Lech am Arlberg - winter holiday
General Informations
Country: Austria, State:Vorarlberg, District:Bludenz, Government: Mayor Ludwig Muxel, Area:Total 90 km2, Elevation:1,444 m, Population: Total 1,636, Density:18/km2, Postal code:6764, Area code:05583, Vehicle registration:BZ, Website: www.gemeinde.lech.at .
In recent years Lech has grown to become one of the world's premier ski destinations and the home of a number of world and Olympic ski champions. Ski Arlberg offers you uniquely enjoyable skiing with a total of 94 cable cars and lifts, 340 km of pistes and 180 km of high Alpine deep powder snow runs. In Lech Zürs am Arlberg nothing stands in the way of the best fun on the pistes, and there are numerous rustic huts and "Alps" to take care of your creature comforts. There is a free local/ski bus to transport you in comfort.
Lech is best known for its skiing (both on-piste and off-piste). It is well connected via mechanical lifts and groomed pistes with the neighbouring villages of Zürs, St Christof, St. Anton, Stuben and, with effect from the 2013/2014 winter, Warth and Schröcken - together they form the Arlberg region, the birth place of the modern Alpine skiing technique and the seat of the Ski Club Arlberg. Lech is also the starting and finishing point for "Der Weisse Ring" ("The White Ring"), a circle of runs and lifts that is a popular tour and the scene of an annual race involving both experts and others.
Alpine skiing is taken very seriously in Lech Zürs am Arlberg – for centuries Arlberg has been known as the "cradle of Alpine skiing". It casts a spell over enthusiastic skiers year after year, winter after winter, because Arlberg is where tradition and modernity meet. As a ski resort with the very highest standards of comfort and 340 km of perfectly prepared ski runs, Lech Zürs am Arlberg makes skiers' hearts beat faster and guarantees a relaxed and varied skiing holiday in the heart of Arlberg.
Lech is a popular holiday destination for Royal families and celebrities, for example Tom Cruise, Diana, Princess of Wales, and the former Queen Beatrix and the Dutch Royal family. In February 2012, Beatrix's son Prince Johan Friso was seriously injured in an avalanche while skiing in Lech.