If you like to see and be seen, then Lech is the place to visit. This charming village, in the area of Arlberg, a mountainous region in the Austrian Alps, is where the rich and famous come to ski and be seen.
 
You will need plenty of cash if you plan to vacation with the rich and famous in Lech, as they stay in five star hotels, dine in the best restaurants, and enjoy the thrilling après ski scene.
 
Alternatively, if your primary reason to visit is to ski, it is still possible to enjoy Lech. More affordable hotels and restaurants are available and the skiing is the same for everyone.

Lech provides mostly intermediate skiing on carefully manicured runs that are as long as 3 miles with 3,000 feet vertical drops. Just next to Lech is Zürs, a smaller, quieter and even more exclusive resort. Zürs, at a height of more than 5,600 feet, gets plenty of snow. You can ski these areas plus Stuben and St Anton, or a total of about 85 lifts, with a single ski pass.

Another interesting and exclusive area where you can people watch is Oberlech. Oberlech is made up of a group of hotels right next to the slopes, above the main village. A unique attraction in Oberlech is an underground tunnel that connects some of the hotels and uses electric carts to move luggage and other supplies up and down the mountain.
 
Lech is one of 11 resorts in five alpine countries that jointly promote themselves as "Best of the Alps." For American skiers, Zurich, Switzerland, is the closest major airport to Lech.

Probably the largest ski are in Arlberg is St Anton. This more moderately priced area attracts many more skiers than its more exclusive counterparts above. Much of St. Anton's following is largely made up of younger "serious" skiers who love the challenge presented by this mountain.

St Anton am Arlberg has long been thought of as the serious skiers' resort, and has attracted those who awake at the crack of dawn in search of the "steep and the deep", including powder skiing, not found in most of the Alps.  Hard skiing and hard partying have always been the name of the game here. These loyal skiers are largely responsible for both St. Anton's great reputation as a ski resort, and the cultivation of one of the most awesome après ski line-ups in the Alps.