you find around all other places in the valley beautiful varied cross-country ski trails, which belong to a network of ca. 100 kilometres in the entire valley. The most extensive network of cross-country ski trails you find around the places St. Gallenkirch/Gortipohl as well as in Gaschurn/ Partenen. From St. Gallenkirch to Partenen leads also the longest cross-country ski run with a length of over 12 kilometres. The main attraction for cross-country skiers is however the Bielerhöhe, where in sunny altitude the ski runs are arranged on the frozen Silvretta Stausee, an artificial lake. Further high altitude ski runs are also found in the skiing area Golm as well as the Kristberg with the panorama cross-country ski run Kristberg.
 

At one glance:

Skiing area	Silvretta Montafon	Golm	Gargellen	Silvretta Bielerhöhe	Kristberg	Muttersberg
Town´s altitude	St. Gallenkirch 900m Gaschurn 1000m Schruns 700m	Tschagguns 700m Vandans 650m	Gargellen 1432m	Partenen 1050m	Silbertal 890m	Bludenz 680m
Skiing area´s altitude	700–2430m	654–2120m	1400–2200m	1050 – 2030m	890 – 1400m	680 – 1400m
Groomed ski runs	155km total 32km difficult 41,5km intermediate 81,5km easy	35km total 9km difficult 13km intermediate 12km easy	45km total 9km difficult 8km intermediate 28km easy	2km total 2km leicht	7km total 5km difficult 1,5km intermediate 1,5km easy	kein Skigebiet
T-bar lifts	13	3	4	1	2	-
Chairlifts	18	4	3	-	-	-
Mountain railways	9	3	1	1	1	1
Prices for the ski pass	Prices for the ski pass winter 2011/12

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