St. Anton Après-Ski Guide: Mooserwirt, Krazy Kanguruh & How to Get Home (2026)

St. Anton’s legendary après-ski happens in two places: up on the slopes above town in the Moos area — Mooserwirt, Krazy Kanguruh, Taps, Arlone and Griabli — and down in the village at Basecamp and Anton Bar (by the Galzigbahn) and Fanghouse (at the Nassereinbahn). Add the Hospizalm over in St. Christoph for the rustic-luxury version. The bars open at 10:00, the real party builds from ~14:00, and the mountain bars close at 20:00 sharp — and that’s when everyone needs a way home. This guide covers both: where to go, and how to actually get back.

Written by the people who drive the après-ski crowd home every single evening of the season — Alpinum Taxi, St. Anton locals since 1998.

Where the party is

Mooserwirt — the most famous après-ski bar in the Alps, and it earns the title. On the slope just above town, tables dancing from mid-afternoon. If you only do one après-ski in your life, it’s this one.

Krazy Kanguruh (KK) — the other legend, a few turns up the slope from Mooserwirt. Owned by Mario Matt, St. Anton’s own slalom World Champion. Younger crowd, just as loud.

Taps, Arlone & Griabli — the rest of the Moos neighbourhood. Arlone is the former Heustadl, now also one of Mario Matt’s venues. Griabli sits directly opposite Mooserwirt — handy to know when one is overflowing. Taps rounds out the strip. You can hop between all five on foot.

Basecamp & Anton Bar — down in the village, right by the Galzigbahn valley station. No skis needed — this is where the party continues after the mountain closes, and where day visitors start. The ski rental shops (Sport Alber, Intersport, Sport Jenewein) are in the same few metres, so this corner buzzes from lift-close onward.

Fanghouse — a small après-ski right at the Nassereinbahn station, the alternative on the Nasserein side of town — with a kebab house at the base of the lift for the essential post-party food stop.

Hospizalm (St. Christoph, 1,800 m) — a different kind of legend, ten minutes over the pass. All wood, open fireplace, cosy stube rooms and a big sun terrace — arguably the best kitchen and wine list in the region, with prices and a guest book to match: the board by the entrance shows Boris Becker, princes and queens among the regulars. Two things you won’t forget: you can take a slide down to the basement toilets instead of the stairs, and the vast wine cellar below, where 30-litre bottles line the walls and ceiling, held in place with steel collars — the rarest bottle (one of only three in the world) was priced at €85,000 a few years back. Private parties fill it half the season. Getting there and back is our job: buses over the pass are rare and take a lunch break, so from about 13:00 the calls start — taxi St. Christoph → St. Anton, Lech, Zürs or Stuben, fixed prices.

Also in St. Christoph: the Taja hut has a big terrace right on the piste — no road access, so guests call us to meet them at the Hotel Alpenhof car park or at the Hospizalm. And the Hotel Maiensee terrace rounds out the St. Christoph scene. All three are covered by our St. Christoph taxi service — €35 by day, €45 at night from St. Anton.

(A note on old guidebooks: the Underground is gone — it’s an apartment building now. And if you’re looking for the Heustadl, ask for Arlone.)

Why the whole Arlberg parties in St. Anton

Here’s something the resort brochures won’t tell you: St. Anton is the après-ski of the entire region. Lech has only a couple of small umbrella bars at the roadside — at Hotel Krone, the Tannbergerhof and Pfefferkorn’s — and Zürs, Stuben, St. Christoph, Klösterle and Wald have essentially none. No après-ski, no clubs. So every evening, guests from all over the Arlberg funnel into St. Anton — including, famously, around a hundred ski instructors from the Lech-Zürs ski schools who stay down in Dalaas and come here to let off steam.

The catch: after about 19:00 there are no more buses back over the pass. That’s where we come in — night rides to St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs, Lech, Klösterle, Wald and Dalaas are our daily bread all season. Fixed prices per destination →

How a St. Anton après-ski evening actually works

The bars open at 10:00, and the day has its own rhythm: guests ski past for a morning coffee, a Jagertee or a quick beer, do another run, come back for lunch, another run, another stop. From about 14:00 the balance tips — the slopes above town start emptying into the bars for good. Most people ski right up to the door, park their skis in the racks outside, and that’s that until dark.

The smarter move — the one we watch our regulars make every day — goes like this: ski down to the village in the afternoon, drop your skis at the rental shop or your accommodation, shower, change out of your ski gear into normal clothes, and then take a taxi back up to Mooserwirt or KK. You party in dry clothes, and there’s no icy ski-down in the dark after a few beers. We run these rides all afternoon from Gand, St. Jakob, Nasserein and the centre — groups of 2 to 8, from €21 to the Moos area.

Weekends bring a second wave: day visitors. Around 13:00 and 15:00, two trains arrive almost together — one from the Vorarlberg side (Bludenz, Feldkirch, Dornbirn, Bregenz, plus connections from Switzerland and Liechtenstein), one from the Tirol side (Innsbruck, Telfs, Imst, Landeck, Zams). A hundred, two hundred people at once, no luggage, no skis, already singing on the platform — all heading for the bus stop and the taxi rank. Friday to Sunday, this is St. Anton’s party pulse.

20:00 — closing time on the mountain

At 20:00 the mountain bars stop serving and close. All of them, all at once. Everyone who came up must come down — some head for the train home, some carry the party on in the village bars until late. Between 18:00 and 21:00 the flow builds, and 20:00–21:00 is the crush hour.

Here’s how getting down actually works — local knowledge you won’t find on a poster:

From Mooserwirt or Griabli, walk about 200 metres up the road to the barrier. That’s the taxi point: 10–15 taxis queue right at the barrier, waiting. Guests walking from the right (Mooserwirt, Griabli) and from the left (KK, Taps, Arlone, Kaminstube, Sennhütte) all funnel to the same spot — first taxi in line takes the next group.

Got skis with you? Call us instead of walking — a phoned booking lets the taxi through the barrier, and we drive down and pick you up directly at the door, skis on the racks, you in the back seat. That’s the difference between a booked ride and the queue.

Down in the village, two more taxi ranks are worth knowing: the Galzig rank, 10 metres from the Galzigbahn building at the base of the slope, and the Rendl rank — easy to miss, it sits directly under the Rendl lift and looks like a huge garage. If you’re at Basecamp or Anton Bar, the Galzig rank is on your doorstep.

Our honest advice for peak nights: book your ride before your last drink — a call at 19:30 beats standing in a crowd at 20:15. And no, you don’t need to ski down in the dark after four beers to save €24. The piste home is narrow, icy and unlit — your skis ride with us, and so do you.

After the mountain closes

The village takes over: Basecamp and Anton Bar by the Galzigbahn fill up, the centre bars run late, and Fanghouse holds down the Nasserein side. When you’re done — whether that’s 22:00 or considerably later — we run 24/7. Night tariff applies from 20:00 (centre from €18, Moos area €24, full zone table here).

Staying in a pedestrian zone? Parts of St. Anton are car-free, protected by retractable bollards — the Nasserein zone around the Nassereinbahn, and the centre stretch between Hotel Schwarzer Adler and Intersport Pangratz (another barrier sits by Hotel Rosanna). The reason is simple, and honestly we agree with it: these lanes are full of people in ski boots carrying their skis between the lift, three rental shops and the restaurants — the last thing anyone wants is a steady stream of taxis squeezing through the crowd. So taxis may only enter for luggage rides to and from the station or airport. For everything else we meet you a minute’s walk away — at Nasserein that’s the Shell petrol station or the Ostterminal car park. Tell us where you are and we’ll name the closest spot.

Day visitors: we’ll have you back at the station in a few minutes from anywhere in town — the evening trains toward Innsbruck and Bludenz are the last sensible ride home, don’t cut it fine. Staying in Lech, Zürs, Stuben or further down the valley? Remember: no buses after ~19:00 — call us and we’ll get you home whatever the hour.

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