Both bars are a great place to start the evening they host epic parties throughout the day but close early doors at around 8 p.m. KK, now owned by Olympic ski champion Mario Matt, is the oldest après ski bar on the mountain – it’s less cheesy than MooserWirt but no less insane.
The former is the busiest bar in Austria, kicks off at 3 p.m., and sees gazeeboed Brits dancing on tables loaded with beer and drenched in the frothy stuff. St Anton’s reputation as an après-ski destination precedes it and for that, we give it 10/10.Įveryone’s heard of the resort’s “legendary” bars: the MooserWirt and the Krazy Kanguruh, also known as “KK”. Anton has lots of party places including the Horny Bull.
when most slopes close down.Įver wonder what the term acres-ski is all about? AFAR Magazine explains it like this: “Après-ski is a French term that translates literally to “after ski” or “after skiing.” The phrase, made popular in the Alps during the 1950s rise of commercial skiing, is defined by Oxford Living Dictionaries as “the social activities and entertainment following a day’s skiing.” Today, après-ski provides an umbrella term for popular post-ski activities it can refer to everything from champagne toasts on slopeside terraces in Chamonix, France, to craft beers around ski lodge fire pits in Aspen, Colorado.” St.
It’s can be pure bacchanalia on the slopes and when the party’s that good, why stop? From sundown to sunrise – here’s OnTheSnow’s pick of the best party ski resorts where the party goes on and on starting about 4 p.m.