La Loupe St. Anton, St. Christoph & Stuben am Arlberg No. 4

the village has only grown very slowly. Maybe that’s the reason
why everyone is still very down-to-earth.
“Compared to other
winter sports destinations
the village
has grown very slowly.
Maybe that’s why
everyone here still is
so down to earth.”
“Albona, our local
mountain is 2,400
metres high, Stuben
is situated at 1,400
metres above sea
level. This means that
skiers have a total of
1,000 altitude metres
of treeless skiing
area.”
“We need to have a
clear idea of the sort
of guest we want.”
“There need to be
more alternative
offers to skiing.”
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L.L. What opportunities do Stuben’s mountains offer the
skiers?
R.P. Albona, our local mountain, is 2,400 m high, Stuben lies
at 1,400 m above sea level. That means a total of 1,000 altitude
metres of treeless skiing area. The lifts can be reached on foot in
two minutes from all our accommodation businesses. Albona is
particularly popular in the freerider scene. Of course families will
find everything they need here, too, but for the most part the offer
is used by good skiers. Stuben is the western door to the Arlberg. As
a result we have lots of fine powder snow. On Albona the northern
slope is used for skiing. Which means that there is little sun until
March and we have the perfect firn slopes in spring. As a result
many skiing instructors from Lech and St. Anton like to organise
skiing their courses here in spring.
L.L. Stuben invests a lot in new infrastructure. Would you
give us a few examples?
R.P. Well the reason for the many simultaneous construction
projects are the new lifts that we are going to build in the near
future. Next summer a new cable car from Alpe Rauz, which is
part of Stuben’s local area, to Zürs will be built; as a result the
transport of guests between the skiing areas of Lech Zürs and
St. Anton / Stuben will finally be a thing of the past. Many of the
local businesses are currently seeing a change in generations. The
young people are courageous and they dare to invest a lot in order
to survive on the market. With the many investments that are
being made in the development of the infrastructure, are lot of
things are going to change. But changes don’t have to be negative.
Nature limits the development of capacities. We currently have
around 800 beds and more than 1,000 are simply not possible.
L.L. Do you have further visions for the future of Stuben?
R.P. There need to be more alternatives to skiing. Which is why
I’d really plead for the renovation of Albona 1, the lift that takes
you from Stuben up to a beautiful plateau where it’s possible to
offer modern cross country skiing tracks and winter hiking paths.