Off Piste Around the Arlberg

With more than 20 years of experience as a ski instructor and mountain guide in

the Arlberg. He has worked with the Arlberg and Zürs ski schools and now works

as a private mountain guide.

He has guiding experience as heliskiing guide in Canada, New Zealand and Russia.

The Arlberg has around 260 km of prepared runs and 85 lifts. Within this huge ski

area there is also massive amounts of great off piste skiing and ski touring. Much of

this can be reached by skiing from the lift stations. Beginner or expert, the Arlberg

offers splendid skiing for all grades of skiers.

This guide-book includes a total of 47 ski touring routes with 66 downhill runs,

which can be found all around the Arlberg. These routes are crowd free and generally

sparsely tracked. Also included are some 156 pictures with the routes clearly

marked upon them.

All these routes, including ascents, can be reached without special ski-touring equipment!

(like skins or touring binding).

Safety equipment like shovel, probe and avalanche beacon must be carried by every

skier! The sum total of the routes in this book exceeds 300 kilometers of off piste

terrain

Published: 2009