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Montafon is a ski area is located in the west of Austria, the area of Montafon has a combined total of 44 individual pistes. The ski resort has 243 km of marked runs at various degrees of difficulty. Montafon offers a variety of winter sports the most popular being skiing or snowboarding. Ski touring is also available on the white glaciers of the Silvretta. Montafon has an unusual feature the Hochjoch ski tunnel which is a 476m long tunnel through the mountain, it is the longest ski tunnel in the world.

Ski & Snowboard school

The ski school provides professional and individual tuition for skiing, snowboarding, skwalling, carving, telemark, spring snow gliding, and ski touring. 

Snowboard Park

The NovaPark offers facilities for all levels of ability. Visitors to the NovaPark have the use of 13 rails and boxes, 8 jumps, 2 humps and the 120 m halfpipe. A highlight of the NovaPark is the 6 m wide and 3 m high wall ride and the popular 6 m long rainbow box.

Ski Area Facts: 

60 Cableways and ski lifts

243 km signposted and groomed ski runs

Cross-country ski runs: Approx. 100 km 

Winter hiking trails: Approx. 290 km 

7 Black Runs 

16Red Runs  

21Blue Runs

2300m Highest Lift

900m Lowest Piste

Ok for Expert Skiers

Ok for Intermediate Skiers

Good for Beginners.

Very good for Snowboarding

Montafon ski region includes four main ski areas: Silvretta Nova, Gargellen, Hochjoch and Golm. The ski area offers family-friendly skiing with a beginner slops and wide runs for advanced skiers. 

There are three airports within two hours drive to Montafon, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Montafon are easy and practical. Distances are from the airports to Schruns, the biggest resort town in Montafon.

Airports:

Friedrichshafen (100km) (1hr)

Innsbruck (135km) (1h 30m)

Zurich (170km) (1h 50m)

In almost all ski areas in the Montafon, there are outdoor bars and après ski bars. Most of the après ski is slope-side with umbrella bars in most of the ski holiday resorts and the ski areas. The après ski tents to ends in the early in the evening.

The best places for après ski in Montafon are Schruns / Tschagguns and St. Gallen Kirch. There are other activities available at Montafon such as tobogganing and ice sports.