The first and up until now most famous and successful ski club in the world was founded here in 1901. The first ski races in the Alps were held just three years later in 1904. Skiing legend Hannes Schneider developed the elegant Arlberg technique on the endless white slopes and opened the world's first ski school in St. Anton in 1922. First held in 1927, the Kandhar race has remained a highlight of the skiing world cup right up to today. Unsurpassed classic skiing films such as 'Weisser Rausch' are of course shot on location at the Arlberg. Well, is there any place better where they could be made?

The development of the Arlberg skiing region began as early as in 1937 with the opening of the famous lift at Galzig. The peak of this development was when all Arlberg skiing regions were merged into one greater skiing region with collective ski-pass rates.

In 2001, the village of St. Anton reached another milestone when it hosted the Alpine Ski World Championships for the first time. The 350 000 visitors were treated to one of the best World Championships ever – and to the party on occasion of Ski Club Arlberg’s 100-year anniversary. St. Anton is, and will remain, a place of pilgrimage for ski fans.