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bregenzerwald winter 2018/19 Bregenzerwald. Your guide through the Ideas andAddresses. 2018/19 winter travel guide www.facebook.com/BregenzerwaldTourismus www.youtube.com/bregenzerwaldtourism www.instagram.com/visitbregenzerwald

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Bregenzerwald Tourismus GmbH, Au-Schoppernau Tourismus (p. 2)

Gerbe 1135, 6863 Egg Rudolf Berchtel (p. 62)

Ludwig Berchtold (p. 12/56/92/94/96)

Design by: Adolf Bereuter (Titel, p. 4/6/25/26/33/34/48/61/ broger grafi k, Andelsbuch 65/67/69/76/77/78/83/84/90/102/106/107)

Kilian Blees (p. 32)

Text by: Christa Branz (p. 49)

Kinz Kommunikation Hubert Cernenschek (p. 59)

Florian Aicher (p. 2 – 3, 76 – 77) Markus Curin (p. 95)

Kurt Bracharz (p. 90 – 91) Damüls Faschina Tourismus (p. 63)

Christian Zillner (p. 78 – 79) Markus Gmeiner (p. 97)

Thomas Gretler (p. 45)

Carthography: Hotel Hirschen Schwarzenberg (p. 86)

Aries Werbegrafi k-Design Hittisau Tourismus (p. 57)

Text and planning of hiking routes: Dr Rudolf Berchtel Hotel Krone, Au (p. 104)

Marc Van Landeghem (p. 70)

Printed by: Björn Matt (p. 82)

VVA, Dornbirn Alois Metzler (p. 58)

Molke Metzler (p. 100/105)

Dates and prices subject to change. Typographical Mathias Moosbrugger (p. 74) errors cannot be excluded. Issue: August 2018 Naturpark Nagelfl uhkette (p. 71)

Roswitha Schneider (p. 80)

Konrad Stadelmann (p. 60)

Elisabeth Stöckler (p.88)

Helmut Tiefenthaler (p. 54/55/64)

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land & lives...... 2 family tips...... 47 The Bregenzerwald 2 Kids’ programme 48 Snow levels 4 Day trip tips 52 Published by: Photo credits:

Bregenzerwald Tourismus GmbH, Au-Schoppernau Tourismus (p. 2) ski & board...... 5 active winter...... 53 Gerbe 1135, 6863 Egg Rudolf Berchtel (p. 62) 3-valley ski pass 6 Winter hiking 54 Ludwig Berchtold (p. 12/56/92/94/96) Warth-Schröcken Ski Arlberg 8 Snow-shoe hikes 66 Design by: Adolf Bereuter (Titel, p. 4/6/25/26/33/34/48/61/ Damüls-Mellau-Faschina 12 Horse-drawn sleigh rides 69 broger grafi k, Andelsbuch 65/67/69/76/77/78/83/84/90/102/106/107) Diedamskopf Au-Schoppernau 16 Out and about with animals 70 Kilian Blees (p. 32) Bödele-Schwarzenberg 20 Nagelfluhkette nature park 71 Text by: Christa Branz (p. 49) Egg-Schetteregg 21 Tobogganing 72 Kinz Kommunikation Hubert Cernenschek (p. 59) Hochhäderich Paragliding 74 Florian Aicher (p. 2 – 3, 76 – 77) Markus Curin (p. 95) Hittisau-Riefensberg 22 Kurt Bracharz (p. 90 – 91) Damüls Faschina Tourismus (p. 63) Niedere Andelsbuch-Bezau 23 culture...... 75 Christian Zillner (p. 78 – 79) Markus Gmeiner (p. 97) Hochlitten Riefensberg 24 Architecture 76 Thomas Gretler (p. 45) Snowparks & Freestyle 25 Umgang Bregenzerwald 78 Carthography: Hotel Hirschen Schwarzenberg (p. 86) Ski! Project 26 Werkraum Bregenzerwald 80 Aries Werbegrafi k-Design Hittisau Tourismus (p. 57) Hand-made 82 © State of Vorarlberg for geographic information Alex Kaiser (p. 8/16) ski & freedom...... 27 BUS:STOP Krumbach 84 system data Christian Kerber (p. 98) Map of the area 28 Cabaret & village culture 85 Text and planning of hiking routes: Dr Rudolf Berchtel Hotel Krone, Au (p. 104) Skiing tours 29 Culture in hotels and pubs 86 Marc Van Landeghem (p. 70) Variation skiing 32 Exhibitions & museums 87 Printed by: Björn Matt (p. 82) Interesting information 34 VVA, Dornbirn Alois Metzler (p. 58) dining out...... 89 Molke Metzler (p. 100/105) xc skiing...... 35 Käsestrasse & Bregenzerwald Dates and prices subject to change. Typographical Mathias Moosbrugger (p. 74) Au-Schoppernau 36 Culinary Delights Region 90 errors cannot be excluded. Issue: August 2018 Naturpark Nagelfl uhkette (p. 71) Bezau-Bizau-Reuthe 37 Culinary winter hikes 92 Roswitha Schneider (p. 80) Damüls 38 Cuisine guide 94 Konrad Stadelmann (p. 60) Hittisau 39 Dairy farming up close 100 Elisabeth Stöckler (p.88) Mellau-Schnepfau 40 Helmut Tiefenthaler (p. 54/55/64) Riefensberg-Hochhäderich 41 well-being ...... 101 Schwarzenberg 42 Health hotels 102 Sibratsgfäll 43 Wellness hotels 103 Sulzberg 44 Natural products 105 Holiday Destination Austria – Nordic Sport Park Sulzberg 45 give feedback and win! Warth-Schröcken 46 Reisemagazin Bregenzerwald 106 See here for the survey: tmona.at/l7u2 Getting there, buses & taxis 108 2 the bregenzerwald

Travelling the Bregenzerwald always spectrum which, right at the start of means having to overcome dizzy tourism, had travellers extolling the heights to start with: from Bregenz “charming landscape” as an “enclosed you take the Pfänder, from the Rhine park” whilst at the same time shudder- Valley the valley side which ascends ing at the “Siberian exile” on the wild, 500 m, from the north you take the upper course of the Ache. A valley area Sulzbergstock, from the east the Ried- of contrasts, borders, crossings. berg or Hochtannberg pass, from the south the Furkajoch or Faschinajoch. Crossings Cross-border experiences also leave Up and over is the way to go – the most their mark on the locals – they know impressive views are from the north how to set themselves apart from out- and the west – and a space is revealed side. Yet the scarce rural areas have which, in all its diversity, is completely never been sufficient to feed the pop- different to all that surrounds it, with ulation. The locals had to get mov- the Bregenzerache uniting it all. Your ing, cross borders, leave behind their route takes you through gorges and homes and families. This took on flat hollows – wide between the hills many different forms: the nomadic of the foothills of the Alps around existence of alpine animal husbandry Alberschwende and Lingenau, narrow (home, mountain pasture, alp → between the mountains of the foothills page 90), or in the form of seasonal of the Alps around Andelsbuch and migrant work outbound commuting Bezau, squeezed in between the alpine or even emigration (to America in the peaks of the Kanisfluh, Diedams 19th century in particular). Flexibility, kopf, Zitterklapfen and Widderstein ideas and self-help were essential to around Schnepfau, Au, Schoppernau, stave off poverty. Warth and Schröcken. This correlates The area was only sparsely populated with the division into the Vorder- for a long time: only plot names give wald, Mittelwald and Hinterwald rise to assumptions about the border (front, central and rear regions of the between Celtic and Rhaeto-Romanic Bregenzerwald) – a topographical cultures. It was not until the High the bregenzerwald 3 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Au and the Kanisfluh

Middle Ages that Mehrerau Mon- school in the Habsburg Empire was xc skiing astery in Bregenz encouraged the established. The new rulers were the population of the area upwards of cheese barons who amassed stagger- the Bregenzerache. From above, com- ing wealth with the products of the ing the opposite direction, you come new form of agriculture, and textile across a second wave of population manufacturers who supplied mate- family tips with the Walsers. The particle “Wald” rial produced by the textiles home (forest, wood) found in many of the industry before the railway provided names of places makes it clear how factories in the Rhine valley with undeveloped this settlement area was workers after 1902. Such changes for a long time. Naturally, the locals were also accompanied by resist- active winter gladly take advantage of this remote- ance – Franz Michael Felder, author ness: interesting as a hunting ground and spokesman of the revolt, is still at best for the feudal rulers, extensive considered an exceptional charac- autonomy was allowed to develop ter (Franz Michael Felder Museum → which went down in literature as a page 87) in the valley today, and “peasants’ republic”. It ended with which is why one’s own house and the brief Bavarian occupation (1806 – home are tenaciously clung to. New culture 1814) as a result of the realignment of sources of income have to be continu- Europe by Napoleon. ously developed – the multitude of manual skills is proof of this. Hard cheese and lace

It was during this time that the region This culture has succeeded in main- out dining developed in the form you see today. taining its vitality. Innovation and Rational, mercantile methods gained flexibility based on the acquired con- importance in agriculture, desert- tinue today in initiatives such as the edness became characteristic of the Werkraum (→ page 80) and have Vorderwald to the Mittelwald, pro- turned the Bregenzerwald into a well-being duction of hard cheese grew (alpine model European region. dairy → page 90) to such a sustainable extent that the first dairy farm 4 snow levels & weather

Measurement of snow in the Bregenzerwald

What makes winter into winter? Wetter-Apps und Links: Snow, of course! Thanks to its location on the northern edge of the weather forecast for Alps, an above-average amount of vorarlberg: snow falls in the Bregenzerwald. wetterring / www.wetterring.at With precipitation amounting wetter.orf.at to 2,000 mm per year (up to 3,000 mm at higher altitudes), weather forecast for austria: the Bregenzerwald is one of the www.zamg.ac.at highest-precipitation regions in Austria (average 900 mm). metgis global weather forecast: www.metgis.com

skiing areas and weather: Info: bergfex/Ski Lite SNOWGRID was developed at the Central Institute for Meteorology avalanche information app: and Geodynamics (ZAMG) for snowsafe / www.snowsafe.at analysing and forecasting snow nationally. Every day at approx. tour app and mountain weather: 7.30 hrs, ZAMG publishes maps of alpenverein / the current overall snow height www.alpenvereinaktiv.com and the change over the last 24 hours (caused by new snow, melt- The apps are available in the App ing and/or settlement of the Store for iPhone and iPad, and the snow). This data is available to all Google Play Store for Android. and free of charge. information www.zamg.ac.at/incaanalyse 5 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing

ski & board family tips The Bregenzerwald’s skiing areas have pistes for all tastes and all levels, the most

up-to-date lifts, cosy mountain inns and active winter lovely lookout points. Put simply: a joy for skiers and snowboarders! culture dining out dining well-being 6 3-valley ski pass

In the Damüls-Mellau skiing area

The 3-valley ski pass is valid for 31 Season dates skiing areas in the Bregenzerwald, in low season the Große Walsertal, in the Lechtal, Start of the season until in the Allgäu and on the ski buses. 21 December 2018 You can choose from ski passes for 6 until 25 January 2019 between 2.5 and 21 days, special 16 March 2019 until the end of the passes for between 2, 5 and season 8 days and season passes. high season These prices are valid for all those 22 December 2018 until who produce a Guest Card from any 5 January 2019 town or village in the Bregenzerwald. 26 January until 15 March 2019 Anyone not possessing such a Guest Card pays an additional € 4 per ski Age limits pass. Seniors, born in 1954 and older Youths, born in 2000 – 2002 Should the high and low seasons Kids, born in 2003 – 2012 overlap, a mixed price is calculated. Snowman, born in 2013 or later It is possible to extend a 3-valley pass valid for at least 2.5 days by one day. Ski buses included Group tariffs apply from 18 people. To go skiing, holders of the 3-valley ski pass can use the public buses Advance sales possible from 3 p.m. to reach the skiing area of their on the day before from the cable cars choice (excluded: skiing areas of and from the information centre of Oberstaufen). In addition, ski buses Bregenzerwald Tourismus in Egg. All which can also be used free of charge prices include smart card (except operate in numerous villages. season tickets), are in € and include VAT at 10%. 3-valley ski pass 7 land & lives land

Adults Adults Days/time High season Low season Pensioners Youths Children Snowman 2.5 (from 11.30) 123 117 117 109 62 13

3 139 133 133 123 70 14 ski & board 4 170 162 162 150 85 16 5 201 191 191 177 101 18 6 233 222 222 206 117 20 7 260 247 247 229 130 22 8 288 274 274 254 144 24 ski & freedom 9 313 298 298 276 157 26 10 337 321 321 297 169 28 11 359 342 342 316 180 30 12 381 362 362 336 191 32 13 400 380 380 352 200 34 14 418 398 398 368 209 36

15 436 415 415 384 218 38 xc skiing 16 453 431 431 399 227 40 17 466 443 443 411 233 42 18 479 456 456 422 240 44 19 493 469 469 434 247 46 20 503 478 478 443 252 48 family tips 21 512 487 487 451 256 50

Should the high and low seasons overlap, a mixed price is automatically calculated! *AD 48 46 46 43 24 4 2x1 day** 100 - 95 88 50 8 5x1 day** 233 - 222 206 117 - active winter 8x1 day** 337 - 321 297 169 -

*AD = additional day immediately following the ski pass from 2.5 days **Choose between 2x1 day, 5x1 day and 8x1 day: valid for 2 or 5/8 days within an entire winter season Ski pass prices are valid upon presentation of a Guest Card: otherwise, a surcharge of € 4 per ski pass applies. culture Facts and figures information Bregenzerwald skiing region 3-Täler-Infocenter 15 skiing areas Gerbe 1135 88 lifts, comprising 6863 Egg, Vorarlberg

1 large cable car T +43 (0)5512 2365-30 out dining 5 cable cars [email protected] 32 chair lifts www.3taeler.at 50 ski tows and practice lifts 247 km of prepared pistes, comprising 94 km of blue pistes well-being 119 km of red pistes 34 km of black pistes 8 warth-schröcken ski arlberg

Skiing in Warth-Schröcken

lifts and cable cars Ski-Arlberg ski tickets 14 cable cars Discounted Ski Arlberg ski tickets 46 chair lifts (→ page 9) 28 ski tows ski school & children’s ski school pistes • Ski and snowboard school Length of the slopes: 305 km Salober-Schröcken davon: T +43 (0)5583 4259600 of which: • Ski and snowboard school Warth 132 km are blue pistes T +43 (0)5583 3443 123 km are red pistes • Schröcken-Hochkrumbach ski 50 km are black pistes sports school Josef Staggl M +43 (0)664 7575500 information • Arlberg Snowsports ski school • Ski lifts Warth GmbH & Co Marcel Fetz, M +43 (0)664 4277942 T +43 (0)5583 3601-0 Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5583 3601-11 ski rental • Ski lifts Schröcken Strolz GmbH • Sport Schneller, Schröcken T +43 (0)5583 4259-0 T +43 (0)5519 201 Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5583 2255 • Sport Jug, Warth www.warth-schroecken.at M +43 (0)664 5559910 • Sport Knitel, Warth, day ticket (high season) T +43 (0)5583 3612 Warth-Schröcken: Adult: € 52.50 après ski Child: € 26 Schröcken: Holzschopf, Café Bar Arlberg: Bistro Ritters, Salober S1 Ski Lounge Adult: € 54.50 Warth: Best Of – Pub, Sennkuchi, Child: € 32.50 Steffisalp – skiing hut and umbrella bar, ’s Finale – Wartherhof warth-schröcken ski arlberg 9 land & lives land The mountain villages of Warth and Variety Schröcken, with their diverse pistes and Ski movie racing track free-ride slopes, are located at an altitude Skiers can have themselves filmed on of between 1,300 and 1,500 metres, and the giant slalom track by the automatic are ensured a good covering of snow. The video camera on the ski movie track northern and eastern slopes guarantee next to the Steffisalp-Express and also ski & board the best possible conditions until well have their time recorded. Download into spring. Skiers take the cable car to from www.warth-schroecken.at the Ski Arlberg skiing area, which, with 305 km of pistes and over 200 km off Giant slalom racing track deep snow pistes, is currently the larg- The giant slalom racing track, 650 ski & freedom est connected skiing area in the whole of metres in length and secured, is located Austria. next to the Sonnencruiser lift and ena- bles you to record your time. Special features Selection of lift tickets Speed check

Guests in Warth-Schröcken have a num- All visitors get the chance to set their xc skiing ber of different ski passes to choose very own record on the secured high- from: speed track next to the Kuchl lift, and - Warth-Schröcken ski pass, 1 to 2.5 days compare their time against that of the - Three-valley ski pass (Bregenzerwald, Olympic champion Hubert Strolz, a Großes Walsertal, Lechtal), 2.5 to 21 days native of Warth. He hit the 92 km an family tips - Ski Arlberg ski pass (Warth-Schröcken, hour mark on this track. Lech Zürs, St. Anton), 1 to 30 days Holders of three-valley ski passes (2.5 Funslope Steffisalp to 21 days, season tickets) and of Warth- A change from the classic fun on the Schröcken season passes are also entitled pistes is on offer by the slopes with two active winter to buy discounted Ski Arlberg flexible lines featuring numerous waves, steep day tickets bends, fun boxes, butter boxes and a snail. A pleasure for skiers both big and For families and children small. Paulis Ski Arena Salober Paulis Ski Arena at the Salober-jet valley Salober Northface station is a training and adventure area. The three black pistes on the Salober culture It has three training lifts, nursery slopes Northface are just the job for those who and any amount of space for having fun love it really steep. The gradient of the in the snow. black slope 253 “Ochsenkopf” exceeds New: Pauli‘s Kids Cross 70 %. dining out dining Warth guest kindergarten Chamois on the piste Children aged between 2 and 4 years of On ski run 262 “Gamssprung” , 1,150 age are supervised by the hour or the day metres in length, again and again you at the Bambiniclub at Warth ski school. get an eyeful of stunning impressions of the mountains. The marking is origi- well-being Kinderland of the Ski School Warth nal: a prancing chamois points the way Pauli’s favourite place is the VIP area for on the ski run. kids attending the ski school. 10 warth-schröcken ski arlberg

Avalanche transceiver training centre and SAAC camps Off-piste skiers can practice using avalanche transceivers and search strategies for emergencies on the permanently installed site next to the Steffisalp Express Freeride courses: www.skischule-salober.at Telemark: www.skitannberg.at “Five-star skiing area” award according to Skiresort.de, the world’s biggest test portal for skiing areas. warth-schröcken ski arlberg 11 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing family tips active winter culture dining out dining

Ski & Concert Warth Dates: From early February, 3 p.m. on Saturdays, free admission Venue: open-air stage Sporthotel Steffisalp, Warth. www.skiandconcert.at well-being Après-Ski & Live music in the S1 Ski Lounge Dates: Saturdays from 2.30 p.m. on selected dates from 12 January to the end of the season, free admission Venue: S1 Ski Lounge in the Salober Ski Arena. www.s1skilounge.at 12 damüls-mellau-faschina

Varied ski runs in Damüls-Mellau

lifts and cable cars ski rental 2 cable cars • Madlener Sport, Damüls 15 chair lifts T +43 (0)5510 391 2 ski tows • manis rent sport center, Damüls 4 practice lifts M +43 (0)699 12109630 2 rope tows • Intersport Matt, Damüls 6 moving walkways T +43 (0)5510 25250 • Sport Broger, Mellau pistes T +43 (0)5518 2240 Lengths of the slopes: 109 km • Sport Natter, Mellau of which: T +43 (0)5518 22620 28 km are blue pistes • Sport Natter, Mellau 50 km are red pistes Talstation Mellaubahn 10 km are black pistes T +43 (0)5518 2222-37 21 km of ski trails • Sport Natter, Mellau Alphof Rossstelle information T +43 (0)5518 2222-38 • Damüls cable cars T +43 (0)5510 600 ski school & children’s ski school Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5510 600-14 • Damüls ski school • Mellau cable cars T +43 (0)5510 295 T +43 (0)5518 2222 • Mellau ski and snowboard school Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5518 2222-23 T +43 (0)5518 220011 www.damuels-mellau.at après ski day ticket (high season) Damüls: Adult: € 49 ’s Scharfe Eck, ’s Damülser Après Ski, Child: € 29 Alpenkluft, Schwartenstadl, Kiosk Uga, HeHo Hütte, Heikes Schirmbar Mellau: M1 cable car valley station, Skihütte, ’s Bärle, Metzgerstüble damüls-mellau-faschina 13 land & lives land Damüls and Mellau complement each Easy Cheesy Land Mellau other perfectly. In the Walser village of The perfect training ground for new- Damüls, located at a high altitude, ski- comers to skiing is located between iers literally step out of the front door Rossstelle and Gipfelbahn. The button and are on the slopes. Mellau enjoys a lift takes you on a short trip up the central location in the valley, with the mountain. Passing colourful figures, ski & board Mellau cable car providing easy access you wend your way downhill on the to the skiing area. The skiing area gently sloping piste. combines plenty of snow, sun-kissed south slopes, the best possible piste Snow mobile ride conditions through to the spring on Meeting point: 10.30 a.m. on the train- ski & freedom the north slopes and impressive views. ing ground of Damüls ski school in Riedboden Special features Dates: every Wednesday between 26 Damüls circular tour December 2018 and 17 April 2019 The around three-hour skiing tour Price: € 5 for five rounds

takes you through the entire skiing information & reservations xc skiing area and special stops. The All-Moun- Reservations by guests not at the ski tain-Line with Kids’ Park, the speed school by 4 p.m. on the day before track with video analysis, the Damüls Damüls ski school skiing museum and a photo point are T +43 (0)5510 295 all located on the tour. It is also worth www.skischule-damuels.at family tips stopping off at two viewing points affording an impressive view into the Variety distance. The circular tour guide with Afternoon of fun sports time specifications (as a guidance Accompanied by ski and snowboard only) and precise information is avail- instructors, guests discover the active winter able at the starting point (mountain Damüls-Mellau skiing area, with snow- station Hohe Wacht) and from the ski blades and Skifox. pass cash desks in the skiing area. Meeting point: Mellau ski school, valley station of Mellau cable car For families and children Dates: daily upon request Guest kindergarten Duration: approx. 2 hours

Mellau: children between the ages Price per person: € 53 including fun culture of 1 and 6 years are welcome in the sports equipment, excluding ski pass supervised guest kindergarten at the Minimum number of participants: mountain station of Mellau cable car. 3 people, otherwise a surcharge is Opening times: daily, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. applicable. and 1 to 4 p.m. information & reservations out dining Damüls: children from the age of 2 Mellau ski and snowboard school years are supervised in the Bunny- M +43 (0)664 3428979 club. Contact the local carer to discuss www.skischule-mellau.at the supervision of children below two years of age. tip: museum well-being Opening times: Sun to Friday Kulisse Pfarrhof, Damüls 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. The history of skiing and tourism in Damüls (→ page 87) 14 damüls-mellau-faschina

Freeriding Damüls-Mellau The terrain in the Damüls mountains is perfect for freeriding and ski tours. Fantastic deep snow slopes and attractive routes abound. You get the best views from the vantage points located at altitudes up to 2,000 metres. For your own safety, it is recommended that you only undertake tours off-piste accompanied by a ski instructor or ski guide.

Snowparks & Freestyle → page 25 damüls-mellau-faschina 15 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing family tips active winter culture dining out dining well-being “Top Ski Resort” award according to Skiresort.de, the world’s biggest test portal for skiing areas. 16 diedamskopf au-schoppernau

Diedamskopf in Au-Schoppernau

lifts and cable cars ski rental 2 cable cars • Sport Gorbach, Au 2 chair lifts T +43 (0)5515 4141-1 4 ski tows www.gorbach.at • Sport Fuchs, Au pistes T +43 (0)5515 2315 Lengths of the slopes: 40 km www.sportfuchs.com of which: • Sport Matt, Schoppernau 13 km are blue pistes T +43 (0)5515 4120 11 km are red pistes www.matt.at 7 km are black pistes 9 km of ski trails ski school & children’s ski school Au-Schoppernau snow sports school information T +43 (0)5515 2133 Diedamskopf cable cars www.schneesportschule-bregenzer- Au-Schoppernau wald.at T +43 (0)5515 4110-0 Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5515 4110-99 après ski www.diedamskopf.at Schoppernau: Ski Inn www.facebook.at/diedamskopf Au: Erlebnisgasthof Ur-Alp

day ticket Adult: € 44.50 Child: € 25 diedamskopf au-schoppernau 17 land & lives land The pistes on the Diedamskopf, at an Ski school altitude of 2,090 m, are as popular In “Didiland”, children playfully amongst advanced skiiers as amongst learn how to take their first steps families with children experienced in on skis. There are three conveyor skiing. Top: the long descent into the belts, a carousel, shuggy boats, a valley and the off-piste skiing options. snow igloo, a tent and much more. ski & board You get a very special panorama of The skiing courses for the older kids the mountains and as far as Lake include an experience and safety Constance from the peak, accessible programme comprising a barbecue via the winter hiking path and the in a tipi, snow rafting with a Skidoo year-round base for paragliders and and abseiling. Kids can find out ski & freedom hang-gliders. everything they need to know about “Safety in snow sports” in the safety Special features camps. Diedams valley run: those in good shape plump for the 10-km long val- Variety

ley run, which covers a difference in Fun slope xc skiing altitude of 1,250 metres. The fun slope featuring waves, jumps, a tunnel and snail promises Grunholz night-time skiing: The fun for the whole family. lift serves two lovely, gently sloping pistes. This is one of the few places Ski movie track family tips in the Bregenzerwald that you can Skiers can have their very own giant ski and toboggan on an evening too, slalom racing video made on the ski by floodlight. The three-valley ski move track on the Breiten alp. You pass is valid for the journeys by lift. can watch and download the video Evening opening times: Wednesday from www.skiline.cc. active winter and Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. Snowparks & Freestyle → page 25 For families and children Guest kindergarten in Didis Kinderland A children’s play area covering 300 m2 is housed on the top floor of culture the mountain station. The kids are looked after and can spend either the whole day or a few hours here. Lunch is also available upon request.

There is a parent-child area for chil- out dining dren up to three years of age. Opening times: at lift operating time daily between 10 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. Price: free of charge for all children up to 8 years of age well-being 18 diedamskopf au-schoppernau diedamskopf au-schoppernau 19 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing family tips active winter culture dining out dining well-being 20 bödele-schwarzenberg

Hochälpelekopf 1467 m

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P5 H H 3 Unterkaltberg Hotel Sonnhalde Beien H SCHWARZENBERG SPORT

Sport Freien Fink H H € P6

lifts and cable cars day ticket (high season) 1 chair lift Adult: € 33.60 9 ski tows Child: € 18.40 1 connecting lift après ski pistes Berghof Fetz, Meierei Lengths of the slopes: 24 km, of which: 9 km are blue pistes information 12 km are red pistes Tourist office Schwarzenberg 3 km are black pistes T +43 (0)5512 3570 Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5572 7321 ski school & children’s ski school www.boedele.info • Ski school Schwarzenberg M +43 (0)664 2214075 www.skischule-schwarzenberg.at Skiing with the magic wand • Ski school Bödele A method developed by the M +43 (0)664 75036843 school itself guarantees that all www.skischule-boedele.at children from 3 ½ years of age are able to ski on the practice slopes ski rental on their own after four individual • Berg Fink Ski & Bergsport, lessons. Schwarzenberg, T +43 (0)5512 2918 Should a child not succeed, the www.bergfink.at ski instructor keeps on skiing free • Skishop Bödele of charge until he/she does! Berghof Fetz Price: M +43 (0)664 75036843 € 62 per hour www.skischule-boedele.at Information • Ski rental Hochälpele Schwarzenberg ski school Hochälpele ski lift, valley station M +43 (0)664 2214075 T +43 (0)5512 26807 www.skischule-schwarzenberg.at egg-schetteregg 21 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

lifts and cable cars information xc skiing 1 chair lift Egger lift company 5 ski tows T +43 (0)5512 4750 www.schetteregg.at pistes Lengths of the slopes: 10 km ski school & children’s ski family tips of which: school 3 km are blue pistes Ski school Schetteregg 6 km are red pistes M +43 (0)680 2446881 1 km are black pistes www.schi-schule.at active winter ski rental Schetti’s kids’ paradise Sport Waldner Magic carpets and a ski carousel T +43 (0)5512 4750-21 in the kids’ paradise can be used www.sportwaldner.at free of charge by all visitors. Young guests have enough to do day ticket (high season)

in the breaks in Schettiland with Adult: € 33.50 culture its igloo and climbing hill. Child: € 18.50 Pistes for kids: all pistes in Schet- teregg bears a mascot which après ski briefly describes what children Gasthaus Amagmach inn, Lifthus

should be capable of in order to out dining ski on that particular piste. From the snowplough turn on the hedgehog circuit, through to safe curving on the bear slope through to dynamic carving on the lynx well-being piste. 22 hochhäderich hittisau-riefensberg

lifts and cable cars ski rental 1 chair lift • Jakobs Skishop, Hochhäderich 4 ski tows T +43 (0)5513 8254-61 www.alpenarena.com pistes • Sport Spettel, Hittisau Lengths of the slopes: 9 km T +43 (0)5513 6341 of which: www.spettel.at 4 km are blue pistes • Sport Gotthard, Hittisau 3 km are red pistes T +43 (0)5513 2260 2 km are black pistes www.sport-gotthard.com

information day ticket (high season) Alpenarena Hochhäderich Adult: € 32 T +43 (0)5513 8254-0 Child: € 22 Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5513 8254-51 www.alpenarena.com après ski Umbrella bar at the valley station ski school & children’s ski school Snow sports school Hochhäderich Timm Stade T +43 (0)5513 8254-171 www.skischule-stade.de

tip: skiing area for families Almhotel right next to the piste with family apartments, swimming pool and wellness area. Ideal for families with small children. niedere andelsbuch-bezau 23 land & lives land

Winterstaude 1880 m Skigebiet Niedere

Tristenkopf Andelsbuch - Bezau 1740 m Hohe Kirche 1750 m

Bullerschkopf 1760 m Lifte und Bahnen Niedere Höhe 1715 m A Doppelsesselbahn Gerach Niederekopf D B Doppelsesselbahn Niedere A lpine s C Doppelschlepplift Niederemulde 1 T ourenge bie t 2 3 2 D Schlepplift Niederekopf 1 Niedermulde 6 1 2 E Schleppliftski & board Breitfeld C Bergstation 6 Niedere Baumgartenhöhe 1600 m 1650 m F Seilbahn Bezau

G Übungslift Andelsbuch Talstation Bergstation 1550m H Förderband Andelsbuch Talstation

Breitfeld Skirouten und Abfahrten E Niedere 2 B 1 Abfahrt Niedere 1 2 Abfahrt Muldenlifte

1 3 Abfahrt Niederekopflift 4 Mittelstation F 1150 m Bezau 4 Abfahrt Breitfeldlift Mittelstation 4 Sonderdach 5 Abfahrt Übungslift 4 4 4 1200 m 6 Skiweg

Rodelbahn Baumgarten - Sonderdach

1 Skiroute Niederekopf - Sonderdach 2 ski & freedom 2 Skiroute Kälberboden - Schwende 3 Gerach 3 2 Skiroute Gerach - Schwende

A 4 Älpele - Talstation

Skipiste 3 (markiert, präpariert und vor alpinen Gefahren gesichert) 4 leicht, easy, facile

mittelschwer, middletrait, media

Förderband schwierig, difficult, difficile Übungslift H 5 G Skiroute (markiert, vor alpinen Gefahren gesichert) Talstation Talstation Bezau Andelsbuch 680 m 655m

lifts and cable cars ski rental xc skiing 1 large cable car in Bezau (60 p.) • Sport Dorner, Andelsbuch 2 chair lifts T +43 (0)5512 2482 4 ski tows www.schneeprofi.at 1 practice lift • Sport Thomas Bezau 1 moving walkway valley station T +43 (0)5514 31441 family tips Andelsbuch www.sport-thomas.at pistes day ticket (high season) Lengths of the slopes: 10 km Adult: € 32.60 of which: Child: € 18.70 active winter 5 km are blue pistes 4 km are red pistes après ski 1 km are black pistes Andelsbuch: Mooser Stüble, Jöslar, Lissbar information Andelsbuch cable cars

T +43 (0)5512 2540 culture Snow hotline: T + 43 (0)5512 2540 www.bergbahnen-andelsbuch.at

Bezau cable car

T +43 (0)5514 2254 out dining Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5514 2254 www.seilbahn-bezau.at ski school Niedere Skiing tip: variation skiing: well-being M +43 (0)664 2214075 Fantastic north and south slopes www.niedere-skiing.com for variation skiers. 24 hochlitten riefensberg

lifts and cable cars ski school & children’s ski school 4 ski tows Ski and snowboard school Hittisau-Sibratsgfäll pistes www.ski-snowboard-schule.at Lengths of the slopes: 4.4 km M +43 (0)664 73086646 of which: 4.4 km are blue pistes day ticket (high season) Adult: € 28 information Child: € 17.50 Ski lifts Hochlitten T +43 (0)5513 8312-2 Snow hotline: T +43 (0)5513 8239 www.skilifte-hochlitten.com

tip: skiing area for families Located away from the hustle and bustle of large skiing areas. Small yet exquisite skiing area, ideal for families with small children. Plus: racing service and three racing tracks for club, association or company races FIS-homologated slalom run for men and women. snowparks & freestyle 25 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Snowpark Damüls

Snowboarders and freestylers can Diedamspark xc skiing enjoy themselves at a broad range of The Pleasure Diedamspark is a high- different snow parks. light for both snowboarders and freeskiers. Whether beginner or Damüls snowpark advanced, the variety of rails, boxes The largest snow park in the and kickers from easy to pro will help family tips Bregenzerwald is a hotspot of the everyone find their “line”. Deckchairs freestyle scene. It comprises the and comfortable sound for relaxing Mainpark, the Ugapark with the All- in can be enjoyed in the chill area. Mtn-Line and the Kids’ snow park. There are also lots of really good The facilities include various kick- places for powder kickers in addition active winter ers, rails, boxes, large boats, a chill- to the steep shoots and channels on out area, a fun line and much more. the Diedamskopf. The runs in the Events are regularly held. hollow at the Krüzlelift are classic. The snowpark stretches from the Uga www.diedamspark.at mountain station to the Mainpark. www.facebook.at/diedamskopf The Walisgaden Snowpark Shuttle and the Uga All-Mtn-Line Shuttle will culture take you back to the starting point. www.snowparkdamuels.com www.facebook.com/ snowparkdamuels dining out dining well-being 26 ski!project – skiing courses & exercise coaching

Check out www.skiprojekt.at/methoden to see what this is all about!

Turning and floating, on the slopes Management: or through powder snow. That is Michael Widmer-Willam the motto of these skiing courses – He is a passionate skier, dance and including following a recovered performance artist and, as a ski injury. trainer, enjoys trying out new skiing techniques and movements. In his In these skiing workshops you workshops, he combines his many develop a dynamic, energy-saving years’ experience in teaching skiing skiing technique that is kind to your and his knowledge of the body and joints – according to your own indi- movement with the lightness of vidual needs. The special method dance. and the structure of the workshops Offers: Intensive workshops in skiing enable you to improve your skiing technique for all skill levels, deep in a quick, sustainable manner. snow courses, courses for returnees Complex sequences of movement following extended absences, needed for carving or skiing in deep injuries or physical weaknesses snow are conveyed and optimised by Services: means of simple, playful movements • 6-8 lesson programme and exercises to reinforce your body • constant video analysis awareness. • individualised skiing model • long-term, individual development planning Please note: • personalised equipment The courses are held on specified consultancy dates. Booking is required. You • cultural trips in the region can only start on the first day (optional) of the course. Detailed information is available on the website: information & reservation www.skiprojekt.at and in the pro- ski!Projekt gramme brochure. M +43 (0)664 4205221 www.skiprojekt.at 27 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing

ski & freedom family tips The conditions for off-piste skiing are perfect since there is so much snow about. Skiing tours

and – the more leisurely version – variation active winter skiing are enjoying increasing popularity. culture dining out dining well-being 28 map of the area

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recommended reading “Skitourenführer Bregenzerwald inkl. Großes Walsertal und Lechquellengebirge” by A. Kempf/ R. Kempf published by Panico Alpinverlag (in German only) skiing tours 29 land & lives land Tour Starting point Difference in Highest altitude (up): elevation

1 Brendler Lug Au 950 m 1,767 m

2 Portlahorn Damüls 400 m 2,010 m ski & board

3 Hirschberg Bizau 700 m 1,500 m

Schwarzen- 4 Hochälpele Kopf 450 m 1,464 m berg ski & freedom Skiing tours for beginners for Skiing tours

5 Feuerstätterkopf Sibratsgfäll 650 m 1,645 m

6 Juppenspitze Schröcken 1,200 m 2,412 m

7 Üntschenspitze Schoppernau 1,150 m 2,135 m xc skiing

8 Kanisfluh Au 1,250 m 2,044 m

9 Winterstaude Egg 800 m 1,877 m family tips Skiing tours for the advanced the advanced for Skiing tours 10 Hochkünzelspitze Schröcken 1,300 m 2,397 m

11 Klemm via Salober Schröcken 2,300 m active winter 12 Bockbachtaltour Warth 2,340 m

Off-piste ski routes ski Off-piste 13 Around Hoher Ifen Schoppernau 2,060 m

The Bregenzerwald is famous for its mountain and skiing guides, or that wide range of enjoyable skiing tours, you reserve one of our package deals. culture comprising the gentle through to the This way, you’ll safely reach the more arduous. Following an ascent loveliest places, and receive valuable taking 2 to 5 hours on cross-country tips on the way. skis and skins, swing down the magnificent slopes off the prepared pistes Bregenzerwald ski touring out dining and down into the valley. You can package deals rent the appropriate equipment such Take your pick from our selection as skis and avalanche search equip- of package deals for beginners ment from the local ski rental shops. and advanced ski tourers alike at www.bregenzerwald.at, which well-being We recommend that you only is also the address for making embark on these tours in the reservations. company of the ski schools’ 30 skiing tours

Skiing tours for beginners Skiing tours for the advanced 1: brendler lug (1,767 m) 6: juppenspitze (2,412 m) The gentle, classic skiing tour close This skiing tour has perfectly to Au, with north-facing slopes and inclined and sunny slopes at higher glades is most fun in the powder altitudes. snow/new snow. Difference in altitude: 1,200 m Difference in altitude: 950 m Starting point: at Mohnenfluh hotel Starting point: car park of Au’s village in Schröcken hall 7: üntschenspitze (2,135 m) 2: portlahorn (2,010 m) This tour, which covers lovely slopes Straightforward panorama tour across to the south west and the north east, the Damüls skiing area. is hidden away on Schoppernau’s Difference in altitude: 400 m impressive very own mountain. Starting point: Jägerstüble inn on Difference in altitude: 1,150 m the road between Oberdamüls and Starting point: Schoppernau, Bad Furkajoch Hopfreben inn

3: hirschberg (1,500 m) 8: kanisfluh (2,044 m) This tour takes you through Dominating the entire Bregenzer- fantastic skiing terrain in an area wald, the mighty Kanisfluh – with formerly home to pistes. its steep north side sloping over Difference in altitude: 700 m 1,200 m – takes you by surprise with Starting point: Bizau, Hütten – an outstandingly lovely skiing tour car park/practice lift on its south side. Difference in altitude: 1,250 m 4: hochälpelekopf (1,464 m) Starting point: from Au, in This area is recommended particu- the direction of Damüls, across the larly for beginners or those wishing to Argenbach bridge (car park) enjoy a short afternoon tour. Difference in altitude: 450 m 9: winterstaude (1,877 m) Starting point: Gmeind, part of the It is close to Egg that the most-used village of Schwarzenberg route is located: despite its steep grassy slopes, it is used astoundingly 5: feuerstätterkopf (1,645 m) frequently. This lovely, popular tour takes you Difference in altitude: 800 m across gentle ski slopes, without any Starting point: Egg-Schetteregg, lift flat spots. car park Difference in altitude: 650 m Starting point: from Sibratsgfäll, 10: hochkünzelspitze (2,397 m) Alpenrose inn The Hochkünzelspite offers the experienced ski tourer magnificent runs in an alpine setting. Difference in altitude: 1,300 m Starting point: Schröcken, Land- steg bus stop, approx. 2 km to Bad Hopfreben skiing tours 31 land & lives land Well supervised Date: daily, upon request Skiing in deep snow and ski tours are Duration: day tour, approx. 4–5 hours fascinating. However, skiing safety is Price per person: from € 60 frequently lacking, as is the economic information use of your own strength, or simply Markus Moosbrugger self-confidence. The mountain and ski M +43 (0)664 3429465 ski & board guides are familiar with the local snow, www.mitmoses.at weather and avalanche conditions, and ensure an unforgettable day of touring. Mellau: taster ski tour Meeting point: office of Mellau ski ski!project skiing tours school, 9 a.m. ski & freedom These specific ski tour workshops Dates: 8 December 2018 to 21 April incorporate Feldenkrais units. The 2019, Fridays objective is to simplify the sequences Duration: approx. 4 hours of movements in order to minimise Price per person: € 88 including the amount of effort required for the avalanche transceiver, excluding tour

ascent and for skiing down the slopes. equipment xc skiing The focus of these workshops is on the information & reservations interplay between movement, skiing Reserve by 4 p.m. the day before and a relaxing experience in nature. Mellau ski school Offers: for all skill levels, for beginners T +43 (0)5518 20011 who are unsure of their condition or M +43 (0)664 3428979 family tips ability to ski downhill, for returnees www.skischule-mellau.at (following injuries or long absences). The snow sports school in Au-Schop- Schröcken: Ski tours for beginners and pernau is a cooperation partner. Please experts alike note: fixed dates. Booking is essential. Meeting point: to be disclosed upon active winter You can only start on the first day of booking the course. Dates: weekly, between December and information early April Michael Priesner Duration: tours with climbs between M +43 (0)676 7245641 1 ½ and 3 ½ hours www.skiprojekt.at Price for 2 persons: from € 130

including equipment culture Damüls: Guided skiing tour information & booking Meeting point: Damüls ski school Schneesportschule Date: December – April every Thursday Schröcken Hochkrumbach, at 10 a.m. Josef Staggl information & booking M +43 (0)664 7575500 or out dining the day before until 3 p.m. M +43 (0)664 2525200 Damüls ski school www.skischule-schroecken.com T +43 (0)5510 295 www.skischule-damuels.at Schwarzenberg: Guided ski tours Various tour destinations available Au-Schoppernau: Skiing tour with Moses information well-being Meeting point: Ski and mountain guide Skischule Schwarzenberg Markus Moosbrugger T +43 (0)664 2214075 Schoppernau, Riese 238 32 variation skiing

Off the pistes – out and about with experts

Variation skiing is the leisurely, enjoy- 12: bockbachtaltour able form of skiing off piste. Most Place: Warth – Steeg ascents are taken by lift, and then you Starting point: Wartherhorn cable ski off piste. car Ascent: Wartherhornsattel, approx. Here are 3 recommended routes. For 30 min., Wöstersattel, approx. 45 reasons of safety and orientation, we min. recommend that you only embark on Highest point: Rüfikopf 2,340 m these tours in the company of the ski Destination: Steeg 1,250 m schools’ mountain and skiing guides. Difference in altitude: approx. 1,800 m run Routes for variation skiers 11: klemm via salober 13: around hohen ifen Place: Warth – Schröcken – Lech Place: Schoppernau – Kleinwalsertal Starting point: Salober Express Starting point: Diedamskopf Ascent: Auenfeld-Sattel, Ascent: approx. 300 m approx. 20 min. Highest point: 2,060 m Highest point: Mohnenfluhsattel 2,300 m Destination: Schönenbach near Destination: Schröcken – Heimboden Bizau 1,270 m Difference in altitude: approx. Difference in altitude: approx. 2,000 m run 1,630 m run

Recommended event Hahnenköpfle race Date: 9 March 2019 (Alternative date:10 March 2019) www.fcbizau.at 33 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Leave your own tracks in the snow – in the Damüls-Mellau ski region

Au-Schoppernau: Freeriding with Mellau: Freeride-terrain variation xc skiing Moses skiing The objectives of the day are You take the Mellau cable car to the effortless ascents and long runs with skiing area of Damüls-Mellau, where ski and mountain guide Markus guests ski off piste on a number of Moosbrugger. different routes under the supervi- family tips Place: Schoppernau sion of a state-certified ski instructor. Meeting point: Schoppernau, Riese 238 Location: Damüls-Mellau skiing area Date: daily, upon request Meeting point: ski school office Duration: day tour, approx. 5-6 Mellau, 9 a.m. hours in total Dates: Every Thursday from active winter Price per person: from € 70 8 December 2018 to 21 April 2019 information Duration: 3 hours Markus Moosbrugger Minimum number of participants: M +43 (0)664 3429465 3 (max. 6) www.mitmoses.at Price per person: € 74 including avalanche search equipment

Damüls: Freeride course (excluding lift pass) culture Meeting point: Damüls ski school information & booking Date: December – April every Tuesday Book before 4 p.m. the day before at 10 a.m. Mellau ski school information & booking T +43 (0)5518 20011 the day before until 3 p.m. M +43 (0)664 3428979 out dining Damüls ski school www.skischule-mellau.at T +43 (0)5510 295 www.skischule-damuels.at well-being 34 interesting information

Ascent Hirschberg, close to Bizau Safety tips for off-piste skiing Please note that you are skiing at vorarlberg avalanche your own risk! This brochure only warning service contains suggested routes. Free use of the avalanche alarm • Off-piste skiing is fun when service via fax, e-mail or the Internet: you master the technique. The www.vorarlberg.at/lawine Bregenzerwald ski schools offer Avalanche information app: courses to this end. www.snowsafe.at • The correct equipment and cloth- 24-hour recorded message: ing are essential safety factors. T +43 (0)5574 201 1588 • Anyone skiing off piste needs avalanche equipment (avalanche Respect your boundaries search equipment, probe, ava- However, anyone out and about lanche shovel, First Aid kit) and enjoying the countryside needs to also needs to know how to use such keep in mind that it is also a very equipment! sensitive habitat for plants and • Never set off too late. In winter, it animals which is worth protecting. starts getting dark at 4.30 p.m. Please don’t take any short-cuts • Never set off if it is snowing/foggy. through forest paths, since they (Wetter-Apps und Links → S. 4) are often used by wild game as a • The skiing and mountain guides refuge. Moreover, the edges of skis are familiar with the place and and snowboards can easily dam- terrain and ensure that you safely age the young forest. Observe the reach your destination – and no-go hunting areas and, if neces- back home. sary, choose a different tour destination. It is with this in mind that we emergency telephone numbers also appeal to you to respect pres- (free of charge) ervation and conservation areas • 112 European emergency number and to observe any • 144 alpine emergencies restrictions. 35 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing xc skiing Cross-country skiing is very popular as an alternative to skiing or as a good way of family tips recharging your batteries in the fresh air. Especially when the cross-country ski runs are as well looked-after as they are in the

Bregenzerwald. active winter culture dining out dining well-being 36 au-schoppernau

Village cross-country ski run

cross-country ski runs 50 km of classic cross-country ski Village cross-country ski run runs 13 km of skating runs length 13 km

altitude 850 m classification easy to difficult

preparation difference in altitude 85 m Mid-December until Easter itinerary ski trail fee This cross-country ski run takes Free for guests and locals in you through Au and Schoppernau Au-Schoppernau. with various connection points to other cross-country ski runs. cross-country skiing courses From Au-Argenzipfel, it takes Au-Schoppernau snow sports school you through Äuele to Schopper- T +43 (0)5515 2133 nau and through a forest to the Au-Schoppernau cross-country mountain pasture settlement of ski school, M +43 (0)677 61096022 Armengemach. Via the Bregenzer achsteg, you pass through ski rental “paradise” and, across open fields, • Sport Gorbach, Au to Äuele forest. Via Kreuzgasse, T +43 (0)5515 4141-2 you arrive at the underpass next • Sport Fuchs, Au to the church bridge. After Reute T +43 (0)5515 2315 grazing meadow and Argenzipfel, • Sport Matt, Schoppernau you arrive at Kanisfluhloipe. T +43 (0)5515 4120 chances to stop off for a drink/food in Au-Schoppernau bezau-bizau-reuthe 37 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Circuit

cross-country ski runs xc skiing 20 km of classic cross-country ski runs The circuit 12 km of skating runs length 12 km altitude 650 m classification family tips preparation easy to intermediate Mid-December until Mid-March difference in altitude 50 m cross-country skiing courses Cross-country skiing and biathlon itinerary active winter school The circuit takes you through Nordic Sport Park Sulzberg all three villages, and can be Ingrid Fink-Nöckler commenced and terminated at M +43 (0)664 5323102 any of the villages. www.kreativbewegen.at characteristic ski rental Scenic, charming and varied culture Sport Thomas, Bezau circuit. T +43 (0)5514 31441 chances to stop off for a drink/food tips Inns in Bezau, Bizau and Reuthe out dining Cross-country ski trails online: www.bregenzerwald.at/ langlaufloipen Package “Cross-country skiing in

the Bregenzerwald” well-being information & booking: www.bregenzerwald.at 38 damüls

Stofel alpine cross-country ski run

cross-country ski runs 11 km of classic cross-country ski runs Stofel alpine 5 km of skating runs cross-country ski run

altitude 1,500 – 1,700 m length 5 km

preparation classification Early December until end of April intermediate to difficult

cross-country skiing courses difference in altitude 80 m Damüls ski school T +43 (0)5510 295 itinerary Zimba inn – circuit around the ski rental Stofel high plateau – Zimba inn Madlener Sport, Damüls T +43 (0)5510 391 characteristic Circuit with an impressive Mani Sport, Damüls mountain panorama. M +43 (0)699 12109630 chances to stop off for a tip drink/food The free local bus takes cross- Berggasthof Sonnenheim, country skiers to the starts of the Gasthaus Glöckle cross-country ski runs. hittisau 39 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Border country cross-country ski run

cross-country ski runs xc skiing 50 km of classic cross-country ski runs Border country cross-country 30 km of skating runs ski run altitude 800 m – 1,040 m length approx. 70 km family tips preparation classification December until end of March easy to intermediate ski trail fee difference in altitude 240 m active winter cross-country skiing courses itinerary • Ski school Hittisau-Sibratsgfäll Hittisau centre – Helmisau – M +43 (0)664 2143723 Dornbündt – Sippersegg – • Langlauf-Biathlon-Schule Biberstein – border with Nordic Sport Park Germany– start of the Balder- M +43 (0)664 5323102 schwang ski-hiking network –

www.kreativbewegen.at return by bus or along the culture cross-country ski run ski rental • Sport Spettel, Hittisau characteristic T +43 (0)5513 6341 An extensive cross-country skiing

• Sport Gotthard, Hittisau tour which can be shortened out dining T +43 (0)5513 2260 according to wishes. • Jakobs Skishop, Hochhäderich T +43 (0)5513 8254-61 chances to stop off for a drink/food Inns in Balderschwang and well-being Hittisau 40 mellau-schnepfau

Cross-country ski run in Mellau, Hirschau, Schnepfau

cross-country ski runs 23 km of classic cross-country ski runs Cross-country ski run in Mellau, 20 km of skating runs Hirschau, Schnepfau

altitude 700 m length 10 km

preparation classification December until March easy

cross-country skiing courses difference in altitude 40 m Ski school Mellau T +43 (0)5518 20011 itinerary Car park of Mellau cable cars – ski rental Enge – Hirschau – Schnepfau • Sport Natter, Mellau centre (return the same route T +43 (0)5518 2262 or by bus) • Sport Broger, Mellau T +43 (0)5518 2240 characteristc Lovely route at the foot of the Kanisfluh through the Enge mountain pasture.

chances to stop off for a drink/food Inns in Mellau, M1 Mellaubahn valley station, Café Lässer in Schnepfau riefensberg-hochhäderich 41 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Hörmoos cross-country ski run

cross-country ski runs xc skiing 12 km of classic cross-country ski runs Hörmoos cross-country 4 km of skating runs ski run altitude 1,300 m length 8.3 km family tips preparation classification December until mid-April difficult ski trail fee difference in altitude 151 m active winter cross-country skiing courses itinerary Hochhäderich snow sports school Car park of the Hotel Timm Stade Hochhäderich – Hörmoos lake – T +43 (0)5513 8254-171 car park of the Hotel Hochhäderich www.skischule-stade.de characteristic ski rental The course takes you through the culture Jakobs Skishop, Hochhäderich sunny high plateau on the Hoch- T +43 (0)5513 8254-61 häderich. Those experienced in skating techniques can take a detour to the Falkenhütte. dining out dining chances to stop off for a drink/food Hörmoosalpe, Hochwies inn, Hotel Hochhäderich well-being 42 schwarzenberg

Fohramoos cross-country ski run

cross-country ski runs 9.5 km of classic cross-country ski Fohramoos cross-country ski run runs length 9.5 or 6 km (large circuit), altitude 1,130 – 1,190 m 3.5 km (small circuit)

preparation classification Early December until Mid-March easy to intermediate

ski rental difference in altitude 60 m • Skishop Bödele Berghof Fetz itinerary M +43 (0)664 75036843 Start and end at the valley station • Ski rental Hochälpele of Oberlose lift: from there, you go Hochälpele valley station in a westerly direction through the T +43 (0)5512 26807 nature reserve of Fohramoos.

characteristic Scenic and varied circuit through Natura 2000 and the nature reserve.

chances to stop off for a drink/food Berghof Fetz, Alpenhotel Bödele, Meierei sibratsgfäll 43 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Cross-country ski run between Sibratsgfäll and Schönenbach

cross-country ski runs xc skiing 25 km of classic cross-country ski runs Cross-country ski run between 2 km of skating runs Sibratsgfäll and Schönenbach altitude 930 m length 18 km family tips preparation classification Mid-December until early April intermediate ski trail fee difference in altitude 150 m active winter cross-country skiing courses itinerary Ski school Hittisau-Sibratsgfäll Krähenberg ski lift – walk to the M +43 (0)664 73086629 base of the cross-country ski run at the Bilgeri snack bar – along the ski rental Subersach as far as Vorsäß Schönen- Engelbert Dorner bach mountain pasture – return the

T +43 (0)5513 2113 same route culture

characteristic A route for cross-country skiing enthusiasts, not too technically

demanding. Particularly scenic out dining route through the valley of the Subersach.

chances to stop off for a drink/food well-being Bilgeri snack bar in Sibratsgfäll, Jagdgasthaus Egender, Schönenbach 44 sulzberg

Panorama cross-country ski run

cross-country ski runs biathlon facility 20 km of classic cross-country ski runs Nordic Sport Park (→ page 45) 20 km of skating runs The direct connection to the West cross-country-ski rental Allgäu network of cross-country ski Nordic Sport Park runs provides the trained athlete with over 100 km of cross-country ski runs Panorama cross-country for all levels of proficiency. ski run

altitude 1,015 m length 6 km (classic and skating)

preparation classification December until 15 March easy to difficult

ski trail fee itinerary → page 45 Leave Oberdorf – continue in the direction of Hochsträß – circuit cross-country skiing courses (it is possible to turn off on to Cross-country biathlon school the Westallgäu network of cross- Nordic Sport Park Sulzberg country ski runs) Ingrid Fink-Nöckler M +43 (0)664 5323102 chances to stop off for a www.kreativbewegen.at drink/food Hochsträßstüble (closed on Mon) night-time cross-country skiing By floodlight every Mon to Fri between info 5 and 8.30 p.m. Part of the cross-coun- The use of the panorama cross- try skiing runs is served by a snow country ski run is free. All other making system. cross-country ski runs in the Nordic Sport Park are subject to a fee. (→ page 45). nordic sport park sulzberg 45 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Nordic Sport Park Sulzberg

Around 20 km of cross-country ski runs prices xc skiing for classic and skating techniques await € 5 per day (incl.night-time cross- in the Nordic Sport Park in Sulzberg. country skiing) or € 65 per season

The Nordic Sport Park also includes information the Sulzberg village lift and a popular Tourist office Sulzberg family tips tobogganing run – both of which are T +43 (0)5516 2213-10 only about 200 m from the stadium. www.sulzberg-bregenzerwald.at Well-groomed paths are available for Nordic Sport Park winter hikers. T + 43 (0)664 1222258 www.nordic-sport-park.at active winter Selection of cross-country ski runs • All cross-country ski runs are Try out Biathlon groomed for classic and skating pur- It is the combination of pulse load poses (→ page 44). and precision, which makes this • The cross-country ski runs in the discipline so unique. The air crack- Nordic Sport Park are subject to a les through to the very last shot.

fee, including during the day. The To try their hand at this exciting culture panorama cross-country ski run “discipline” supervised, guests which connects to the Westallgäu need to reserve in advance. network of cross-country ski runs Offer: can be used free of charge. Biathlon for individuals and

• Guests from Sulzberg staying three groups from one to four units also out dining or more nights may use the runs in combination with cross-country in the Nordic Sport Park (including skiing or a small obstacle course. night-time x-country skiing) free of Dates and prices: upon request charge. Tickets available from the information & booking tourist office upon presentation of Ingrid Fink-Nöckler well-being the guest card Cross-country skiing and biathlon • A 4-km circular route is illuminated school – Nordic Sport Park by floodlights. (→ page 44). M +43 (0)664 5323102 www.kreativbewegen.at 46 warth-schröcken

Around Kalbelesee

cross-country ski runs 17 km of classic cross-country ski runs Around Kalbelesee 4 km of skating runs length 2.5 km altitude 1,600 – 1,700 m classification easy preparation December until mid-April difference in altitude 0 m

cross-country skiing courses itinerary • Ski school Warth Salober car park – around T +43 (0)5583 3443 Kalbelesee – Salober car park • Ski school Salober-Schröcken T + 43 (0)5583 4259 600 characteristic • Schröcken snow sports school flat cross-country ski run, suitable T +43 (0)5519 271 or for beginners, in a sunny location M +43 (0)664 7575500 chances to stop off for a ski rental drink/food • Sport Schneller, Schröcken Mountain gastronomy at the T +43 (0)5519 201 valley station in the Salober • Sport Jug, Salober and Jägeralpe Ski Arena T +43 (0)5583 39827 • Sport Strobl, Hotel Lechtalerhof M +43 (0)676 845413200

dogs permitted 47 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing family tips How about a lantern-lit ramble at dusk? Visits to the farm afford fascinating insights into the family tips living environment of the farmers. active winter culture dining out dining well-being 48 kids’ programme

Tobogganing – a great pleasure

The Bregenzerwald boasts the best Village lifts for young skiers conditions for enjoyable family The clearly laid-out village lifts are holidays. Friendly hosts in the hotels, ideal for families: guest houses, holiday apartments Alberschwende: 2 ski tows and on the farms offering holidays Bizau: Hütten rope tow ensure the right setting for this. Buch: Buch ski lifts Hittisau: Hittisberg ski lift Tobogganing with children Reuthe: Reuthe Baienberg ski lift Almost all towns and villages have Sibratsgfäll: Krähenberg ski lift one or several toboggan runs, many Sulzberg: Sulzberg village lift, of which are illuminated in the even- Hagenberg ski lifts ing. This includes many runs which children can ride alone, or on their parents’ toboggan. Toboggans are available for rent in many towns and villages. The starting points of Package deals on offer: several toboggan runs can be easily Kids’ Snow in the Bregenzerwald reached by lift (→ page 72). The special offer for kids between 3 and 6 years (born in Well-supervised in the ski schools 2013/2014/2015) incl. a ski pass The Bregenzerwald’s ski schools are and a 4-day skiing course for free. well-known for their child-friendly Bookable dates: programmes. You can find further 12 – 19 January 2019 information on selected offers in the 16 – 23 March 2019 chapter Ski and Board 23 – 30 March 2019 (→ page 5). information Bregenzerwald Tourismus T +43 (0)5512 2365 www.bregenzerwald.at kids’ programme 49 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Watching the farmer at work

Andelsbuch – mini-bob race Age: from 4 years xc skiing Mini-bob race on the practice slope Price per person: € 8 incl. sheep’s of the valley station of Andels- wool cushion, drink and “sheep buch cable car (with adequate snow biscuits” conditions). information & booking Meeting point: Practice slope Booking by 5 p.m. on the previous day family tips Andelsbuch cable car Au-Schoppernau Tourist Office Date: 27 December 2018; 3 January; T +43 (0)5515 2288 7, 14, 21, 28 February; 7, 14 March 2019 www.au-schoppernau.at every Thursday at 4 p.m. Duration: approx. 1 hour Au-Schoppernau – farm experience active winter Price per person: free of charge Life on the farm has a magical appeal information & registration to children. They are allowed to stroke Tourist office Andelsbuch the animals and watch the farmer T +43 (0)5512 2565 feed, care for and milk the animals. www.andelsbuch.at Meeting point: Church in Au, Rehmen Date: 25 December 2018 until 16 April

Au-Schoppernau – Sheep Pen Wool 2019: every Tuesday at 5.30 p.m. culture Discover some fascinating facts Length: approx. 1 hour about large and small sheep in Price per person: free of charge the old sheep pen: fragrant moun- information & registration tain hay in the hayloft, haymaking Tourist office Au-Schoppernau tools, wool processing, production T +43 (0)5515 2288 out dining of a fragrant sheep’s wool cushion, www.au-schoppernau.at concluding with an exciting sheep story. Meeting point: Church in Au, Rehmen well-being Dates: 27 December 2018 to 17 April 2019: every Thursday at 4 p.m. Duration: approx. 1 ½ hours 50 kids’ programme

Au-Schoppernau – lantern-lit ramble Bizau – llama winter experience Carrying brightly lit lanterns and Help feed these exotic animals or accompanied by mascots “DIDI” and simply pet them and enjoy your time “BASTI”, the children ramble through with them. Schoppernau. The lanterns can be Meeting point: Stable opposite taken home, and burn brightly as a Hofkäserei Werner Feurstein (cheese reminder. dairy) at the entrance to Bizau Meeting point: tourist information Date: Every Tuesday at 5 pm office, Schoppernau Duration: Approx. 1 hour Dates: 2 January to 6 March 2019, Price per person: Free of charge every Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. information & registration Duration: approx. 1 hour Registration by 9 a.m. Price per person: free of charge Bezau Tourismus information & registration T+43(0)5514 2295 Bookings must be made by 12 p.m. www.bezau-bregenzerwald.com Au-Schoppernau Tourismus T +43 (0)5515 2495 Damüls – Bunny Disco www.au-schoppernau.at Bunny – the ski-school mascot – joins the children in their party dances to Bezau – lantern-lit walk to the Deerofo cool hits. Cultural and historical walk by Meeting point: 2.45 p.m., Ingos lantern light through Bezau with Schirmbar a stop at the “Deerofo”. The walk Dates: Every Friday, from December concludes with a little drink at this to April lovingly restored barn that was once information used by the whole village as a drying Skischule Damüls chamber. T +43 (0)5510 295 Meeting point: 8 p.m. at the foun- www.skischule-damuels.at tain in the village square (near Hotel Gams) Damüls – indoor playground Date: Every Wednesday, from 19 The “Spielhaus” is particularly December 2018 to 24 April 2019 popular with children and parents Duration: Approx. 1 hour when the weather is bad. The Price per person: € 5 (children free) 170-square-metre indoor playground information & registration provides a separate area for toddlers, Registration by 9 a.m. a lounge for the accompanying adults, Bezau Tourismus table football and an air-hockey T+43(0)5514 2295 machine. www.bezau-bregenzerwald.com Opening times: Daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: “Haus Alpenrose” multi- tip purpose building, House 137 Molke Metzler, Egg information (→ page 100) Damüls Tourismus Horse-drawn sleigh rides T +43 (0)5510 620-0 (→ page 69) www.damuels.travel kids’ programme 51 land & lives land Egg-Großdorf – Lantern-lit ramble information & registration Particularly well suited for families: Tourist office Mellau a romantic ramble into the silence of T +43 (0)5518 2203 the night. The light of the lanterns, www.mellau.com of the moon and the stars, make the outing into a special experience. Mellau – Experience farm up close ski & board Guide Marianne relates stories on Be there when the animals are fed and the way. milked. The Bertsch farming family Meeting point: Falken inn along with its many animals looks Date: End of December until the end forward to welcoming you. of March: every Tuesday at 6 p.m. Meeting point: Bertsch farm, ski & freedom Length: approx. 1 hour Oberfeld 103 Price per person: free of charge Dates: mid December 2018 to mid information & registration April 2019, every second Monday Register by 4 p.m. on Monday (Dates on request) Tourist office Egg Duration: approx. 1 hour

T +43 (0)5512 2426 Price per person: free of charge xc skiing www.egg-bregenzerwald.com information & reservations By 3 p.m. at Mellau Tourismus Hittisau – Building an igloo T +43 (0)5518 2203 Armed with saws and shovels, guests www.mellau.com try to copy the Inuits and build a family tips winter-proof dwelling for the night. Sulzberg – treasure hunt Dates: by agreement A treasure hunt – with or without Meeting point: 9 a.m., Hittisau snowshoes, depending on the snow village hall conditions – guarantees fun and a bit Return: 5 p.m., or at around 10 a.m. of variety. Includes: an insight into active winter the next day if the night is spent in topography, the use of a compass and the igloo searching with the aid of a treasure Price per person: € 45, map. € 55 if the night is spent in the igloo Dates: upon request information & registration Prices: 1 – 4 people € 150, Christoph Oberhauser € 7 per additional person (includ-

M +43 (0)664 7670520 ing a small treasure): excludes rental culture www.bewegend.com material for snowshoes Larger groups upon request Mellau – Lantern-lit ramble information & reservations The guests ramble through the snow- Ingrid Fink-Nöckler covered wintry landscape with Hans Cross-country skiing and biathlon out dining at dusk. school Meeting point: Tourist office Mellau Nordic Sport Park Date: 13 December 2018 until 24 April M +43 (0)664 5323102 2019: every Thursday at 8 p.m. www.kreativbewegen.at Length: approx. 1 ½ hours Price per person: free of charge well-being 52 day trip tips

There is plenty for families to do Indoor swimming pools should the weather not play ball: Swimming pool in Vitalhotel Quellengarten in Lingenau Museums and exhibitions 25 m pool, kids’ pool inatura – nature show in Dornbirn information Touch, crawl in, try out, play and T +43 (0)5513 6461-0 experiment. www.quellengarten.at information T +43 (0)5572 23235-0 Dornbirn municipal pool www.inatura.at Family pool with toddler and parent area, tunnel slide, diving platform Schattenburg in Feldkirch information The medieval castle depicts life T +43 (0)5572 22687 during the age of chivalry. www.dasstadtbad.at information T +43 (0)5522 71982 Bregenz swimming pool www.schattenburg.at 25 m pool, kids’ pool with slide information Spielfabrik – indoor playground, T +43 (0)5574 44242-0 Dornbirn www.stadtwerke-bregenz.at 2,000 m² indoor playground for games, letting off steam, climbing, Aquaria adventure pool in Oberstaufen racing around and generally leaping (Germany) about. Family swimming pool with water information slides, diving platforms and much T +43 (0)5572 408840 more www.spielfabrik.at information T +49 (0)8386 9313-0 Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen www.aquaria.de (Germany) The history and technology of Climbing hall aeronautics. K1 climbing hall, Dornbirn information 2,000 m² of climbing area indoors, T +49 (0)7541 3801-0 400 m² of boulder area, 600 m² www.zeppelin-museum.de outside area, climbing courses, taster courses information T +43 (0)5572 394810 www.k1-dornbirn.at 53 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing active winter There are various ways to explore the winter landscapes. Hiking and tobogganing, for exam- family tips ple. Or guided snow shoe tours. By Horse-drawn or by husky-pulled sleighs. active winter culture dining out dining well-being 54 winter hiking

View of the Niedere, close to Andelsbuch

There are plenty activities for those notes on safety whose winter enjoyment is found • Stick to the signposted hiking away from the piste. Winter hiking paths (pink signposts). paths guide you through picturesque • Taking short steps and maintain- landscapes and to lovely viewpoints. ing an even pace going uphill save your strength, and go easy on the Tips for winter hikers joints going downhill. We have compiled several tips for • Slightly bending your upper body your hikes through the snow: make forwards when going downhill sure that you have the right equip- reduces the danger of slipping. ment with you, such as adequate, • Take plenty of drinks with you: it is waterproof footwear (e.g. climbing also important to drink even if you boots) and warm outerwear. Further are not thirsty. useful items include: headgear, • Ask your hosts about the weather gloves, snow goggles or sunglasses, forecast. Fog and bad weather can sun screen. “Shoe chains” prevent set in surprisingly quickly. Turn slipping on ice and snow: they are back in good time rather than risk- available from shoe shops and sport ing getting into danger. As a winter shops. Sticks are also helpful. hiker (or a summer hiker), you hike at your own risk. signposts Winter hiking paths throughout the whole of the Bregenzerwald are clearly signposted in an easily visible pink. recommended reading

“Vorarlberg Winterwanderungen” by Helmut Tiefenthaler, published by Tyrolia Verlag (in German only) winter hiking 55 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Through the open landscape close to Sulzberg

Negrelli’s church and endless views – fascinating view across the Rhine xc skiing Sulzberg mountain path valley through to the Swiss moun- From Vitalhotel Linde, Schönen- tains. On the way back, you pass the bühl (820 m), a cleared agricultural sports field in Buch, then take the path, or, if snow is plentiful, a hiking hiking piste back to the Hotel Linde, piste, leads to the mountain farms which is located somewhat further family tips in Unterköhler: from there, you down. take a flattened hiking path to the starting point Oberköhler plot of land at 985 m, Sulzberg-Schönenbühl, Hotel Linde then you follow a forest path to the bus stop approach road on the sunny side to culture on the route active winter Sulzberg, which you then follow on As the “village on the mountain”, past the parish church to Sulzberg the location of Sulzberg in Vorarlberg village square (1,013 m). Once you gives it a very special quality of arrive at the village square, enjoy the its own. The parish church in the endless views across the Bregenzer Empire style is exceptional. It was wald. On the way back, enjoy the built in 1828/29 by Alois Negrelli, the

designer of the Suez Canal. culture characteristic Scenic mountain path on mainly flattened hiking paths chances to stop off for

a drink/food out dining Hotel Linde (Schönenbühl), Sulzberg Ochsen inn, Alpenblick inn and Adler inn in the center of the village

Difference in altitude: up: 190 m/ well-being down: 190 m Total hiking time: 2 ½ hours 56 winter hiking

Out and about on the Hochhäderich

Across the upland moor – starting point the Hochhäderich circuit Hochhäderich car park The route follows almost completely culture on the route flattened hiking trails through the The cross-border circuit connects mountain valley basin between the the Bregenzerwald with Oberallgäu, Nagelfluh ridges of Hochhäderich i.e. Vorarlberg with Bavaria. Between and Kojen-Fluh. It takes you from the the approach road and the Moos alp, Hochhäderich car park (1,227 m) across the blanket of snow conceals the the Austrian-German border, and Kojenmoos, an upland moor which takes you up to the plateau of the Hör- has been widely preserved and which moos alp (1,270 m). From there, you go is protected. The Riefensberg locals downwards for a while to the Hoch- used to cut peat here, and convey wies alp (1,230 m), then to the Glutg- it into the valley via a material schwanden alp (1,200 m) and finally ropeway. back to the starting point via the Moos characteristic alp (1,224 m). Lovely mountain path in the alp area of the Vorderwald chances to stop off for a drink/food Hotel Hochhäderich, Hörmoos alp, Hochwies alp, Glutgschwanden alp, Moos alp

Difference in altitude: up: 70 m/ down: 70 m Total hiking time: 2 ½ hours winter hiking 57 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Around the village of Hittisau

A circuit with a view – starting point xc skiing around the village of Hittisau Village hall in Hittisau From the centre of the village culture on the route (790 m), you follow a flattened With over 100 alps – making it hiking path along the cross-country the village with the most alps ski run until you reach the Brand in Austria! – Hittisau has a long family tips plot of land. Cross the road, where tradition in the art of alpine dairy a path takes you up to Bütscheln farming, and was one of the first (860 m). Via scenic hillside locations, centres for full-fat cheese making you follow a flattened winter hiking in Vorarlberg. The route takes you path to the part of the village called right past the Alpine Dairy Farm- active winter Korlen. From here, take in the lovely ing Museum in Hittisau. Also worth views of Hittisau as you return to the a visit is the Women’s Museum in starting point. Hittisau. (→ page 88) characteristic A gentle walk with lovely views chances to stop off for

a drink/food culture Hittisau dining out dining well-being Difference in altitude: up: 110 m/ down: 110 m Total hiking time: approx. 1 ½ hours 58 winter hiking

Bödele close to Schwarzenberg

Panorama hike – starting point Bödele-Schwarzenberg Bödele, bus stop at the Hotel Berghof From the bus stop on the Bödele Fetz (1,140 m), take a short walk along culture on the route the road to Schwarzenberg where It was on the Bödele, close to Losen you pick up the winter hiking path. pass, an ancient crossing into the Cross the pistes of the Hochälpele Rhine Valley, that Otto Hämmerle, an lift, hike through alpine forests to industrialist from Dornbirn, erected the Hochälpele alp /Niederälpele a countryside summer resort. After (1,250 m, extensive views across the Arlberg, the Bödele is the second the Bregenzerwald) and continue birthplace of Vorarlberg skiing (in to Lustenau hut (1,250 m, chance to 1903/1904 a ski jump was built, and take a detour to the Bregenz hut). the first ski race was held. In 1907, From Lustenau hut, take a scenic the first ski lift in the world was built path across the Klausberg mountain here). pasture down into Schwarzenberg characteristic (695 m). Hike into the valley on wide-tracked winter paths chances to stop off for a drink/food Bödele, Lustenau hut, Bregenz hut, Schwarzenberg

Difference in altitude: up: 120 m/ down: 570 m Total hiking time: 3 hours winter hiking 59 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Alp landscape, Schetteregg

Where cattle graze in the summer – starting point xc skiing Schetteregg circuit Schetteregg car park The entire route follows flattened culture on the route hiking trails. It takes you from Eggatsberg and Hammeratsberg are Schetteregg (1,066 m) to the alpine two cooperative mountain pastures. pasture area of Eggatsberg and They are collective property, whereas family tips Hammeratsberg, with the lovely the huts are private property. The Bregenzerwald mountain pasture cattle are brought here for several huts. You soon arrive at the weeks each spring and autumn, the Untere Falz alp, where you get lovely milk is processed into butter and views of the southern mountains cheese in the collective’s own dairy. active winter of Bullerschkopf and Winterstaude During the summer, the pastures are (1,877 m). The route now takes you up mowed. The Falz alps are extensive to the Obere Falz alp and continues dairy alps. into the Ochsenhof alp area. Your characteristic return trip is rewarded with lovely Varied circuit through the peaceful views of Schetteregg and the foreland mountain pasture and alp area of the Bregenzerwald. chances to stop off for culture a drink/food Schetteregg, “Leo’s hut” dining out dining well-being Difference in altitude: up: 180 m/ down: 180 m Total hiking time: 2 ½ hours 60 winter hiking

The “Living on a slant” station – Georunde Rindberg in Sibratsgfäll

Sibratsgfäll – Georunde Rindberg starting point The tour brings you closer to the Felber’s leaning house power of Mother Nature, letting destination you experience it for yourself: in Alpenrose inn May 1999, the mountainsides in the culture on the route plot moved inexorably. The major Eight stations: Felber’s leaning incident left behind deep scars. house – The moved house – Living On the landscape as well as on the on a slant – Not quite perpendicular – spirit of the village. The stations The leaning fir tree – The demolition of the Georunde Rindberg trace – St Mary’s Chapel – Alpenrose inn the happenings, communicate chances to stop off for interesting information and provide a drink/food insights into the way the inhabitants Alpenrose inn of Sibratsgfäll dealt with the situation. Info: The trail ist not groomed, the use Felber’s leaning house is a very of snowshoes is recommended. special experience and conveys to the visitors the physical forces of nature.

Difference in altitude: up: 130 m/ down: 130 m Trail category: separate signposting Total hiking time: approx. 1 hour

information www.bewegtenatur.at winter hiking 61 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Mountain pasture settlement, Schönenbach

To the loveliest mountain pasture – starting point xc skiing Sibratsgfäll-Schönenbach Car park at Krähenberg ski lift If you take the bus, you must first culture on the route take the road or follow the flattened Schönenbach is one of the loveliest, winter hiking path down to the largest mountain pasture settlements car park in Krähenberg (approx. in the whole of the Bregenzerwald. family tips 30 minutes). From the Krähenberg It was mentioned for the first time car park, the road descends steeply in 1491, comprises over 25 huts to Bilgeri’s snack bar in Krähenberg. and one chapel. Cattle graze on the The flattened winter path starts mountain pasture before and after here (keep on the cross-country the alp period. During the summer, active winter ski run). Crossing a narrow gorge the pastures are mowed. In the spring with impressive views down to the and autumn, the milk is processed Subersach is a lovely experience. into butter and cheese in a collective The valley soon reveals itself, and alpine dairy. the beautifully located mountain characteristic pasture settlement of Schönenbach Wild and romantic trail through the

(1,025 m) is in front of you. Subersach gorge culture chances to stop off for a drink/food Sibratsgfäll, Bilgeri’s in Krähenberg, Jagdgasthaus Egender, Schönenbach dining out dining

Difference in altitude: up: 200 m/ down: 200 m Total hiking time: from Krähenberg car park 3 ½ hours, well-being from the centre of Sibratsgfäll 4 ½ hours 62 winter hiking

Chapel in the mountain pasture settlement of Boden, close to Au

Walk up, toboggan down – starting point Bergkristall hut in Au Au, village hall From Au (800 m), a perfectly culture on the route prepared path takes you along the The Boden mountain pasture, at northern edge of the Lug, mainly an altitude of 1,200 m, is a rural through a forest, up into the settlement with a chapel. The land is Dürrenbachtal to the idyllically collective property, whereas the huts located Boden mountain pasture. are private property. This is where This is also the location of the Berg- the farmers come with their cattle kristall hut located at an altitude of for several weeks before and after over 1,200 m. This tranquil, beauti- the summer. The Boden mountain ful mountain valley is surrounded pasture is one of the largest alpine by the impressive, steeply rising rock dairy pastures in the Bregenzerwald. massifs of the Zitterklapfenstock characteristic (2,403 m). You descend the same way. Rewarding hike in a tranquil, remote When the conditions are right, it is a mountain valley good idea to take along a sledge for chances to stop off for the descent into the valley. a drink/food Au, Bergkristall hut (closed on Mondays)

Please contact the tourist information office in Au-Schoppernau for the conditions for sledging. T +43 (0)5515 2288

Difference in altitude: up: 420 m/ down: 420 m Total hiking time: 3 ½ hours winter hiking 63 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Winter hiking in Damüls, Stofel

On ancient Walser trails – starting point xc skiing the Damüls alpine circuit Tourist office Damüls From Damüls (1,425 m), you follow culture on the route the path towards Oberdamüls and Damüls is one of the first after the Gasthaus Glöckle continue documented Walser settlements in on the fully prepared valley path Vorarlberg (enfeoffment with Uga family tips next to the cross-country ski run alp in 1313, and with “Tamülls” alp in as far as the Unterdamüls. Then up 1326). There is documentary evidence the mountain to the Gasthaus Jäger- of its own parish church dating back stüble (1,614 m). From here, a moun- to 1382. The late Gothic church (1484) tain path takes you up to an altitude has a remarkable interior such as active winter of approx. 1,700 m (views as far as frescoes from around 1490. the Rätikon), past the Oberdamüls characteristic alp (1,667 m) and to Oberdamüls. A marvellous mountain circuit at From Hotel Alpenstern, you walk an altitude of over 1,400 m with a along the road back to where you unique view of the mountains started. chances to stop off for

a drink/food culture Gasthaus Glöckle, Gasthof Jäger- stüble, Berggasthof Sonnenheim, Hotel Alpenstern dining out dining well-being Difference in altitude: up: 290 m/ down: 290 m Total hiking time: approx. 3 hours 64 winter hiking

Körbersee panorama

To the hotel at the lake – starting point Hochtannbergpass – Körbersee Hochtannberg pass, bus stop Salober Take the signposted winter hiking or Hotel Adler trail that’s close to the road from the characteristic Hochtannbergpass (1,676 m) Gentle ramble at altitudes above past the frozen Kalbelesee lake and 1,600 m on prepared hiking paths the Körberkreuz. From there chances to stop off for take a considerable hike up to the a drink/food Witelesattel (1,750 m) and then down Valley station of the Salober-Jet in to the Hotel Körbersee (1,665 m). the Salober Ski Arena, Berghotel If the snow conditions are good, it Körbersee is worth following this up by taking another walk around the frozen Körbersee (voted Austria’s most beautiful place in 2017). If you take the right piste on the way back too, you will enjoy a circuit back to Salober-Hochtannbergpass.

Difference in altitude: up: 90 m/ down: 90 m Total hiking time: approx. 2 hours snow-shoe hikes 65 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Out and about with the experts

In many towns and villages, hiking Au-Schoppernau – panoramic evening xc skiing and mountain guides take guests on tour with snowshoes and toboggan snow-shoe tours. Guests travel by cable car to the middle station, where the snowshoe trip Au-Schoppernau – Diedamskopf tour to the Neuhornbachhaus (150 m dif- The cable car takes you to the moun- ference in altitude up and down) family tips tain station, from where you walk starts. An exciting toboggan ride downhill in snow shoes to Diedams takes everyone back to Schoppernau sattel, continue through the lovely (900 m difference in altitude and 5 Haldental, and walk uphill via the Neu- km downhill run). hornbachjoch to the Neuhornbach- Meeting point: Diedamskopf cable active winter haus. Back in the valley, participants car, valley station race down the longest natural tobog- Dates: every Monday, 3.30 p.m. gan run in the Bregenzerwald (5 km). Duration: approx. 4 hours Meeting point: Au-Schoppernau Price per person: € 40 incl. snow- snow sports school, next to the valley shoes, toboggan and head lamps, station of the cable car excl. cable car ticket

Date: every Thur (Alternative date: Minimum age for children: 8 years culture Fri) at 9.30 a.m. information & registration Length: approx. 6 hours incl. breaks Markus Moosbrugger Price per person: from € 70 M +43 (0)664 3429465 depending on the number of par- www.mitmoses.at ticipants (incl. cable car ticket, snow out dining shoes and toboggan). Minimum number of participants: 5 information & registration Snow sports school Au-Schoppernau T +43 (0)5515 2133 well-being www.schneesportschule-bregenzer wald.at 66 snow-shoe hikes

Au-Schoppernau – Kanis snowshoe tour Bizau – Winter landscapes The bus departs for Mellau at 10 a.m.; Guide Konrad Feurstein hikes through we’ll be taking the cable car to Roß the countryside in Bizau, pointing out stelle where we’ll then leave the ski special insights and views. area behind us to walk past Alpe Kanis Meeting point: village square to Alpe Wurzach. We’ll be descending Date: 31 December 2018 until via Öberle and Auer Ried back to Au. 18 March 2019: every Monday at The walk leads 280 metres uphill, 800 1.30 p.m. metres downhill. Route: 8.5 kilometres. Length: approx. 3 hours Meeting point: 9.45 a.m. Bergbahnen Price per person: free Diedamskopf (cable car), valley station Minimum number of participants: 4 Date: Every Tuesday information & registration Return: Approx. 4 p.m. Konrad Feurstein Price per person: € 60, incl. snowshoes M +43 (0)664 6324537, www.bizau.at and poles, excl. bus and cable car ticket information & registration Egg-Schetteregg – Markus Moosbrugger mountain pasture landscape T+43 (0)664 3429465 The guided hike commences in www.mitmoses.at Schetteregg, which lies in a tranquil side valley. The hike takes you to two Bezau – Baumgarten high-altitude hike mountain pasture settlements, where The Bezau cable car takes you to the Farmers and their cattle spend the mountain station: from there, Pius spring and the autumn. The milk is takes you to the Niedere Höhe. It’s pos- processed into butter and cheese in a sible to descend by toboggan to the collective alpine dairy. middle station. Place: Egg-Schetteregg Meeting point: Valley station of Meeting point: Hotel Schettereg- Bezau cable car ger Hof Date: every Tuesday and Friday Date: End of December and January: at 10 a.m. every Friday at 11.30 a.m., February Length: approx. 2 hours and March: every Friday at 10.30 a.m. Price per person: Free guided tour, Length: approx. 2 hours excluding rental fee for snowshoes Price per person: € 15 (including and sledges as well as the ascent and snow shoe rental) descent with the Bezau cable car information & registration information & registration Register by Thursday at 4 p.m. Tourist office Bezau Tourist office Egg T +43 (0)5514 2295 T +43 (0)5512 2426 www.bezau-bregenzerwald.com www.egg-bregenzerwald.com

Hittisau – snow shoe tour by the light of the full moon in the Lecknertal Out and about on snow shoes by the tipp light of the full moon in the Leckner Sibratsgfäll – Rindberg geological tal – suitable for the moonstruck tour (→ page 60) not wishing to spend such a night at home. snow-shoe hikes 67 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Snow shoe tour by the light of the full moon

Meeting point: Hittisau, Village well Meeting point: Hochhäderich car park xc skiing Dates: 21 January, 19 February, 20 March Dates: December to April 2019, at 8 p.m. Duration: Approx. 1.5 to 2 hours Duration: approx. 1 ½ – 2 hours Price per person: On inquiry Price per person: € 20 (including snow information & registration shoes, sticks) Jakobs Skishop family tips information & registration T +43 (0)664 9141095 or Helga Rädler +43 (0)5513 825461 M +43 (0)664 5793566 www.kulturinbewegung.at active winter Hittisau – snow-shoe hike into the tipp sunset Damüls – walk by the light of Guided tour into the snow-covered storm lanterns with the moun- landscape. tain rescue service Meeting point: Hittisau village hall Members of the Damüls staff of Dates: December to April the mountain rescue service

Every Tuesday between 2.30 and 4 p.m. accompany guests on a 45-minute culture Return between 5 and 7 p.m. walk by the light of storm lanterns Price per person: € 25 through the snow-covered information & registration mountain village. Christoph Oberhauser Times: Every Monday at 8.45 p.m.,

M +43 (0)664 7670520 from January to April out dining www.bewegend.com Meeting point: Uga valley station, Kirchdorf at the tourist office and Hittisau-Riefensberg – snowshoe taster Oberdamüls car park tour information Comfortable snowshoe walk into the Damüls Tourismus well-being sunset in the idyllic Hochhäderich T +43 (0)5510 620-0 region. www.damuels.travel 68 snow-shoe hikes

Mellau – romance and relaxation information & registration The easy snow-shoe hike takes you Alpinschule Schröcken, Josef Staggl from the mountain station of Mellau M + 43 (0)664 7575500 oder cable car to Kanis alp (1,463 m), which +43 (0)664 2525200 is located in an idyllic mountain www.alpinschule-schroecken.at valley. Meeting point: office of Mellau ski Schwarzenberg – snow-shoe hiking in school the nature reserve Date: 8 December 2018 until 21 April Tour guide Daniel takes his guests 2019; daily, upon request through the nature reserve “Fohra Length: approx. 2 ½ hours moos” at the Bödele – an extensively Price per person: € 38, including intact upland moor featuring bog for- equipment, excluding return trip ests. Upon request, he gladly combines Minimum number of participants: 3 the snow-shoe tour with a stop for information & registration refreshments in a skiing hut on the Mellau ski and snowboard school Bödele. T +43 (0)5518 20011 Minimum number of participants: 4 M +43 (0)664 3428979 Place: Bödele/Schwarzenberg www.skischule-mellau.at Meeting point: Schwarzenberg skiing school, Weißtanne 375 Schröcken – evening hike, the quiet Time: 9 a.m. every Wednesday between way early December and mid-March, Further This tour takes you off the beaten dates available on request track, through unspoilt nature on the Duration: approx. 2 ½ hours Hochtannberg. Price per person: € 25 (including snow Meeting point: Tourist office Schröcken shoes) Date: every Tuesday at 5 p.m. information & registration Length: approx. 2 hours the day before until 4 p.m. Price per person: € 15 Skischule Schwarzenberg information & registration M +43 (0)664 2214075 Alpinschule Schröcken, Josef Staggl www.skischule-schwarzenberg.at M +43 (0)664 7575500 www.alpinschule-schroecken.at Sulzberg – snow-shoe hike and orientation Orienteering hike across forest paths Schröcken – to the loveliest destina- through the forest and across meadows. tions in the area of Hochtannberg Meeting point: cross-country biathlon Off the beaten track, the tour takes you school, Nordic Sport Park at a leisurely pace through the winter Dates: upon request. landscape. Minimum number of participants: 4 Meeting point: In front of the sports Duration: approx. 2 hours shop Jug am Salober Price per person: € 30 plus rented Dates: December to March, every equipment Thursday, upon prior booking only information & booking Duration: approx. 2 ½ – 3 hours Ingrid Fink-Nöckler Price per person: € 25 Cross-country biathlon school M +43 (0)664 5323102 www.kreativbewegen.at horse-drawn sleigh rides 69 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Out and about on the Hochhäderich

Tucked up warm in a blanket and Langenegg xc skiing pulled by powerful horses: aboard Franzpeter Vögel a horse and carriage, this is the M +43 (0)664 3780733 particularly elegant way to glide through the winter landscape. Lingenau This is a delight offered by several Wendelin Stöckler, family tips Bregenzerwald coachmen. M +43 (0)664 8690126

Andelsbuch Mellau Elmar Metzler, M +43 (0)664 1032778 Raimund Dietrich, T +43 (0)5518 2164 or M +43 (0)676 9543361 active winter Au-Schoppernau Gotthard Simma, M +43 (0)664 1155766 Mathias Erath, T +43 (0)5515 2298 Franz-Josef Dünser, T +43 (0)5515 2295 Riefensberg Jakob Rusch, T +43 (0)5515 2532 Steinhauser family, Jakob Lingg, T +43 (0)5515 2928 M +43 (0)664 4122915 Peter Erath, M +43 (0)664 5140834

Schwarzenberg culture Bezau Josef Schneider, T +43 (0)5512 4382 Christoph Moosbrugger, T +43 (0)5514 2901 Krumbach Klaus Mennel, M +43 (0)664 1312345

Damüls out dining Alfons Bischof, M +43 (0)664 3382257 Sulzberg Baldauf family, M +43 (0)664 9319896 Egg-Schetteregg Schneider family, M +43 (0)664 3744794 well-being Hittisau Michael Schelling, M +43 (0)664 3037239 70 out and about with animals

Dog sleigh tours in Warth-Schröcken

Travel through the wintry landscape on a husky-drawn sleigh – an Hiking with llamas adventure for the dog and budding The llama tours by Eva and Anton musher alike. Vigl take you through the nature reserve of Langenegg. Husky trail Venue: Langenegg Following the welcoming of the Dates: by arrangement (depending huskies, the sledges are divided on the weather and snow conditions) up, the dogs are harnessed and the Programme: tours for children and commands for the dogs are learned. adults, walking time 1 – 2 hours, After a short trial run, off you go into depending on the constitution of the the terrain. hiker. Trails: Körbersee, Jägeralpe, Total duration: 2 – 3 hours. Hochtannbergpass (Warth- Price per tour: € 60 Schröcken); Gräsalp, Grunholz information & reservations (Au-Schoppernau) Anton and Eva Vigl Duration: approx. 1 ½ to 4 hours, M +43 (0)650 3828445 depending on the trail www.rockylamas.at Prerequisite: sporting ability of the mushers and a great love of dogs Price: from € 300 for two persons information & registration Husky & Co, Marc Van Landeghem M +43 (0)664 2407422 www.huskytouren.at nagelfluhkette nature park 71 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Out and about with the nature park ranger

A magnificent cultural landscape, Out and about with the ranger xc skiing awarded the much-coveted designa- At first glance, the snow-covered tion “nature park”, developed on the slopes and mountain forests of the interface between Bregenzerwald nature park look pristine. Upon closer and Allgäu over the course of several inspection, the tracks left behind centuries. Today, 15 communities by black grouse, mountain rabbits, family tips (eight of which are in the Bregenzer- chamoix, indicate that sensitive ani- wald), are involved in the first cross- mals have their habitat here. Taking border park between Austria and a snowshoe hike accompanied by a Germany. . ranger from the nature park hones your senses for the animal kingdom active winter Alpine meadows with 290 differ- and the mountains of the nature park. ent species of plant, valuable upland Tours: moors, forests of white firs and ravine Duration: 4 to 5 hours forests and an alp density unmatched Meeting point: To be announced at anywhere else in Austria are charac- registration teristics of the nature park. A con- Price per person: Free of charge necting element is the impressive Number of participants: Min. 5 to culture Nagelfluh range, which crosses the max. 15 people nature park from the west to the east. From Lecknertal towards Koppachstein Great differences in altitude, geologic Tuesday, 22 January 2019 diversity, sustainable alp farming – information & registration all of this resulted in the creation Until 20 January out dining of a large number of various living Tourist office Hittisau environments on a relatively small T +43 (0)5513 6209-250 surface. Through the forest onto the Renkknie During the winter, the easily acces- Thursday, 21 February 2019 sible mountains in the nature park information & registration well-being are an ideal destination for snowshoe Until 18 February hikers, backcountry skiers and lovers Tourist office Sibratsgfäll of nature. T +43 (0)5513 2112-13 72 tobogganing

It is not only children that take great pleasure in visiting the natural Bezau toboggan runs that Bregenzerwald * Gschwend has to offer! Merry groups steering Illuminated toboggan run daily their toboggans into the valley are until 11 p.m. particularly abundant in the evening. Length: 1.7 km ** Baumgarten-Sonderdach Au-Schoppernau (ascent by cable car) * Snow-tubing run at Length: 3 km Alpen-Hotel Post in Au Toboggan rental: with moving walkway Bezau cable car , T +43 (0)5514 2254 Snow tubing rental: Tourist office Au Bizau T +43 (0)5515 2288 * Escha * Toboggan lift Grunholz, Au Length: 1.2 km Length: 650 m The bottom section of the toboggan On special toboggans which can run is illuminated every Tuesday, be rented at the valley station, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday until you take the ski tow up the moun- 9 p.m. tain. Tobogganing in the evening: * Bildbühel Wednesday and Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. Length: 50 m Toboggan rental at the Grunholz lift. * Lebernau pasture, Au Damüls Length: 500 m *** Uga (ascent by the Uga Express) * Lisse, Au Illuminated toboggan run, Length: 750 m Wednesday and Friday 7.30 to 9.30 ** Hinterargenzipfel, Au p.m. Ascents are not covered by the Length: 870 m 3-valley ski pass. ** Godlachen, Au Length: 2.5 km Length: 2.9 km Toboggan rental: ** Gschwend, Schoppernau Intersport Matt Length: 1.5 km T +43 (0)5510 25250 *** Neuhornbach, Schoppernau www.intersportrent.at Length: 5 km Toboggan rental: Mellau • Sport Fuchs, Au, T +43 (0)5515 2315 * Dosegg (Übermellen) www.sportfuchs.com Illuminated natural toboggan run, • Sport Gorbach, Au daily from 6.00 p.m., mulled wine, tea T +43 (0)5515 4141-1, www.gorbach.at and snacks are served in the “Rodel- • Sport Matt, Schoppernau hüsle” below the toboggan run. T +43 (0)5515 4120, www.matt.at Length: 2 km, illuminated over 800 m Toboggan rental: Key: Rodelhüsle, Sport Natter, * gentle, for children T +43 (0)5518 2262, ** medium, for families www.sportnatter.com *** strenuous, for adults tobogganing 73 land & lives land Riefensberg Toboggan rental *** Steinernes Tor Sport-Knitel, T +43 (0)5583 3612 Length: 1 km Sport Jug, T +43 (0)5583 39827 Toboggan rental: ** Toboggan run near the Dorfbahn Alois Berkmann, T +43(0)5513 8238 Warth cable car Open daily during skiing hours. ski & board Schwarzenberg Length: 600 m ** Angelika-Höhe I Toboggan rental: Length: 400 m Dorfbahn mountain station * Angelika-Höhe II Price: Included in the valid ski pass or

Length: 100 m single or hourly tickets; ski & freedom Toboggan rental: Toboggan transport free of charge Berg Fink Ski & Bergsport, ** Toboggan run Schröckbach Schwarzenberg For groups open daily upon request. T +43 (0)5512 2918, www.bergfink.at Length: 1.4 km Sledge rental, registration for groups:

Sibratsgfäll Herbert Ritter, M +43 (0)664 3411540 xc skiing ** Krähenberg Upon request, the toboggan run is illuminated between 7 and 10 p.m. Tourismusbüro Sibratsgfäll, T +43 (0)5513 2112-13 family tips Length: 800 m Toboggan rental: Krähenberg lift ticket office M +43 (0)664 3053322 Toboggan evening in Schröcken active winter Sulzberg Every Wednesday between 5.15 * village lift and 7.15 p.m. (the toboggan run Length: 150 m may not be used outside of these Toboggan rental: operating hours due to skiing). Nordic Sport Park, A special toboggan bus shut- T + 43 (0)664 1222258 tles guests between the start and

the end of the toboggan run at culture Warth-Schröcken 20-minute intervals. (Last bus ** „von der Höhi“ leaves at 7.06 p.m.) Illuminated toboggan run daily Length: 2 km until 10 p.m. Monday and Thursday Toboggan rental: from the toboggan ride, ascent by tractor, 6-er Bar in Schröcken-Heim- out dining hot mulled wine and alcohol-free boden or from the start in punch for the kids. Toboggans are Schröcken-Neßlegg. provided. Start: 7 p.m. Larger groups Refreshments are available are requested to book Prices: € 4 for one ride + bus, M +43 (0)664 4120529 including toboggan rental; well-being Length: 700 m € 3 for one ride + bus, excluding toboggan rental 74 paragliding

Tandem flight

The Bregenzerwald flying area From the approx. 10° in the pull-up (Niedere close to Bezau-Andels- area, the take-off area continually buch and Diedamskopf close to Au- passes into a steep slope. Two take-off Schoppernau) is well-known for its ramps are available for hang-gliders. laminar upwind and its pleasant Also on offer: tandem flights. thermal conditions. information & lessons The special thing about it is that an Bregenzerwald flying school increasing number of flight/train- T +43 (0)5514 3177 ing areas can be offered within 10 Tandem mobile km with each (wind) direction. The M +43 (0)664 5127765 proximity and the easy accessibil- www.gleitschirmschule.at ity of both flying areas ensure that training is both flexible and fast. On the Diedamskopf, you can take off towards the southerly, south-easterly and easterly directions across alpine, steep terrain. 75 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing culture The reflective Advent season in Schwarzenberg, concerts, exhibitions and music salons in the family tips hotels: the calendar of events promises an exciting mix of styles, even in the winter. active winter culture dining out dining well-being 76 architecture

Modernism and tradition

If a ranking of the most significant the players called themselves at the architectural regions in the world start since, in the face of a vehement were to be drawn up today, Vorarlberg conflict with the “establishment” would, without a doubt, be in the top of the building industry and cham- ten. However, this doesn’t just mean ber, the title “architect” was refused. the significance According to one of the pioneers, of the individual constructions, but public appearances, the joining of also their number and density. forces and dialogue were important right from the start. The ideal This phenomenon is comparatively founded in terms of social policy – new. Whilst it is true that Vorarlberg’s social, affordable, sustainable, baroque master builders are a fixed regional – promoted the solidarity feature in specialist literature, when- of a generation that was searching ever the Vorarlberg school of archi- for new life forms and other ways of tecture or architects are mentioned, cultural expression, that was resist- they mean the generation born since ing the sell-out of their land, and that 1950 which has been influencing the found expression in building. The architecture here for about the past new type of architecture started off 30 years. Without counting the hand- in residential buildings – by way of ful of pioneers that preceded them, examining already existing build- this amounts to over 60 people: con- ings or as a new structure, often for sidering the 370,000 inhabitants, residential groups – and grew into a this is an amazing number. Such clear sign of the cultural restoration a ratio is only possible in a region which soon extended to the economic where architecture is appreciated, elite and the public sector. However, where one in four houses is designed as important as this environment by architects. was, there are always people who take responsibility, and Eberle, Gnaiger, From construction artists to architects Dietrich, Kaufmann and Ritsch have However, this is the result, rather long since become international stars than the explanation, of a develop- with chairs at renowned universities. ment. “Construction artists” is what architecture 77 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Islen holiday home in Mellau

Landscape and wooden buildings more effective here. Recently, examin- xc skiing Located somewhat off the beaten ing the old buildings is also gaining track, the Bregenzerwald was part in importance. Above all, however, of this development, although in the new buildings fit in with the sur- a way of its own. In contrast to the rounding landscape with regard to densely populated, industrial and material, size and proportion. Is it this family tips commercial Rhine Valley with its attitude that shies at the eccentric and mainly suburban structure, land- that searches for the typical rather scape, nature and rural craftsman- than the unique which guarantees this ship culture is of great importance way of building a wide basis? In any in the Bregenzerwald. Outside of the case, good carpentry firms now build active winter Bregenzerwald, groups of houses and residential buildings which architects farms dominate, whereas inside the in other places wouldn’t be capable Bregenzerwald it is the single-ridge of building: it is these houses which house, outside of the Bregenzerwald graze casually in the field like thecattle it is households which commission which are as typical of the region as the the building, whereas inside the farmhouses and the churches.

Bregenzerwald it is the young crafts- culture men. The Bregenzerwälder have a Worth a visit greater affinity for craftsmanship in It is hard to list remarkable buildings, general (Werkraum → page 80): since many of them are private resi- for example, it is in the carpentry dential buildings which are not acces- trade that the Kaufmann family of sible. However, a walk through Hittisau out dining architects has its roots. While, fol- or Schwarzenberg for example, can sat- lowing the initial years, the formal isfy your curiosity. The village of Bizau experiment is in demand outside, is particularly suitable for such a walk: the tendency towards stringency it boasts residential buildings from all and sobriety increases inside. Rural epochs, estates, buildings for indus- well-being pragmatism and the discipline of trial, educational and local authority construction with timber, which is purposes, as well as inns: the ensemble now state-of-the-art, appears to be was awarded the ArGeAlp prize. Umgang Bregenzerwald → page 78 78 “bregenzerwald umgang” – 12 village walks

Hotel Schwanen, Bizau

The way people in the Bregenzerwald This offers us a glimpse of the towns deal with their environment is the sub- of the future: resilient, durable set- ject of specially marked paths through tlements that count both agricultural the villages of the region. Take these production and recovery as well as lei- paths and, by observing selected sure pursuits and tourism amongst objects, experience how people here their functions. Sustainable building is have shaped their lives, and continue already well established in the Bregen- to shape them. zerwald today, and the raw materials for the timber houses are obtained The way we treat each other and the locally. This also applies increasingly world (German: “Umgang”) needs for catering establishments and craft constant updating. This is the aim of workshops. Anyone who follows all our “Umgang Bregenzerwald”. It is 12 trails of the “Umgang Bregenzer- intended to train awareness and an wald” will realise sometime that these understanding of the world. are not village walks; instead, they are From 1050, people settled here and a practical training in future urban gradually took ownership of the valley life. Town planners will find inspira- and mountains. What we admire here tion for the cities of tomorrow here. as the natural environment is the Perhaps they may also come up with result of centuries of farming in the ideas as to how suburbs such as the valley, on the mountain pastures (the Bregenzerwald can be provided with “Vorsäß”; middle level of alpine farm- transport links to the other parts of ing) and the high mountain pasture. the “Rhine City” that are more sustain- The “Umgang Bregenzerwald” draws able. Walking would be best. But as the our attention to the buildings, tools “Umgang Bregenzerwald” shows, this and everyday objects that have devel- is a very time-consuming, albeit very oped here over the course of time. beautiful form of transport. Without And now, the valley is changing from noise. It also protects the environment a merely rural region into a sort of which, in the town of the future, will new suburb of the “Rhine City”, which be within its own boundaries, not out reaches from Bludenz to Bregenz. in the country. “bregenzerwald umgang” – 12 village walks 79 land & lives land D

Lindau ski & board Sulzberg Bregenz Riefensberg Doren Krumbach Langenegg Hittisau ski & freedom Alberschwende Egg Lingenau

CH Sibratsgfäll Dornbirn Schwarzenberg Andelsbuch Bezau xc skiing Reuthe Bizau

Mellau Schnepfau

Schoppernau family tips B re g e Damüls n z e ra c h Warth “Umgang Bregenzerwald” in the active winter winter Schröcken It is also possible to take these walks in the winter (cleared paths, winter hiking paths): Schoppernau, Mellau, Bizau, Andelsbuch, Hittisau, Krumbach

These walks are only partially Umgang Bregenzerwald culture accessible in the winter. Please This is what the “Umgang Bregenzer- contact the tourist information wald” has in store for you: easy walks office or your host for information of different lengths between 1 ½ and about variants which are possible 4 hours. Details of the objects are

in the winter: described in an accompanying folder. out dining Au, Bezau-Reuthe, Schwarzenberg, Furthermore, a book on the subject Egg, Lingenau, Langenegg containing the background histories Guided tours: January to April, to the way of life in the Bregenzer- Tuesdays and Fridays at 9.30 a.m. wald is available. The information at different places media are available from any one of well-being information the tourist information offices and www.bregenzerwald.at from Bregenzerwald Tourismus. 80 werkraum bregenzerwald

Werkraumhaus in Andelsbuch

Werkraum Bregenzerwald architect Peter Zumthor. It was actu- The Bregenzerwald is not only famed ally built by the members of the for its modern wooden architecture Werkraum workshops known and - its workshops also take new paths. appreciated by Peter Zumthor due to They combine old skills and the tradi- long-term cooperation. The visionary tional use of forms with contemporary design is based on two keynotes. On design. Their inventive, high-quality the one hand, the hall-like building products are in demand internatio- serves as a meeting place. On the nally. Around 90 of the most innova- other hand, it is a huge showcase for tive workshops – from the carpenter presenting the culture of craftsman- through to the light designer – have ship in the Bregenzerwald. merged to create the Werkraum Bre- This idea is expressed in a wide pro- genzerwald. As a joint platform, the truding roof made of wood and a Werkraum organises exhibitions, com- façade made of glass. There is no divi- petitions and talks and is dedicated sion between the interior and the to the fields of research and develop- exterior, and the landscape is allowed ment. Working in cooperation with to flow through the building. the business schools in Bezau, the Wer- kraum hosts the Werkraum school for Exhibitions the next generation of craftsmen and The Werkraum members present women. The Werkraum has been listed themselves in the Werkraumschau in the international UNESCO register exhibition in the winter and in the for good practical examples for the spring. Special exhibitions are held in maintenance and continuation of the summer months. intangible cultural assets since 2016. Consultancy Werkraumhaus During the opening hours, interested The Werkraumhaus opened its doors parties can come along to the Wer- in the centre of Andelsbuch in the kraumhaus for advice about crafts- summer of 2013. The building was manship in the Bregenzerwald and, if planned by the renowned Swiss desired, are referred to workshops. werkraum bregenzerwald 81 land & lives land Restaurant and shop The kitchen offers a different lunch Werkraumschau Exhibition menu every day plus drinks and a GAST (Guest) selection of cakes. It is open during GEBEN (Giving). the opening times of the Werkraum- Tools for being welcome haus. The shop sells products made 17 November 2018 to 26 May 2019 ski & board by the workshops, which make up Werkraumhaus the Werkraum, plus a specialised Concept: FUNKA, Lingenau selection of books on craftsmanship, design and architecture. The current Werkraumschau

presents diverse interpreta- ski & freedom Events and seminars tions of the topic of hospitality Several events are organized in the by the trades members of the Werkraumhaus. It can be rented for Werkraum Bregenzerwald. Visi- events pertaining to its specialist tors are invited not only to look themes upon request. at the tools for hospitality but

also to explore the Werkraum- xc skiing Workshops and information events for haus as guests. The various children and young adults atmospheres of a hotel’s differ- Hosted by arrangement. See www. ent rooms – from public to inti- werkraum.at for dates and events. mate – form the backdrop to this exploration. The Werkraumschau family tips Entrance fee and guided tours explores the different dimen- € 7.50 regular price, € 5 concessions sions of good hospitality while Guided tours are available upon displaying the objects created by request the Werkraum trades businesses. The Werkraum’s hotel partners active winter Opening times are presenting bespoke solutions Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. that have been realised in their Closed Sundays, Mondays and on buildings. public holidays A spacious, freely accessible entrée where drinks and food are Information served – as well as hospitable fur-

Werkraumhaus, Andelsbuch niture and objects by the mem- culture T +43(0)5512 26386 bers of the Werkraum – invite vis- www.werkraum.at itors to take a seat, chat, use the furniture and spend some time there, in short: to be a guest. dining out dining well-being 82 hand-made

Devich‘s wooden shoes

All sorts of specialist craft items are Toboggans created in workshops and studios. Anton Bereuter makes leisure and Items made by expert craftspeople sport toboggans from local wood. and artisans are available in a Anton Bereuter, Alberschwende number of shops, generally straight T +43 (0)5579 3488 from the producers. www.handwerkholz.at Local ash wood is cut down in the Werkraum craftsmanship (→ page 80) winter months when the moon is The range of products in the Werk right and air-dried for two years – and raumhaus shop covers items from then used to make sports or family firms that are members of the toboggans. Bregenzerwald Werkraum, such as felt Gebrüder Johler, Alberschwende baby swings, wooden toys, chopping T +43 (0)5579 4206 boards, pepper mills, stools and much www.johler-rodel.at more. Books on crafts and architecture are also available. Jewellery Werkraum Bregenzerwald, Andelsbuch In her smithy, Christina Fetz-Eberle T +43 (0)5512 26386 designs and makes jewellery from www.werkraum.at stainless steel and stones. Glanzstück Schmuckwerkstatt, Wooden shoes Hittisau Some people wear them in the shed, M +43 (0)664 9993904 others wear them in the city. The www.glanzstueck.at Devich family has been making wooden shoes – clogs, boots and san- Felt products dals – for four generations. The mate- Marianna Moosbrugger makes hats, rials – wood, leather and hide – are slippers, lampshades and even vases always different, and so each pair is from felt, preferably in the brightest unique. colours. She runs courses on request. Devich Holzschuherzeugung, Hittisau Filzwerkstatt Marianna Moosbrugger, T +43 (0)5513 31101 Au, M +43 (0)664 1360564 www.holzschuhe.at hand-made 83 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Leisure toboggan, Anton Bereuter Handwerkholz, Alberschwende

Bregenzerwald toys Textilwerkstatt xc skiing Based right in the centre of the Women who are reinstating and Bregenzerwald, this company specia- reinterpreting old methods of lises in working with wood and makes hand-crafting fabrics can be found crane trucks, doll’s houses, gaming working at this textile workshop. tables and even dentist‘s chairs from Initiator Martha Niederacher and her family tips locally available beechwood. colleagues also arrange courses. In All the wooden toys are made by felting and weaving, for example, as hand and are aesthetically pleasing well as in spinning, embroidery and and free from toxins. The products willow weaving. are now being manufactured in Martha Niederacher, Krumbach active winter „sheltered workshops“ by people with T +43 (0)664 3663140 special needs. www.textil-werkstatt.at Online shop: www.holzspielzeug-und- mehr.at Pfiffiges Shop: Bahnhof 148, 6870 Bezau Working with his family, nature fans T +43 (0)5514 30300 and creative partners from the neigh-

bourhood, Roland Bär manufactures culture Lamps products that are sustainable, nature- Bregenzerwald designer Anna Claudia aware and durable: Agricultural pro- Strolz creates lighting systems and ducts (cheese, spirits, liqueurs, meat) also makes some of the lampshades as well as products by the trades herself at her studio in Bregenz. (wooden toys, lamps, small items of out dining Some of the designs are produced furniture, decorative items). in cooperation with Bregenzerwald Online Shop: www.pfiffiges.at tradespeople. Farm shop: Kalchern 65, 6866 Shop & Studio, Bregenz Andelsbuch T +43 (0)5574 435 63 T +43 (0)680 5511157 well-being www.strolzleuchten.at More products from nature → page 105 84 bus:stop krumbach

Busstop Bränden, Sou Fujimoto, Japan

Architects from seven differ- nature, of tradition and the modern ent countries are designing seven age, of craftsmanship and building different bus stops in Krumbach: culture. small buildings for the good of the Bränden bus stop public. However, this is only one Sou Fujimoto, Japan aspect of a courageous project. The Unterkrumbach Süd bus stop other is an unusual dialogue with Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Vorarlberg tradition, building culture Belgium and craftsmanship. Unterkrumbach Nord bus stop Ensamble Studio, Spain Krumbach is well-known for its sce- Zwing bus stop nic beauty and a lively pub culture. Smiljan Radic, Chile In recent years, the village has made Oberkrumbach bus stop a name of itself with its multi- Alexander Brodsky, Russia award-winning architecture. Most Kressbad bus stop recently with the bus:stop krum- RintalaEggertsson Architects, Norway bach project: in cooperation with Glatzegg bus stop the Architekturzentrum Wien and Wang Shu, Ly Wenyu, China the Vorarlberg Architektur Institut, information seven architectural firms from Rus- www.kulturkrumbach.at sia, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Japan, China and Chile were invited to design seven bus stops. In close cooperation with local craftsmen and regional partner architects, seven bus stops were built in 2014 – Architecture prizes for bus:stop: as a tribute to the use of traditional State Prize for Architecture 2014, materials, skilled manufacturing Vienna techniques and the landscape. And to Iconic Award “Architect’s Client of that which continues to characterise the Year”, Munich the region: the interplay of man and cabaret & village culture 85 land & lives land The cultural calendar also has plenty Alpenarte Bregenzerwald to offer during the winter: Advent in Schwarzenberg Schwarzenberg is particularly atmos- The series of concerts focuses on pheric. Music and cabaret are staged. cross-generational meetings and con- tacts in the fields of art and culture Bahnhof Andelsbuch cultural society along with young and highly talented ski & board Culture is a regular visitor to the international musicians. “bahnhof”, the converted imperial dates: and royal station in Andelsbuch from Spring 9 to 12 May 2019 the abandoned Wälderbahn. It hosts Director in Residence: over 50 events every year: exhibi- Eva-Nina Kozmus ski & freedom tions, lectures and discussions, fairy Autumn 24 to 27 October 2019 story readings, lieder evenings and Director in Residence: concerts. Marie Spaemann information information & tickets Kulturverein bahnhof :alpenarte Bregenzerwald/

M +43 (0)664 2507789 Schwarzenberg GmbH xc skiing www.bahnhof.cc T +43 (0)5512 2917 80 www.alpenarte.eu Sulzberg-Thal: ThalsaalKultur The Thalsaal is considered one of the Schwarzenberg Advent finest halls in the region. The atmospheric “Schwarzenberg family tips Built back in 1928 based on historical Advent” enriches the Advent period dance halls, it was reopened in 2007, with cultural and culinary evenings. following extensive restoration and Highlights: modernisation measures. 30 November / 1 December Advent Cultural offers: concerts, cabaret, the- market with accompanying pro- active winter atre, and much more gramme on the heritage-protected information village square www.thalsaalkultur.at 2 December Concert by the Vienna Streichersolisten at the Angelika Kauffmann Hall 7 December Concert by BradlBerg

Musig at the Angelika Kauffmann culture Museum 23 December Lantern-lit walk to the Theresienkapelle information

Tourist office Schwarzenberg out dining T +43 (0)5512 3570 www.schwarzenberg.at well-being 86 culture in hotels and inns

Wälderness – Hirschen’s exquisite music salon

Several hotels and inns in the Bregenzerwald extend a warm Hans Bach moving pictures invitation to participate in The vague, constant purring of the entertaining cultural activities. 35-mm projector, the massive, heavy rolls of film, the minormishaps put- Literature salon in Hotel Krone in ting in the next reel of film, and an Hittisau audience which couldn’t be more dif- The “Literature on Saturday Afternoon” ferent if it tried – this and much more cycle is a joint event hosted by Ensem- are conjured up on the first Sunday of ble 89 Hittisau and Gasthof Krone. every month at the cinema evening information & dates in the Jöslar – presented by Hans Bach Hotel Gasthof Krone moving pictures. Interested cineastes T +43 (0)5513 6201 sit wherever they can find a place – a www.krone-hittisau.at cinema seat, a chair or a bar stool – and indulge in best of cinematic fare. And Wälderness in Hotel Gasthof Hirschen drinks, of course. Schwarzenberg Date: the first Sunday of every month, A winter programme with an insider 8 p.m. tip character: on selected Thurs- information days between December and March, Jöslar inn, Andelsbuch exquisite dinner concerts are held www.jöslar.at in the style of a music salon. The www.hansbach.at Hirschen in Schwarzenberg is the T +43 (0)5512 2312 authentic setting for these evenings featuring jazz-blues-rock and new folk music ensembles. information, programme & dates Ski & Concert Warth Hotel Gasthof Hirschen Après-Ski & Live music at the S1 Schwarzenberg Ski Lounge Salober T +43 (0)5512 2944 → page 11 www.hirschenschwarzenberg.at exhibitions & museums 87 land & lives land Insights into the history, lifestyle Bezau local history museum and creative activity are provided by A typical residential building, main- lively museums and exhibitions. tained in its original style. It holds national costumes, offers insight into Heimatmuseum Alberschwende the style of home furnishing in days (local history museum) gone by, and displays a valuable collec- ski & board The museum presents aspects of tion of sacral art. rural life and interior home design opening times with guided tours from the 18th and 19th centuries at Tue 2 p.m. the entrance to the Bregenzerwald. further guided tours upon request

The process from flax to linen rep- M +43 (0)677 62318655 ski & freedom resents one of the special topics that information the museum presents. Bezau Tourismus, T +43 (0)5514 2295 opening times On inquiry Angelika Kauffmann Museum information Schwarzenberg

Alberschwende Tourismus Jerusalem 1904 – An art pilgrimage by xc skiing T +43 (0)5579 4233 the young Bartle Kleber Bregenzerwald’s Bartle Kleber – who Kulisse Pfarrhof in Damüls lived from 1884 to 1953 – undertook an Vorarlberg FIS Skimuseum in Damüls adventurous journey to the Orient as a opening times young artist. This journey presents itself family tips 11 December 2018 to 19 April 2019 today as one of the most important Tue and Fri 3 to 6 p.m. stages in Bartle Kleber’s life. The exhi- Groups upon request bition presents works from his trip in information 1904 in juxtaposition to works by young Tourist office Damüls artists from Schwarzenberg who took active winter T +43 (0)5510 620-0 Jerusalem in 2018 as their theme to cel- www.damuels.travel ebrate the Bartle Kleber exhibition that was presented at the Austrian Hospice Franz Michael Felder Museum in Jerusalem. Schoppernau Heimatmuseum (Museum of Local Franz Michael Felder was a farmer, History) writer and social reformer and is an The former residential section of the culture important historical figure from the old Bregenzerwald house built in the Bregenzerwald. The exhibition is an traditional wooden design is home exploration of his life, displaying to the local history museum, which original documents, quotations and documents the domestic culture of the pictures, and featuring audio points. 18th and early 19th centuries. out dining opening times opening times Mon 4 – 6 p.m., Thu 9 – 11 a.m., 14 February – 28 April 2019 Fri 5 – 7 p.m., Sun 9.30 – 11.30 a.m. Fri – Sun 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. (closed on public holidays) information & guided tours information Tourist office Schwarzenberg well-being Tourist office Schoppernau T +43 (0)5512 3570 47 T +43 (0)5515 2495 www.schwarzenberg.at www.au-schoppernau.at www.angelika-kauffmann.com 88 exhibitions & museums

Womenʼs museum Hittisau

Women’s Museum in Hittisau artistic reception of the museum’s The only women’s museum in Austria collection. It was created to celebrate holds changing exhibitions, which the centennial of the end of the examine topics relevant to women First World War. Maurizio Bonato from the fields of history, art, archi- places texts and images in relation tecture, social history, ethnology, to each other. The texts tell about the craftsmanship, etc. An interplay or women’s responsibility for homes a combination of a regional and an that the men had left behind, of the international perspective is ensured. women’s worries and their everyday To accompany the exhibitions, the lives. Women’s Museum offers a busy sup- opening times porting programme of individually From 28 October 2018 designed special guided tours, talks, Thur 2 to 5 p.m. workshops, concerts, readings and Fri to Sun 10 a.m. to 12 and 2 to 5 p.m. film showings. guided tour open to the public Every Monday at 6 p.m. Exhibition: Frauen im Gegenüber / The first Sunday of every month at The Women Opposite / Donne di 5 p.m. fronte € 10 per person (no reservations An artistic reception of the collection necessary, including entrance fee) of the Hittisau Women’s Museum by information Maurizio Bonato to commemorate T +43 (0)5513 6209-30 the 100th anniversary of the end of T +43 (0)664 88431964 the First World War. www.frauenmuseum.at The artist Maurizio Bonato from Innsbruck has been working for years on his “donne di fronte” project with letters, photos and testimonies by and to women. The project, which was developed specifically for the Frauenmuseum Hittisau, is an 89 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing dining out The Bregenzerwald locals are masters in the art of cheese and cuisine. The Bregenzerwald KäseStrasse family tips with its selection of enjoyable stations is dedicated to the subject of cheese. The chefs in the multi award-winning restaurants and inns skilfully master the art of cooking. active winter culture dining out dining well-being 90 käsestrasse & bregenzerwald culinary delights region

Alpine dairy in Schnepfau

How come a valley community in milk it is produced from, since only which, a century ago, Sunday dinner 2% of EU dairy farmers produce in comprised a sort of wheat flour mash this way, i.e. their cows never eat (with maize grits the rest of the week) silo fodder – instead, between May is now a gourmet region with special- and October, they only eat grass and ities whose origins are protected and herbs. During the winter, they only where refined gastronomy is at home eat the air-dried hay from valley in many restaurants? meadows. In the so-called three-stage farming method, following their The Bregenzerwald is an Austrian winter in the barn, the animals graze gourmet region. These days, the word on the mountain pastures located “gourmet” is used all too frequently at medium height (around 900 m) in advertising: however, the expres- during the spring and the autumn, sion “gourmet region” has a specific and on the high mountain pasture meaning: it is a registered brand by during the summer. The mountain the Austrian Ministry for Food and pastures are run as a collective, since the AMA (Agrarmarkt Austria), wish- the farmers only have an average of ing to remind consumers of regional 12 cows in the barn. specialities. The basic prerequisites The three-stage farming method are that the ingredients come (which was included in the national from the region, that production is UNESCO list of immaterial cultural regional, and that the products are assets in spring 2011) in particular firmly rooted in regional gastronomy. gives the alpine cheese the special In the Bregenzerwald, this means flavour which means it can easily alpine cheese. Every year, approxi- contend with the well-known Euro- mately 3,000 tons of alpine cheese pean full-fat cheeses. It has been are produced in the valley’s 17 dairies. like this for a long time: back at the Every year, 200 tons of alpine cheese start of the 19th century, the inhabit- are handmade by the 70 or more ants of the Bregenzerwald sold over dairy alps every summer. The special 30.000 kg of cheese to the monar- thing about this cheese is the silo-free chy and abroad. In 1877, Karl von käsestrasse & bregenzerwald culinary delights region 91 land & lives land Seyffertitz wrote: “Everywhere – publicans and businesses, the “Gour- including in the cheerful Vorder- met region of the Bregenzerwald” in wald, in Hittisau and Lingenau, you 2005, the Vorarlberg quality market- will meet a unique people in strange ing “luag druf” in 2005, the inclusion national dress in wood-panelled par- of Bregenzerwald mountain cheese lours with floors scrubbed white, into the “Ark of taste” by Slow Food ski & board with shiny door handles – the men 2008, and the “Bregenzerwald Gour- busy looking after a dairy breed of met Days” by the KäseStrasse in July cow and overseeing the production of 2009. The toughest taste test is still a popular, world-famous fine cheese, the most regional however: every the women busy with elaborate year, alpine and mountain cheese is ski & freedom whitework embroidery.” However, it judged in Schwarzenberg. The winner wasn’t the producers back then who at this event is enough to satisfy any made all the money – it was the sell- gourmet’s taste buds. ers. The Schnepfau local Josef Ambros Moosbrugger, for example, made so tip: käsestrasse & tasting

much profit from selling cheese that xc skiing he could afford a city palace in Milan. The KäseStrasse Bregenzerwald No doubt he dined differently to the is an association of farmers and people back home, where cooking alps, alpine dairy farmers and over an open fire resulted above all in cheesemakers, cheesemongers and simple pan-fried dishes such as the restaurants, museums and cable family tips “Riebel” and the “Schwozermuas”. Up car operators, members of the tou- on the alp, flour, salt, butter, quark rism industry and partners from and cheese were the main ingredi- the worlds of trade and commerce. ents. The recipe for “Schwozermus” – The over 160 partners which make named for the woodcutters from up the KäseStrasse network are active winter Schwaz – was: “Water, flour, salt, joined together in the objective of dripping – and that’s it!” The lack maintaining and preserving taste of bread on the alp gave rise to the and regional culture. “Käsknöpfle”, to “Sig”, known only in Programme: “Bregenzerwald the Bregenzerwald and which is cara- Käsekeller in Lingenau” melised lactose, since they wanted A look through the glass wall into to make a further product from the the Käsekeller (cheese cellar) where culture whey. around 32,000 wheels of alpine The passage of this modest alp fare cheese mature, information pertai- to the current first-class restau- ning to cheese culture in the Bre- rants in the Bregenzerwald – which genzerwald, the maturing and sto- now use over 60 regional types of rage of alpine cheese, showing of out dining cheese – went through a series of the KäseStrasse film, tasting of the changes which demanded quality diverse types of cheese and other rather than quantity. These include specialities the 1997 EU Protection of Origin of Information & registration alpine and mountain cheeses, the KäseStrasse Bregenzerwald well-being establishment of the “KäseStrasse T +43 (0)5513 42870-41 Bregenzerwald” in 1998 as a network www.kaesestrasse.at of farmers, alpine dairies, craftsmen, 92 culinary winter hikes in the bregenzerwald

Step by step from course to course

Hike through the wintry landscape price per person and warm your cockles over a meal € 44 – € 60 (depending on the hike) in cosy cafés, mountain inns and services included restaurants. With breakfast, lunch - Description of the hiking route and dessert. Three impressive hikes - Vouchers for the meals are offered. - Tickets for the bus (if necessary) information & booking Bregenzerwald Tourismus T +43 (0)5512 2365 www.bregenzerwald.at

Hittisau-Hochhäderich hike Breakfast: The Vorarlberg and Bayern alpine Almhotel Hochhäderich circuit • Breakfast buffet 27 December 2018 to 31 March 2019, Aperitif: daily except Tuesdays and Wednesdays Hörmoos alp Hiking time: approx. 3 ½ hours • Schnapps After breakfast taken in the cosy, Lunch: modern panorama restaurant in Hochbühl mountain inn Vorarlberg, the guests take a leisurely • Cheese spätzle with salad and drink hike uphill and downhill to take or lunch in the Hochbühl mountain • Wiener schnitzel with salad and restaurant in Bavaria. A lovely moun- French fries tain path then takes you through the Sweet finale: alps and across the snow-covered Alpstüble Moos upland moor as far as the Alpstüble • Home-made cake and a cup of coffee Moos for a sweet finish over coffee and cake. culinary winter hikes in the bregenzerwald 93 land & lives land Mellau-Bizau-Bezau hike Breakfast: Through river and valley landscapes Lifestyle Resort Sonne Mellau 21 December 2018 to 7 April 2019 • Breakfast buffet (probably except 7 January – 6 February Main course: 2019), daily except Mondays, Tuesdays Biohotel Schwanen Bizau and Wednesdays • Meat or fish or ski & board Hiking time: approx. 3 ¾ hours • vegetarian dish of the season Guests get into the mood for their Sweet finale: hike over breakfast, taken in the Café Katrina Bezau heart of Mellau, in the Sonne Life- • Apple fritters with vanilla ice style Resort. The first leg is more or cream and whipped cream or ski & freedom less flat, and follows a winter hik- • Quark dumplings in buttered ing path to the Biohotel Schwanen breadcrumbs with stewed dam- in Bizau, where you take lunch. sons and vanilla ice-cream Organic certified ingredients are cooked according to the principles

established by Hildegard von Bin- xc skiing gen. Afterwards, the hikers follow the stream, devoid of any notable differences in attitude, to the Café Katrina for dessert. family tips

Sibratsgfäll-Schönenbach hike Breakfast: Via the gorge to the alpine pasture Hotel Hirschen Sibratsgfäll 27 December 2018 to 28 March 2019, • Breakfast buffet daily except Mondays and Tuesdays Main course: active winter Hiking time: approx. 4 hours Jagdgasthaus Egender Schönenbach The day starts with breakfast in the • Cheese spätzle with salad or Hotel Hirschen Sibratsgfäll. Fol- • Wiener schnitzel with French fries lowing a winter hiking path, after or salad a steep climb, hikers continue on Sweet finale: a practically flat path as far as the Hotel Hirschen Sibratsgfäll alpine pasture village of Schönen- • Home-made yeast pastry with culture bach, which enjoys a lovely setting. vanilla sauce or On the way, the hikers cross a nar- • home-made apple strudel with row gorge affording them with the vanilla sauce best view downwards to the Suber- sach. The Jagdgasthaus Egender in out dining Schönenbach, which was built just a few years ago, is well-known far and wide. There the hikers stop for lunch. Invigorated, they return to Sibratsgfäll, where dessert awaits them in the Hotel Hirschen. well-being 94 cuisine guide

Enjoy the culinary diversity of the Bregenzerwald. Our listing makes it as easy as possible for you. What do you fancy? A destination for the day or a restaurant for the evening? The categories and symbols will help you choose. We have explained some of the particular specialities in italics.

Legend Open-air restaurant/terrace: The option to eat outside in good weather. Haute cuisine: Sophisticated dining in smart surroundings, elegantly presented and served. Child-friendly: Children’s menu, play area or petting zoo – children are looked after here. International cuisine: Mediterranean, Far Eastern or Latin American – there’s plenty of variety here. Bregenzerwald “Käsestrasse”: Partner operations in the Regional Association for the Maintenance and Promotion of the Bregenzerwald Cheese Culture.

inns

The traditional foundation of Bregenzerwald hospitality. Cosy (wooden) parlours, typical regional dishes, reasonable prices and personal contact with the hosts are the main features to enjoy when you stop here. Conveniently, they are also open in the afternoon, offering a lim- ited menu or coffee and cakes.

Gasthof Wälderstüble, alberschwende Gasthaus Löwen – Kässtadl, egg Day off: Wed, Thur from 4 p.m.| A wide range of cheese specialities| T +43 (0)5579 4791 Day off: Tue, Thur|T +43 (0)5512 2207 Wirtshaus zur Taube, alberschwende Gasthaus Traube-Brennar, egg Traditional creative cuisine| Day off: Tue from 2 p.m., Wed| Day off: Wed, Thur|T +43 (0)5579 4202 T +43 (0)5512 2265 Gasthof Löwen, andelsbuch Gasthof Falken, egg Day off: Wed, Thur until 5 p.m.| Day off: Mon, Tue afternoon| T +43 (0)5512 2287 T +43 (0)5512 2211 Erlebnis-Gasthof Ur-Alp, au Gasthaus Gams „Tonele“, egg Fondue specialties|Day off: Mon| Käsknöpfle (cheese spätzle)|Day off: Thur, T +43 (0)5515 25192 Sun from 6 p.m.|T +43 (0)5512 2327 Sägerstuben, au Gasthof Goldener Adler, hittisau Bregenzerwald Cordon Bleu|Day off: Wed| Day off: Mon|M +43 (0)664 1003293 T +43 (0)5515 2949 Gasthof Ochsen, hittisau Gasthof Engel, bezau Day off: Tue, Wed|T +43 (0)5513 6237 Offal|Day off: Sun evening, Mon| Gasthaus Brauerei, krumbach T +43 (0)5514 2203 Day off: Tue, Wed during the day| Gasthof Hirschen, bezau T +43 (0)5513 8158 Day off: Wed, Thur until 4 p.m.| Gasthof Kressbad, krumbach T +43 (0)5514 2382 Day off: Wed|T +43 (0)5513 8115 Gasthof Taube, bizau Gasthof Löwen, krumbach Day off: Tue|T +43 (0)5514 2124 Meals on request |Day off: Wed| Gasthaus Glöckle, damüls T +43 (0)5513 8335 T +43 (0)5510 380 Gasthof Post, krumbach Gasthaus Zimba, damüls Day off: Tue, Wed, Thur|T +43 (0)5513 8256 T +43 (0)5510 379 Krumbacher Stubo, krumbach Gasthof Jägerstüble, damüls Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5513 8724 T +43 (0)5510 373 Gasthaus Hirschen, langenegg Gasthof Adler, doren Special pizza and burger menu| Meat and vegetables from our own Day off: Tue, Wed|T +43 (0)5513 6194 farm|Day off: Mon, Tue|T +43 (0)5516 2014 Gasthof Löwen, lingenau Day off: Wed| T +43 (0)5513 63600 cuisine guide 95 land & lives land Gasthof Pension Adler, lingenau T +43 (0)5519 340 Schnitzel specialities| Gasthof zur Buche, schwarzenberg Day off: Mon, Tue| T +43 (0)5513 6367 Day off: Sun, bank holidays| Gasthof Traube, lingenau T +43 (0)5512 2972 M +43 (0)664 2146898 Mesnerstüble, schwarzenberg Dorfgasthof Adler, mellau Day off: Tue, Wed|T +43 (0)5512 2002 T +43 (0)5518 2260 Berghof Fetz, schwarzenberg-bödele

Nazes Hus, mellau T +43 (0)5572 77400 ski & board A little gem of a listed building| Gasthof Hotel Ifenblick, sibratsgfäll Day off: Thur|T +43 (0)650 4627929 Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5513 6432 Gasthaus Goldener Adler, riefensberg Gasthof Pension Nußbaumer, sibratsgfäll T +43 (0)5513 8398 Day off: Thur|T +43 (0)5513 2115 Gasthof-Pension Hochlitten, riefensberg Katharinahof, sibratsgfäll Day off: Tue|T +43 (0)5513 8363 T +43 (0)5513 2213 Wirtshus Bartle, riefensberg Der Hirschen, sibratsgfäll ski & freedom Home-made cakes and sweets| Day off: Day off: Tue|T +43 (0)5513 2111 Mon, Thur|T +43 (0)681 81330581 Alpenblick, sulzberg Gasthof Schrannenhof, schoppernau In-house cake and bread bakery| farm products, homemade cakes and Day off: Thur; Nov – June: Wed, Thur| gateaux|Day off: Wed, Thur| T +43 (0)5516 2217 T +43 (0)5515 2162 Gasthof Ochsen, sulzberg Wälderstube, schoppernau Homemade cakes, Day off: Mon, Tue| Day off: Thur|T +43 (0)5515 2444 T +43 (0)5516 2114 xc skiing Wirtshaus zum Gämsle, schoppernau Hochsträßstüble, sulzberg Regional food|Day off: Wed| Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5516 2863 T +43 (0)5515 30062 Gasthaus zur Taube, sulzberg-thal Gasthaus Bauernstube, schröcken Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5575 4405 T +43 (0)5519 30303 Krone Thal, sulzberg-thal Hotel Gasthof Tannberg, schröcken Day off: Mon, Tue|T +43 (0)5575 20030 wild game specialties from own hunting Älpler Stuba, warth family tips grounds|T +43 (0)5519 268 cosy inn, traditional food, also caters for Holzschopf, schröcken vegetarians|Day off: Thur| hearty food, Spare ribs|Day off: Tue| T +43 (0)5583 30815

restaurants active winter Long live diversity: In the à-la-carte restaurants of many hotels and in the more sophisticated or cosmopolitan establishments, innovative cuisine is combined with regional products and international influences. Renowned

chefs and authentically ethnic culture concepts mean that variety on the plate is guaranteed.

Pizzeria La Montanara, andelsbuch Hotel Gams „Goldstück“, bezau Home-made ice cream|T +43 (0)5512 6138 T +43 (0)5514 2220 Genießerrestaurant Schiff, au Biohotel Schwanen, bizau out dining T +43 (0)5515 2229 Where the Wild Women cook, Hildegard Alpenhotel Post „Wälderstube“, au von Bingen kitchen|Day off: Tue, Wed| Locally caught game|T +43 (0)5515 4103 T +43 (0)5514 2133 Hotel Adler, au Berghotel Madlener, damüls Innovative meals of the day| T +43 (0)5510 221 Day off: Tue| T +43 (0)5515 2264 Hotel Restaurant Alpenblume, damüls

Hotel Gasthaus Hubertus, au T +43 (0)5510 265 well-being Home-made strudel|Day off: Wed| Hotel Walliserstube, damüls T +43 (0)5515 2342 T +43 (0)5510 236 Café-Restaurant Katrina, bezau Pizzeria da Ingo, damüls Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5514 2285 T +43 (0)5510 505 96 cuisine guide

Pizzeria La Montagna, doren Genusshotel Restaurant Alpenblick, lingenau Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)681 10686216 Gluten- and lactose-free meals| China Restaurant Yinbin, egg Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5513 6417-0 Day off: Wed|T +43 (0)5512 2324 Hotel Engel „Engelstube“, mellau Schettereggerhof, egg Day off: Wed|T +43 (0)5518 2246 Day off: Wed (spring, summer and Pizzeria Sandro, mellau autumn)|T +43 (0)5512 3220 Day off: Sat|T +43 (0)5518 2416 Adler Großdorf, egg Sonne Lifestyle Resort – Sunday inn|Day off: Mon – Sat| Gasthaus zur Sonne, mellau M +43 (0)650 4563437 Bregenzerwald late lunch| Asia Restaurant Hyotan, egg Day off: Mon, Tue, Sun|T +43 (0)5518 20100 Teppanyaki grill, sushi|T +43 (0)5512 26457 Hirschen Wohlfühlhotel, schoppernau Pizzeria Ampuls, egg Chef’s table|Day off: Mon| T +43 (0)5512 20433 T +43 (0)5515 21150 China Restaurant, hittisau Tresoli, schoppernau Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5513 41851 Day off: Tue (low season)| Gasthof Krone, hittisau T +43 (0)5515 2577 Innovative Vorarlberg cuisine| Hotel Gasthof Adler, schoppernau Day off: Wed, Thur|T +43 (0)5513 6201 T +43 (0)5555 2106 Landhotel Hirschen, hittisau Gasthof Alte Mühle, schwarzenberg In-house patisserie, Regional food| Game specialities|Day off: Mon, Tue| Day off: Tue, Wed until 2.30 p.m.| T +43 (0)5512 3780 T +43 (0)5513 2320 Hotel Gasthof Hirschen, schwarzenberg Romantikhotel „Das Schiff“, hittisau Day off: Wed|T +43 (0)5512 2944 Gourmet-Restaurant Restaurant Gasthof Adler, schwarzenberg „Wälder Stube 1840“|Day off: Sun, Mon plain food|Day off: Mon, Tue| „Ladenwirtschaft ERNELE“| T +43 (0)5512 2966 Day off: Sun, Mon, Tue| Pizzeria Panorama, schwarzenberg T +43 (0)5513 6220 T +43 (0)5512 2990 Gasthaus Adler, krumbach Bödele Alpenhotel, schwarzenberg-bödele Meat and vegetables from our own Vegan meals|Day off: Sat| farm|Day off: Wed, Thur|T +43 (0)5513 81560 M +43 (0)660 4447777 Schulhus Restaurant, krumbach Adler Sulzberg Pizze & Pasta, sulzberg Inventive regional cuisine| Day off: Wed, Thur|T +43 (0)5516 2296 Day off: Mon, Tue |T +43 (0)5513 8389 Hotel Jägeralpe „Jägerstube“, warth Seminarhotel Krone, langenegg Raclette and fondue on request| Day off: Mon, Tue|T +43 (0)5513 6178 T +43 (0)5583 4250 Warther Hof „Hochtannberg“, warth Day off: Mo – Wed|T +43 (0)5583 3504 hotel restaurants

A guest amongst families: Those who value cosy conviviality and a hospitable atmosphere will enjoy the multi-course half-board set meals in many hotels. These offer the perfect opportunity to get to know many traditional hotels in a new way – including coffee and cakes in the day or on a detour to the hotel bar.

Hotel Krone, au Hotel Post, bezau 5-course gourmet set meals| T +43 (0)5514 2207 Day off: Sun, Mon, Tue|T +43 (0)5515 2201-0 Alpenhotel Mittagspitze, damüls Hotel Tannahof, au T +43 (0)5510 211 Day off: Tue|T +43 (0)5515 2210 Hotel Alpenstern, damüls Hotel Sonne, bezau T +43 (0)5510 513 Austrian specialities | Hotel Damülser Hof, damüls T +43 (0)5514 2262 T +43 (0)5510 210 cuisine guide 97 land & lives land Hotel Gasthof Adler, damüls Gesundhotel Bad Reuthe, reuthe T +43 (0)5510 220 All-day cake buffet|T +43 (0)5514 2265 Hotel Gasthof Walisgaden, damüls Almhotel Hochhäderich, riefensberg T +43 (0)5510 214 T +43 (0)5513 8254 Hotel Hohes Licht, damüls Hotel Edelweiß, schoppernau 5-course menu if pre-ordered| Locally caught game|T +43 (0)5515 2496 T +43 (0)5510 201 Sporthotel Krone, schoppernau

Ländle Hotel, damüls Fondue if ordered in advance| ski & board T +43 (0)5510 610 T +43 (0)5515 2116 Auszeithotel Rossbad, krumbach Hotel Widderstein, schröcken T +43 (0)5513 5110 T +43 (0)5519 400 Hotel Gasthof Wälderhof, lingenau Wellnesshotel Linde, sulzberg Day off: Mon, Tue | Healthy dishes|T +43 (0)5516 2015 T +43 (0)5513 62440 Boutique Hotel Lechtaler Hof, warth ski & freedom Vitalhotel Quellengarten, lingenau T +43 (0)5583 2677 T +43 (0)5513 6461-0 Gasthof Tirolerhof, warth Hotel Kanisfluh, mellau Regional cuisine, steaks| Day off: Wed| T +43 (0)5518 2256 M +43 (0)664 2564142 Hotel Hubertus, mellau Hotel Walserstube, warth T +43 (0)5518 2306 T +43 (0)5583 3557 Hotel Kreuz, mellau Sporthotel Steffisalp, warth T +43 (0)5518 2208 T +43 (0)5583 3699 xc skiing mountain restaurants and ski huts

Far from the villages, in hiking or skiing areas, mountain inns are popular destinations for the entire

family. Sometimes in (remote) family tips mountain locations, occasionally accessible by cable car, ski or car, they provide not only good home cooking but also wonderful panoramic views. active winter Alpengasthof Brüggele, alberschwende Berggasthof Uga Alp, damüls Kaiserschmarren (sliced pancake)| Italian cuisine|Day off: Tue| Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5579 4391 T +43 (0)5510 318 Berggasthof Niedere, andelsbuch Schwartenstadel, damüls Mountain breakfast on request| open when cable car is operating| open when cable car is operating | T +43 (0)664 2053402 M +43 (0)664 4429447 Gasthof Alpenrose – Kaltenbrunnen, egg Bergkristall-Hütte, au Homemade cakes|Day off: Wed| culture Day off: Mon|M +43 (0)664 1808482 T +43 (0)5512 2433 Panoramarestaurant Baumgarten, bezau Leos Hütte, egg Snack platters, home-made soups|Day off: Mountain breakfast|open when cable car is operating |T +43 (0)5514 2254-7 Mon, Tue||T +43 (0)664 2206398 Jagdgasthaus Egender, bezau Lifthus, egg-schetteregg Käsknöpfle (cheese spätzle), locally open when cable car is operating| caught game|Day off: Mon| T +43 (0)5512 4750 out dining M +43 (0)664 2440447 Alpengasthof Höfle, hittisau Restaurant Almstüble, damüls Day off: Mon|M +43 (0)664 4956022 open when cable car is operating| Berggasthaus Hochhäderich, hittisau T +43 (0)5510 307 Mountain breakfast on request| Sonnenheim, damüls Day off: Wed|M +43 (0)664 9222410 open when cable car is operating| Burgl Hütte, hittisau T +43 (0)5510 257 150-year-old mountain hut|Day off: Tue, Wed| well-being Sunnegg Hütte, damüls T +49 (0)8328 92492666 Tray bakes|M +43 (0)676 7837858 Jausenstation Neuschwand, hittisau Berggasthof Elsenalpstube, damüls Trout pond|M +43 (0)664 1615074 Wine cellar, Mountain breakfast| Alphof Roßstelle, mellau T +43 (0)5510 297 Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5518 2310 98 cuisine guide

Bergrestaurant Simma, mellau Gasthof Berchtoldshöhe, schwarzenberg Mountain breakfast|T +43 (0)5518 2761 T +43 (0)5575 4676 Alpe Moos, riefensberg Gasthof Frohe Aussicht, schwarzenberg Home-made cakes|Day off: Wed| Day off: Tue|T +43 (0)5512 2783 M +43 (0)664 2814917 Bregenzer Hütte, schwarzenberg-bödele Einkehrstube „Zum Bergfrieden“, riefensberg Day off: Fri (May – Nov.)|M +43 (0)664 4000864 Day off: Wed|M +43 (0)664 1371613 Dornbirner Hütte, schwarzenberg-bödele Imbissstube Hennenmoos, riefensberg M +43 (0)664 5467227 open when cable car is operating| Hochälpele Hütte, schwarzenberg-bödele T +43 (0)5513 2076 Day off: Tue (May – Oct.)|M +43 (0)664 3890302 SB-Restaurant Hochlitten, riefensberg Lustenauer Hütte, schwarzenberg-bödele open when cable car is operating| Day off: Mon (May – Oct.)|T +43 (0)5512 4913 T +43 (0)5513 83122 Meierei Oberlose, schwarzenberg-bödele Berghaus Kanisfluh, schnepfau Day off: Tue (May – Oct.)| Large ice cream sundaes|Day off: Mon, M +43 (0)676 7032225 Tue; June – Sept.: Mon|T +43 (0)5518 2108 Lank Hütte, schwarzenberg-bödele Bedienungsrestaurant Wedelstube, open when cable car is operating| schoppernau T +43 (0)5572 7365 Bregenzerwald cuisine – good and plain| Hochälpele SB-Restaurant, open when cable car is operating| schwarzenberg-bödele T +43 (0)5515 4110 241 open when cable car is operating| Käsker Breitenalpe, schoppernau T +43 (0)664 3427179 Traditional cheese dishes |open when Hochalphütte, warth cable car is operating|T +43(0)5515 4110 233 Mountain breakfast, wine tasting|open Neuhornbachhaus, schoppernau June – Oct.; Dec. – April|T +43 (0)5583 4250 M +43 (0)664 5367595 Punschhütte, warth Panoramarestaurant Diedamskopf, T +43 (0)5583 3557 schoppernau S1 Ski Lounge, warth Regional food| Regional products, homemade cakes| T +43 (0)5515 4110-351 open when cable car is operating Berggasthof Auenfelder Hütte, schröcken T +43 (0)5583 4260 Dumpling specialities|Day off: Wed| SB-Restaurant, warth-hochkrumbach M +43 (0)664 4111251 open when cable car is operating Berghotel Körbersee, schröcken T +43 (0)5583 4260 open from June to Oct. | Widderstein Hütte, warth T +43 (0)5519 265 open June – Oct.| M +43 (0)664 3912524 cafés/bistros/bars

Enjoying a break in between is important too. Tasty snacks with a little glass of wine, cake with cappuccino, a light lunch or a quick bite to eat while travelling – the choice of delicious things to eat is huge and varied.

Cäsars Café, alberschwende Liss Bar, andelsbuch A wide range of ice creams| Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5512 26160 Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5579 20003 Wälderstüble, andelsbuch Tannerberg Stüble, alberschwende Meat and sausage specialities|Day off: Sun| Day off: Mon|M +43 (0)664 4647006 T +43 (0)5512 26065 Café Konditorei Künz, andelsbuch Werkraum Wirtschaft, andelsbuch Day off: Sun|T +43 (0)5512 2295 Set lunch, meeting place for craftspeople| Jöslar Lokal – Laden – Kino, andelsbuch Day off: Sun, Mon|T +43 (0)699 18205059 Breakfast,“Warm Souls” (open rolls au gra- Bregenzerwälder Käsehaus, andelsbuch tin), Salads|Day off: Sun, Mon| “Schaukäsen” event cuisine at the exhibi- T +43 (0)5512 2312 tion cheese dairy“|T +43 (0)5512 26346 cuisine guide 99 land & lives land Mooserstüble, andelsbuch Dorfbäckerei Oberhauser,schoppernau open when cable car is operating | Cakes, gateaux, snacks, bread and baked T +43 (0)5512 4855 goods |Day off: Sun from 9 a.m.| Bergbrennerei & Stube Löwen, au T +43 (0)5515 4124 Guided tours of the distillery, special- Ski-Inn, schoppernau ity cakes| Day off: Mon, Tue| T +43 (0)5515 4110-118 T +43 (0)5515 25964 Café-Restaurant Gräsalperstube,

Hotel Gretina, bezau schoppernau ski & board Day off: Tue, Wed|T +43 (0)664 88197434 Day off: Tue|M +43 (0)664 75133358 Bäckerei Kleber, bezau ’s Hofstüble, schoppernau Day off: Sun|T +43 (0)5514 23842 Farm made ice cream|Day off: Mon| Café Konditorei Natter, bezau M +43 (0)664 75133358 Large selection of cakes and gateaux, Vinothek FranzMichl, schoppernau including takeaway |Day off: Mon, Tue| Wine lounge, open wines, snacks| T +43 (0)5514 2222 Day off: Mon, Thur, Sun| ski & freedom Sutterlüty Gusto Restaurant, bezau T +43 (0)664 3801536 Self-service|Day off: Sun|T +43 (0)5514 4130 Bäckerei Fetz, schwarzenberg Bäckerei Kleber, bizau Day off: Sun|T +43 (0)5512 2955 Day off: Sun|T +43 (0)5514 2579 Café Angelikahöhe, schwarzenberg „ediths“ Deko & Café, bizau Cakes and gateaux|Day off: Mon| Breakfast with a view of the Kanisfluh| M +43 (0)664 4170664 Day off: Sun|T +43 (0)5514 2928 Haldenstüble, schwarzenberg

In’s 137, damüls Day off: Tue, Wed|M +43 (0)664 1236264 xc skiing M +43 (0)664 75021169 Bäckerei Alber, sulzberg Kiosk Uga, damüls In-house patisserie|Day off: Sun| open when cable car is operating | T +43 (0)5516 2116 T +43 (0)5510 211-0 Altes Sennhus, warth Café-Restaurant Rose, doren 250-year-old farmhouse| Motto brunch every 1st Sunday in the month| T +43 (0)5583 2677

Day off: Fri, Sat|T +43 (0)5516 2054 Dorfcafé, warth family tips Café Ochsen, egg T +43 (0)5583 3615 M +43 (0)664 4349011 Wälder Metzge, warth Sophie Döner, egg Guided tours of the dairy| Home-made bread |M +43 (0)699 14078527 T +43 (0)5583 3598 Sutterlüty Gusto Restaurant, egg Self-service|Day off: Sun|T +43 (0)5512 2466 Vernissage Bar, egg active winter Bar in the vaulted cellar|Day off: Sun, Mon| M +43 (0)664 4520045 Café Trude, egg Homemade cakes, soft ice cream| Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5512 2291 Café Stollwerk, krumbach Frau Kaufmann: Day off: Mon|T +43 (0)5513 30102 Learn home-style cooking

Stubô Bar, lingenau At “Frau Kaufmann”, a four-course culture Bar in the vaulted cellar|Day off: Sun – Wed| M +43 (0)664 1030492 meal is cooked according to old Café Deli, mellau recipes, either true to the origi- regional breakfast, special coffees| nal or with a few contemporary T +43 (0)5518 2207 Metzgerstüble – Bar & Bistro, mellau changes. All participants attend

Day off: Wed|M +43 (0)664 4118337 each course, either cooking or out dining ’s Bärle – Bar & Bistro, mellau watching. The individual meals Day off: Tue|M +43 (0)664 3204399 are eaten as soon as they are ready. Skihütte, mellau Day off: Sun, Mon|M +43 (0)664 3084257 Suitable wines are served. M1, mellau information Burger specialities|open when cable car is Karin Kaufmann

operating|T +43 (0)5518 20095 well-being Café Lässer, schnepfau M +43 (0)676 4954144 Day off: Thur|T +43 (0)5518 4114 www.fraukaufmann.at 100 dairy farming up close

Cheese production at Metzler dairy farm

A visit to the farm offers insights into Milking goats and cows the world of the farmers. Regional with brunch or cheese buffet products are part of the the Bregenz- information & reservations erwald’s identity. For all programs Metzler Käse – Molke GmbH Egg – Molke Metzler Bruggan 1025, 6863 Egg The project NATURHAUTNAH T +43 (0)5512 3044 has created a place for energy- www.molkeprodukte.com efficient and sustainable farming where visitors can experience all agricultural processes up close and in person. Visitors can grasp, literally and figuratively, life at the farm and everything that it involves or creates; an experience that inspires an appetite for nature. From the imposing cow pens and the turbulent goat romping house with its visitor gallery, to the small animal cuddling zone, the herb garden, the high-tech cooling and heating system, through to the cheese production, on to whey-based cosmetic processing and the farm shop with its choice range on offer: there is noth- ing to hide. Dairy tour for Individual visitors, Groups, Preschool and school classes 101 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom xc skiing well-being Who doesn’t occasionally long for a retreat, for a leisurely pace, for stimuli which pamper the body family tips and soul? The Bregenzerwald is such a retreat. With a great selection of specialised hotels and range of services for your very own well-being. active winter culture dining out dining well-being 102 health hotels

Wellness with a view

Curative or preventative: if you want bath and sauna and wellness world, fit- to lend your health a helping hand, ness room. you are in the right place! Some health Price per Person: € 124 hotels also offer wellness days for visitors who are not guests of their Vitalhotel Quellengarten*** establishments. Prior reservations are Active hotel offering sports and required for all these programmes. relaxation activities. Spacious bathing and sauna complex plus fitness centre Hotel Schwanen**** (open to the public). The only certified organic hotel in Lingenau, T +43 (0)5513 6461-0 the Bregenzerwald – detox, fasting www.quellengarten.at and wellbeing programmes. Chill-out day Bizau, T +43 (0)5514 2133 1 back massage, 1 wellness bath of www.schwanen.at your choice, 1 solarium session, day ticket to the bathing and sauna world, Gesundhotel Bad Reuthe**** use of the fitness room. Applications using mud, wellness Price per Person: € 103 and beauty package deals. Lovely bathing house with a sauna and Auszeithotel Rossbad*** for treatments wellness complex and pool in the and health garden (open to the public). Therapeutic fasting, Vital time out, Tip: it is recommended that you make Kneipp treatments, wholefood cuisine, a reservation by telephone during the homeopathy. peak season. Krumbach, T +43 (0)5513 5110 Reuthe, T +43 (0)5514 2265-0 www.rossbad.at www.badreuthe.at Wellness day Relax day Full-body massage, Scottish salt bath in 1 mud pack with freshly cut natural the flotation lounger, affusion stimu- mud or herbal bath, 1 all-over body lating to the skin, use of the sauna and massage, 1 facial exfoliant and mask, wellness area, including breakfast buffet, including day ticket to the thermal lunch and evening meal, day rooms. Price per Person: € 160 wellness hotels 103 land & lives land These hotels are particularly ori- tea & juice corner. entated towards pampering their Deal including voucher worth € 100, guests with pleasurable and exciting can be redeemed against all spa treat- sensations for body, mind and soul. ments and therapies. Some also offer wellness days for Price per person: € 149 visitors who are not guests of their ski & board establishments. Prior reservations are Damülser Hof**** Wellness & Spa required for all these programmes. Family-run establishment with an informal atmosphere in a picturesque GAMS, Genießer- & Kuschelhotel****S location at an altitude of 1,500 m above

Blossom palace and cocoon with 52 sea level, large wellness area (1,500 m²) ski & freedom romantic suites. Da Vinci Spa dream with swimming pool, panorama sauna, world with 2,000 m² of wellness. Aroma steam bath, bio sauna, infrared Bezau, T +43 (0)5514 2220 booth, Kneipp footbaths, tranquillity www.hotel-gams.at room, modern fitness room, sunbath- ing lawn with meditation corner. A

Hotel Post Bezau & Susanne Kaufmann “Realm of the Senses” for massages, xc skiing Spa ****S beauty packs and baths. Mother Nature and sports, spa and Damüls, T +43 (0)5510 210 detox, enjoyment and culture come www.damuelserhof.at together for the perfect holiday. Bezau, T +43 (0)5514 2207 Romantik Hotel Das Schiff**** family tips www.hotelpostbezau.com enjoyment the metzler way: One day of deluxe relaxation Light-flooded relaxation areas, out- Cleansing facial, witch hazel bath, door pool heated all year round, full-body massage, full day’s use of modern nature spa, saunas and the spa area, welcome aperitif, light steam baths. active winter lunch Hittisau, T +43 (0)5513 6220-0 Price per Person: € 224 www.schiff-hittisau.com

Sonne Lifestyle Resort****S Hirschen Wohlfühlhotel**** Modern-yet-cosy Superior and pent- Informal establishment, adventure house rooms, Spa area covering 1,500 swimming pool with panoramic view m² of the countryside. culture Mellau, T +43 (0)5518 20100-0 Schoppernau, T +43 (0)5515 21150 www.sonnemellau.com www.hirschen.at Sunny hours in the day spa Wellness day 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (bookable from A sparkling welcome, snugly bath

Monday to Thursday or upon robe, pampering facial, relaxing out dining request) partial-body massage, light wellness Long breakfast from the Marktwelt lunch, relax in the outdoor spa and (open daily between 7.30 and 10.30 new wellness area, total immersion a.m.); swimming bag including bath- in the panoramic adventure pool robe, slippers, towel for use during (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). well-being your stay; fitness centre. Price per Person: € 135 “Wälder Late Lunch” in the restaurant, snacks and drinks in the 104 wellness hotels

Sky spa with a view of the mountains Hotel Krone**** Landhotel Hirschen*** Modern wooden architecture, Well- Nature experience days, intuitive ness area, Sky spa with a lovely painting, days of spiritual magic, panorama . Bathing lake with spa- Moon week, base fasting, therapeu- cious garden and relaxation complex. tic fasting according to Dr Buchinger, Indoor pool, wellness treatments. herbal tea hour, own herb garden. Au, T +43 (0)5515 2201-0 Hittisau, T +43 (0)5513 2320 www.krone-au.at www.landhotel-hirschen.at Wellness day Wellnesshotel Linde**** 1 massage of your choice, 1 coloured Wellness and golf hotel with the ele- light and sound therapy, 1 bath of gant Sunset spa and a magnificent your choice, use of the sauna, steam view. (open to the public) bath and wellness oasis. Sulzberg, T +43 (0)5516 2025 Price per Person: € 130 www.bregenzerwaldhotels.at Wellness day 1 pack of fresh hay flowers, 1 back massage, day ticket to the Sunset spa with wellness pool, sauna complex, fitness room. Price per Person: € 83

Hotel St. Hubertus Spa area (massages, cosmetic treatments), wellness complex with 9-metre indoor whirlpool, 3-metre outdoor whirlpool, swimming pool (28°C all year round), bar and open fireplace. Egg-Grossdorf, T +43 (0)5512 2785 www.sthubertus.at natural products 105 land & lives land ski & board ski & freedom

Whey body care products and soft drinks Whey body care products Ingo Metzler produces fine personal

hygiene products and powder to be xc skiing made into drinks from whey. These products are also available online. www.molkeprodukte.com (→ page 100) tip: soap boiling Selected vegetable fats and oils, family tips Susanne Kaufmann Spa Cosmetics caustic soda and Schoppernau A clear look and essences from spring water serve as the basis for Bregenzerwald nature determine the this old craft. Flowers and herbs products. They are available in the from her own garden and the sur- Hotel Post and in the online shop. rounding mountain pastures are active winter www.susannekaufmann.com additives which give the hand- made natural soap their colour, Honey skin care products texture and other properties (mini- In addition to the varied “honeyed” mum age 14). specialities, fine schnapps and choco- Place: Au-Schoppernau late, the Bentele Brothers in Alber- Meeting point: Karin Beer, schwende offer body care products Schoppernau, Halde 395 culture made from honey. Date: 22 January to 26 March 2019, The WERBINA range of body care every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. products with honey only contains Duration: approx. 2 ½ hours pure bees’ honey produced from Price per person: € 45 including their own colonies of bees. The honey materials and detailed manuscript out dining is lovingly made into a natural body with recipes. care product by hand. It is extremely Registration: until 6 p.m. the day kind to the skin. Honey has a revital- before ising effect, and infuses the skin with information & registration a captivating fragrance. Karin Beer well-being www.gsiberger.at M +43 (0)664 4155330 [email protected] 106

reisemagazin

On around 60 pages, the Bregenzer- wald travel journal provides information in the form of edited stories and reports. Regional and international authors report on people both in and Snow. Simply snow. The foundation for from the Bregenzerwald as well as great winter sports fun in the three win- those things which give them pleasure ter sports centres of Damüls-Mellau, and enjoyment. Diedamskopf and Warth-Schröcken. You Available from Bregenzerwald can hardly get enough of it – so we‘re Tourismus and from the tourist really lucky to always have more than information offices in the Bregenzer- enough of it here. And the resorts also wald. Also available online at offer magnificent views. www.bregenzerwald.at HRS Holidays

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Flow on skis. The feeling that musicians experience when they get together for a jamming session can also be experienced  Größte Auswahl an Ferienunterkünften by winter sports enthusiasts: the flow  Tiefpreisgarantie  Direkte Buchbarkeit Die drei großen Wintersportgebiete Florian Punzenberger, state. Florian Punzenberger – physiothe- Winteridylle unterm Hochhäderich Langlauf als Therapie Shapen im Snowpark Langlauf als Bewegungstherapie rapist and cross-country skiing enthusiast Handwerk und Design Die Architektur des Handwerks Kulinarik im Bregenzerwald: – explains how important winter sports Ausgabe 19 | € 5,50 www.bregenzerwald.at Ausgabe

winter 2018/19 winter Tüftler und Cineasten are for people‘s health. 107

Shaping. Yes, shaping. That‘s what it is called that 36-year-old Thomas Alton and his team do with the snow in the Snowpark Damüls. Much to the delight of freestylers like Alton himself. Rails and A very special kind of architecture is pre- boxes are built by tradespeople from the sented by many new commercial buildings Bregenzerwald. in the Bregenzerwald. The architectural journalist Robert Fabach has dedicated his work to this extraordinary phenomenon. World-class craftsmanship is not only evident in the products but also in the workshops where they are made.

Cable car for nine children. Farmer Bruno Metzler and his wife Ilga run an organic farm with dairy cows in Alber- schwende and send their children to school by an endless rope system for hauling materials. ‘Cloud nine’ acquires New in great tradition. The ‘Hirschen’ an entirely new meaning in this regard. in Schwarzenberg is an inn with a very special tradition – after all, it has, in the past, been frequented by kings, stars and great musicians! Jonathan Burger – its young chef – has been bringing fresh ideas to the kitchen for some time now. getting there, buses & taxis

How to reach Vorarlberg by train

Munich The closest railway stations Friedrichshafen 216 km 62 km (distances to Egg): Memmingen Lake 103 km • Bregenz (A): 26 km Constance D

Altenrhein • Dornbirn (A): 20 km 41 km • St. Margrethen (CH): 32 km Zurich CH Bregenzerwald 140 km • Lindau (D): 35 km Klein Bodensee- walsertal Timetable information: Vorarlberg www.oebb.at Innsbruck Brandnertal – Alpen- Arlberg 200 km How to reach Vorarlberg by aeroplane FL stadt Bludenz – Kloster- tal – Großes Walsertal

A Zurich (CH), Altenrhein (CH),

Montafon Friedrichshafen (D), Memmingen (D),

CH Munich (D), Innsbruck (A); Transfers from the airports to the Bregenzerwald: Distances to Egg in the Bregenzerwald www.airport-drivers.com How to reach Vorarlberg by car Public buses in the region from the north The Bregenzewald has an excellent • Stuttgart-Ulm-Lindau public bus service. • or München-Memmingen-Lindau To go skiing, holders of the from the west via Swiss 3-valley ski pass can use the public motorways* via Zurich-St. Gallen- buses to reach the St. Margrethen skiing area of their choice. from the south via the routes Timetables, fares and • Brenner motorway-Innsbruck- information: www.vmobil.at Arlberg pass-Lech-Warth** Taxis in the region • or Arlberg road tunnel*-Bludenz- Taxi Mani Großes Walsertal Bezau, T +43 (0)664 2110500 • or Arlberg road Taxi Fechtig tunnel*-Feldkirch-Dornbirn Bezau, T +43 (0)5514 2311 • Como-San Bernardino-Chur- Taxi Veli Simsek St. Margrethen* Andelsbuch, T+43 (0)664 5233477 from the east Taxi Meusburger • Innsbruck-Arlberg pass-Lech- Lingenau, T +43 (0)5513 6225 Warth** Hagspiel Touristik • or Arlberg road tunnel*-Bludenz- Hittisau, T +43 (0)5513 6335 Großes Walsertal Felder Reisen • or Arlberg road Mellau, T +43 (0)5518 2257 tunnel*-Feldkirch-Dornbirn Ritter Tours *toll road / ** closed in winter Schröcken, T +43 (0)5519 211 toll sticker required by law Taxi Zündel A toll applies to the use of Austria’s Schwarzenberg, T +43 (0)664 98 53 113 motorways and dual carriageways. Taxi Hörburger Types of toll sticker: 10-day, 2-month Krumbach, T +43 (0)664 1851333 and yearly stickers. Taxi Benjamin Bilgeri Information: www.asfinag.at Sulzberg, M +43 (0)680 4450793

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