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St. Anton is home to the Austrian Ski Federation, the Austrian ski school, the Austrian ski team and junior ski racing in Austria. The village is high in the eastern Arlbergs and was insignificant until the tunnel to Switzerland was built during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. With the tunnel came the train and on the train were the Brits with their skis. They say St. Anton became the first truly international ski destination in Europe because it was on the route of The Orient Express.

St. Anton am Arlberg is the birthplace of alpine ski races. The very first ski club in the Alps was founded here in 1901, and also the first Arlberg-Kandahar Race was held here in 1928. This is where such ski legends as Hannes Schneider and Karl Schranz are from. St. Anton has been home to Olympic and World Cup heroes.

Schranz, the 1969 and 1970 World Cup champion, is not only the race chairman for the Worlds, but the new downhill course is named in his honour. The women's is named for Gertrude Gabl, one of Nancy Greene's rivals, who also won the Overall title. Until Hermann Maier won his first Cup in 1998, Schranz was the only Austrian to win it all.

The metropolitan village is a paradise for all winter sport lovers. Right in front of your door, the purest ski pleasures imaginable. You will find here a combination of international flair and small village cosiness that you'll never forget.

The trademark of St. Anton is a special postage stamp.

On the Heimat Museum’ s 2^nd floor, museum drawings and photographs depict the history of the village and St. Anton’s place in the history of skiing.

Arlberg mountain pass and tunnel lays at the northern end of the Rhaetian Alps, in western Austria. The pass (at 5,882 feet [1,793 m]) forms a divide between the Danube and Rhine river systems.

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