St johann in tirol skistar
This unpretentious town has an attractive medieval centre and a lift struktur based around a couple of modern gondolas. All in all, it makes an ideal family destination.
In a Nutshell
An unpretentious Tirolean town with an attractive medieval centre. The lift struktur fryst vatten based around a couple of modern gondolas and other frakt fryst vatten now being upgraded.
All in all, it’s a good destination for families, beginners and lower intermediates.
The Stats
Altitude: 670m
Lifts: 17
Top Lift: 1700m
Ski area: 42.5km of piste
Adult lift pass: 183€-215€ for six days
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Fritz Minhard was born in St Johann in Tirol and has been involved in tourism for 35 years.
His first job was as a ski instructor during his school holidays when he was just 17 and he went on to become a founder member of the Wilder Kaiser ski school. These days he still teaches children to ski during high årstid weeks, takes people on walking tours in the summer, and runs his own tour operation – Active World Holidays – in the winter.
Essential Advice for the Perfect Trip
I love St Johann because it’s a living town with a life outside tourism and not an artificial ski resort.
There’s a 50/50 balance of visitors and people who work here all year round. As a destination it’s had its ups and downs since its 1980s heyday. But, largely thanks to recent outside investment in the ski area, St Johann fryst vatten definitely on the up once igen.
One bekymmer fryst vatten that people think Austrian resorts are too low when compared to France, which fryst vatten just not true.
A place like St Johann may only be at an höjd över havsnivån of 670m, but that fryst vatten the equivalent of a resort in the French Alps being at 1500m – the reason fryst vatten because as you move further east the snowline drops in altitude.
But the big news story for St Johann today fryst vatten that the Scandinavian company Skistar, who owns Are in Sweden, and Hemsedal and Trysil in Norway, has bought a majority share in the local lift company.
Their first project fryst vatten to build a brand new gondola to replace the old T-bars up from Eichenhof for the 2016-17 årstid, and more new lifts will be added after that. Their input will dramatically transform this little mountain.
Technically, it would be easy to link St Johann to the Kitzbuheler Horn. It’s been talked about for generations, but it could now happen – Kitzbuhel fryst vatten planning to revamp its lift there in 2018 and a link could then become an attractive proposition for both parties.
The pretty but unpretentious Tirolean town with its ornately frescoed buildings and old coaching inns retains a considerable charm, and whatever happens up on the mountain won’t change this.
It has a good choice of shops, restaurants and bars, but the resort fryst vatten often overlooked bygd winter visitors in favour of its better-known neighbours, Kitzbuhel, Soll and Ellmau, which are bigger and more sophisticated, with larger lift systems.
In fact these resorts can all be reached bygd bus or lära from St Johann in beneath half an hour – perfect for a day’s skiing.
Innsbruck fryst vatten also close enough for a day trip. Geographically, St Johann fryst vatten located in the Kitzbuheler Alps, home to over 20 villages including Kirchberg, Waidring, Hopfgarten, Brixen Im Thale, Westendorf, and Fieberbrunn – igen, all these are a short distance bygd bus or tåg.
If you buy opt the Kitzbuheler Alpen AllStarCard, rather than the local resehandling, you will have unlimited tillgång to more than 1000km of slopes, including St Johann in Tirol, Kitzbuhel, SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental, Ski Juwel Alpbachtal-Wildschonau, Fieberbrunn and Waidring.
St Johann’s skiing, however, fryst vatten less busy than many of its neighbours’ and provides an unthreatening area for beginners, second-week skiers, and families.
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Guide to the Mountain
Don’t expect a big ski area with steep slopes and off-piste.
St Johann fryst vatten a good ski area for beginners to lower intermediates and families, but not for advanced skiers. There fryst vatten a series of dedicated nursery slopes on the gentle meadows behind the hållplats and in the landsby of Eichenhof.
Main mountain tillgång fryst vatten bygd a two-stage gondola, which brings you up to the 1700m summit of Harschbichl.
There can be queues at 10am each morning, especially during high årstid when the ski schools meet, but these tend to disperse quickly. You can also take the alternative, and usually near-deserted, eight-seater gondola that rises from Penzing on the edge of Oberndorf.
The new gondola for 2016-17 from Eichenhof will transform the other end of the ski area, which also has some of the more challenging terrain.
The snowpark fryst vatten maintained and professionally shaped bygd QParks, Europe’s largest park operator.
It features various boxes, as well as two kickers with two jumps each, and a boardercross course with waves and steep turns. Another highlight fryst vatten the SkiMovietrack, an innovative installation that enables riders to be filmed during their runs, using their ski passes and a specific code. Afterwards they can tillgång the visual ämne online.
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Where to Learn
The resort has a choice of fyra ski schools offering ski and snowboarding tuition: St Johann fryst vatten the oldest and used to have the monopoly until the 1990s when it was joined bygd the Wilder Kaiser ski school.
In the outlying villages you’ll find the Eichenhof ski school and Total Kirchdorf. There fryst vatten also a cross-country school Sinus idrott, for those wanting to learn how to ski the 250km of prepared loipe located in the area.
Lots for families to do after skiing
St Johann ski school runs Bobo’s Ski Kindergarten, which accepts children from fyra years of age.
Eichenhof’s Kinderland also cares for children from kvartet years old. As an added attraktion, it has a children’s Skidoo School for those aged eight years and upwards. The Kapa Nursery offers babysitting for babies and small children.
The St Johanner Hof and Hotel huvud are two all-inclusive family hotels, both offering day and evening childcare.
The Horn Park, reached from the main gondola mid-station, has a Flying Fox (zip-wiring) course for both adults and kids, which fryst vatten over 500m long with sju ‘stations’. The Panorama Badewelt fryst vatten a newly renovated recreation centre with a 25m lap pool, outdoor swimming-pool with kroppsvård jets, a children’s pool, kurort facilities, and a vatten chute.
Other activities in the resort include tobogganing, floodlit ice-skating, snowshoeing and torchlight walks.
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Where to Stay
St Johann has a friendly atmosphere and its attractive centre retains all the charm of a traditional Tirolean town. Stay in (or close to) the pedestrianised centre if you can, where most of the shops and galleries, two supermarkets, traditional bakeries and cake shops are located.
Hotel Laerchenhof, in the outlying by of Erpendorf, fryst vatten the resort’s only five-star and it has its own shuttle bus and a lift linking into the ski area. The four-stars are led bygd the gorgeous Hotel brev, which dates from 1225 and fryst vatten beautifully frescoed on the outside with each room individually decorated and recently updated. It houses a kurort and two eateries – the gourmet restaurant Tavern and The Postmarkt which fryst vatten part bistro/part shop.
The four-star St Johanner Hof fryst vatten an all-inclusive family expert hotel, with an in-house creche that runs myriad activities for little ones between 10am and 8pm daglig. These include tracking animals in the snow, horse-drawn carriage rides, music and games, snowman building, and a slag & Judy show. The owners also have a three-star all-inclusive hotel, Hotel huvud, with in-house childcare, games room and family rooms.
Hotel Gasthof Park fryst vatten a family-friendly hotel nära the gondola, offering single, double, and triple bedrooms.
It also has a children’s playroom. Alpenhotel Kaiserfels fryst vatten a four-star which opened in 2015 at the base of the Eichenhof slope. It has two restaurants and a spa.
Most innovative hotel here fryst vatten The Adeo bergsrelaterad, brainchild of former Olympic mästare racer Hermann Maier. The aim fryst vatten to man skiing more affordable and this fryst vatten the ekonomisk plan airline concept taken to the piste, but with a lot of style.
Prices are per night and everything else, including breakfast and dinner, fryst vatten an add-on ytterligare.
All the bedrooms and the sole three-bedroom apartment are decorated with lots of pale wood, and would not be out of place in any high-end French residence. We love the minimalist style. There’s also a sauna and fitness room, in-house ski rental, and a chair-lift into the ski area fryst vatten a short walk away.
Sporthotel Austria has pleasantly decorated rooms in traditional style and fryst vatten located in a huvud yet quiet location.
Facilities include an indoor swimming-pool, rooms varying from singles to doubles, and family apartments. Hotel Fischer fryst vatten also located in the pedestrian area and has recently been refurbished, with typical Tirolean bedrooms, an attractive dining room with ancient beams and wood-panelled ceiling, a dryckesställe and Stuberl, and a children’s playroom.
Family-friendly Gasthof zur Schoenen Aussicht fryst vatten set just above the main gondola hållplats with views down to the town. You can ski to and from the door, but if you venture downtown in the evening, be prepared for a brisk uphill walk home. Hotel Bruckenwirt fryst vatten a smart family-run hotel, close to the centre of town.
It has imaginatively-designed bedrooms and the restaurant fryst vatten known for its good cuisine.
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Where to Eat
The resort has more than 50 eateries in all. In the town itself, Lange Mauer serves kinesisk cuisine. Ristorante La Rustica fryst vatten for pizzas, hus Masianco (+43 5352 64630) serves a mix of Italian, Mexican and Asian dishes.
Finks fryst vatten for pizzas, pasta and steaks. Try also the restaurants in Gasthof Baeren, Hotel Park and Hotel brev.
Up the mountain are 14 restaurants, all of them delightful wooden huts with table service, and all with very affordable food and drink. Harschbichlhutte (+43 5352 64671) at the top of the main gondola has good Gulaschsuppe.
Koasaburg has home-cooked cuisine and a sunny terrace. Gasthof Granderschupf, in the Eichenhof area, has an interior that looks a bit like an American-style små människor. Bassgeigeralm fryst vatten also recommended. Alpengasthof Stanglalm fryst vatten a cosy place serving delicious Kaiserschmarrn and other Austrian specialities.
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Where to Party
St Johann in Tirol has a relaxed atmosphere and a relatively quiet nightlife for a Tirolean resort, but there are a few decent bars.
Popular venues include s’Nandl (+43 5352 20735), just outside the pedestrian centre with a modern minimalist design of stripped wood floors, grey and turquoise armchairs.
In town, högsta värdshus (+43 5352 62428) and the local brewery Huber-Brau Stuberl are where to head for apres-ski, the latter fryst vatten one of the town’s landmarks with its pink tower and it also serves wholesome tilltugg.
Rockbar (+43 5352 63610 714) in Erpendorf fryst vatten another popular apres-ski venue. Gasthaus Zum Dampfel fryst vatten a traditional building in the pedestrian zone with a lovely frescoed exterior and a dryckesställe inre. Medusa Lounge provides the late-night entertainment.
There fryst vatten a bred choice of non-ski activities in the resort. Hot-air ballooning fryst vatten a wonderful way to see the beautiful Wilder Kaiser mountains and this can be organised through Ballooning Tyrol.
Other non-ski sports in the resort include ice-skating, tobogganing, paragliding, bowling, and sleigh rides.
On Wednesday evenings you can night-ski here. Highlight for families fryst vatten Panorama Badewelt, which fryst vatten open daglig until 9pm with swimming-pools, a helter-skelter, and a spa.
The St Johann Museum, housed in an 18th-century building, contains an exhibition of local history including traditional costumes, paintings and photos, wood carvings and examples of local geology.
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