"Favourite destination for skiing" Sankt Gallenkirch by vtveen

Sankt Gallenkirch Travel Guide: 17 reviews and 58 photos

St. Gallenkirch: old farm houses - Sankt Gallenkirch

St. Gallenkirch, situated in so called 'Montafon', is our favourite destination for skiing already for a long long time.

Not too far away (from Holland) and easy accessible over German and Austrian motorways, with just the last 20 km's over a 'normal' road through the Montafon valley.

Fantastic ski area

Snow: no problem

St. Gallenkirch has a great ski area with lots of possibilities, also in other villages not too far away.

The main area is called 'Silvretta Montafon' (the former Silvretta Nova) and has about 115 km's of ski runs of every kind of difficulty. But on the same ski pass you are allowed to ski in Gargellen, Schruns, Golm and a couple of smaller ski areas.

We never had any problem with snow and nowadays the main runs have also artificial snow machines.

Quiet village

St. Gallenkirch: still quiet

To be honest: don't expect a wild after ski life in St. Gallenkirch, although there are some pub's and bar's. It is still a rather quiet village, where most of the visitors come to ski.

As most of the Austrian ski villages there is a lot of accommodation from luxurious hotels till simple guest houses.

There are also some typical Austrian restaurants.

Pros and Cons

Pros:never a problem with snow; sporty
Cons:expensive (as every ski holiday)

Last visit to Sankt Gallenkirch: Feb 2010
Intro Updated Nov 1, 2010
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Bielerhöhe - Hotel Piz Buin (on a snowy day) - Sankt Gallenkirch

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St. Gallenkirch with the St. Gallus Church - Sankt Gallenkirch

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Sport Harry - our rental ski shop - Sankt Gallenkirch

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Comments (7)

36waterfalls Apr 2, 2007 at 11:05 AM Report Abuse

Very very pretty, I can imagine why you keep coming back here! Good to know I could walk the snow instead of skiing ;-) Beautiful pictures Jaap.
Wann Apr 1, 2007 at 2:39 AM Report Abuse

Your id pic brings me here. Love the beautiful snow scene! W.
Tripack Mar 28, 2007 at 1:51 PM Report Abuse

Happy to see that the thousand beer bottles @ Muntanella are still full ;-) Great update about the local snowy pleasures. Hope to discover Silvretta Nova skiing area one (winter) day!
VincentJJ Mar 23, 2007 at 4:14 AM Report Abuse

Diverse keren in Sankt Anton geweest en omgeving (Lech). Schitterend daar! Zou zo weer willen gaan!
dannebro Feb 11, 2007 at 12:02 PM Report Abuse

nice place for skiing !
angiebabe Oct 5, 2006 at 9:27 AM Report Abuse

Hi again! been meaning to get to St Gallen for ages - mad about snow as it is and snow covered villages and esp if its Switz - stunning pics you have - i need to hurry up and get there!
dabidc May 3, 2005 at 2:29 PM Report Abuse

Well I guess I never got into ski ing but agree the hotels and cafes and restaurants are excellent value and have very friendly owners/hosts. Alas never did get to the Silvretta pass.