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Montafon guest card & Freizeit-WildPass

Which card does what: discounts with the free guest card, cable cars and public transport included with the cable cars' multi-day pass – and what that means for your stay with us in St. Gallenkirch.

1. Montafon guest card – free for every guest

Every guest staying overnight in the Montafon receives the Montafon guest card (Montafoner Gästekarte) from their host. It is valid from arrival to departure day and gives discounts with many partners in the valley and across Vorarlberg. It is explicitly not a ticket: cable cars, buses and trains are not included (for that there is the WildPass, section 2).

All year

  • 20 % off the guided BergePLUS programme (hikes, via ferrata tours, culture walks – weekly programme)
  • Combined ticket for the 4 Montafon museums €7 instead of €9 (children free); reduced admission at vorarlberg museum and Kunsthaus Bregenz
  • 10 % off tandem paragliding (Flyingfor2), the cheese school at Käsehaus Montafon and guided tours of the Montafon Nordic Centre
  • 10 % off the Karren cable car and inatura in Dornbirn, reduced brewery tour at Fohrenburg Bludenz, 20 % off the Montafon folklore evening in Vandans

Summer

  • approx. 25 % off admission to the outdoor pools Aquarena St. Gallenkirch, Alpenbad Montafon Tschagguns, Mountain Beach Gaschurn, Rätikonbad Vandans and Partenen pool
  • approx. 15 % off tennis court hire in Gortipohl (right next to us), 10 % off Lake Constance boat trips, 10 % off the Alpinarium Galtür

Winter

  • 10 % off ice skating, ice disco, skate hire and curling at the covered ice rink in Aktivpark Montafon

The guest card is free. After the booking confirmation you enter the names and dates of birth of everyone in your party online via our link (registration form); we register you with the municipality, and the cards arrive as mobile guest cards by e-mail a few days before arrival. The full, current list comes with the card and is displayed at the house.

2. Freizeit-WildPass – the cable cars' summer multi-day pass

If you plan to use the cable cars a lot in summer, buy the Freizeit-WildPass (3 to 21 days, also available as a season pass). It is a paid product of the cable car companies and available to all guests – regardless of where you stay. Included:

  • Uphill and downhill rides on all participating summer cable cars (19 lifts) – in the Montafon these are the summer lifts of Silvretta Montafon (incl. Garfrescha, Valisera, Grasjoch, Hochalpila, Hochjoch, Zamang, Sennigrat, Versettla, Nova), Golm, Gargellen, Kristberg, Tafamunt and the Vermunt cable car in Partenen; plus Lünersee, Brandnertal, Muttersberg, Sonnenkopf, Schnifisberg and Sonntag-Stein
  • public transport: Landbus Montafon, Montafonerbahn Bludenz–Schruns, ÖBB Feldkirch–Bludenz–St. Anton, buses in the Brandnertal, Klostertal, Walgau and Großes Walsertal – not included are hiking buses, the night express and, according to the lift companies’ overviews, the tunnel bus to the Bielerhöhe
  • 10 public pools (incl. Alpenbad Montafon, Rätikonbad Vandans, Mountain Beach, Aquarena, Val Blu) and 8 museums (incl. the four Montafon museums, Klostertal museum, Bludenz town museum)

Children born 2021 or later ride free (ticket required at the ticket office). For children born 2016–2020 the annual WildPass winter 2026/27 + summer 2027 is free in advance sale (1 Sept – 8 Dec 2026) – only at the cable car ticket offices and advance-sale outlets (not online), with a recent photo and photo ID. Current prices and operating dates of the individual lifts are available at the cable car ticket offices or in the cable car companies' online shop (wildpass.at). If you only ride once or twice, day or single tickets from the respective lift are the better choice.

3. Winter: ski passes and Montafon Brandnertal WildPass

In winter the Montafon Brandnertal WildPass covers all ski areas in the valley (Silvretta Montafon, Golm, Gargellen, Kristberg, Silvretta-Bielerhöhe) and the Brandnertal – from 2 days as a multi-day pass. Day, multi-day, season and annual lift passes are valid as tickets on the ski buses, the Landbus Montafon (until 7:30 pm) and the Montafonerbahn Bludenz–Schruns in winter for the purpose of winter sports; the pedestrian single ride and the N6 night bus are excluded. Day tickets for individual ski areas are sold at the ticket offices and online.

4. Good to know: other guest cards in Vorarlberg

Neighbouring regions have different schemes – such as the Bludenz & Klostertal guest card or the Brandnertal Premium guest card, which include bus and train travel in Vorarlberg or even cable cars. These cards are only issued by accommodation in the respective region and do not apply to guests staying in St. Gallenkirch. If you come across such cards in our leisure guide at destinations in Bludenz or the Brandnertal, they refer to overnight guests there.

What does that mean for your stay with us?

  • The Garfrescha cable car is 600 m from the house – with the Freizeit-WildPass you head straight into the mountains in summer without a car; without a pass you buy a lift ticket at the valley station.
  • Around 270 entries in our leisure guide are marked "WildPass included": cable car rides, pools and museums covered by the multi-day pass.
  • With the Montafon guest card you save about a quarter at the outdoor pools and 10–20 % at museums, the BergePLUS programme and many partners.
  • Bus and train: fares and day tickets under Transport & Parking; in winter a lift pass (day, multi-day, season or annual) counts as a ticket on Landbus and ski bus until 7:30 pm.

As of September 2026. Benefits and conditions are set by Montafon Tourismus and the cable car companies and may change – their current information is authoritative.

Cable cars: summer 2026 and winter 2026/27

Operating times of all cable cars in the Montafon, Brandnertal and Klostertal – summer 2026 according to the Montafon Tourism overview, winter 2026/27 as far as already published. Our local lift is the Garfrescha cable car (600 m).

Cable carSummerWinterIncluded with · Notes
Kristberg cable car
Kristberg · Silbertal
summer operation
1 May 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
07:45–18:15
11 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027
07:45–18:15, Mo–Sa bis 18:45
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Winter 2026/27: 11 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027 (Easter Monday) daily, plus 27–29 Nov and 4–8 Dec 2026; last ride 6:45 pm Mon–Sat. Confirmed by operator, as of 13 Sep 2026.
Website ↗
Golm cable car (Vandans – Latschau – Grüneck)
Golm · Vandans
summer operation
23 May 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
08:30–17:00
5 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
Bergfahrt 08:15–16:00, Talfahrt bis 16:30
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Winter 2026/27: 5 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027 daily, plus weekend operation 21–22 Nov and 28–29 Nov 2026 depending on snow conditions (as of 13 Sep 2026).
Website ↗
Hochjoch cable car (Schruns – Kapell)
Silvretta Montafon · Schruns
summer operation
13 Jun 2026 – 26 Oct 2026
08:30–17:00
19 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
08:30–16:00, letzte Talfahrt 16:30
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: Also 31 Oct–1 Nov 2026 (weekend). Evening rides on Fridays 26 Jun–7 Aug and 28 Aug–11 Sep 2026, 5–9:30 pm.
Website ↗
Zamang cable car (Schruns)
Silvretta Montafon · Schruns
currently closed
4 Jul 2026 – 6 Sep 2026
08:30–17:00
4 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
08:00–15:45, letzte Talfahrt 16:30
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: Also 2–4 Oct 2026 (weekend). Winter: weekend operation 27–29 Nov 2026.
Website ↗
Sennigrat cable car (Hochjoch)
Silvretta Montafon · Schruns
summer operation
20 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
08:30–11:45 und 13:00–16:00
19 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
09:00–16:00, Mittagspause 12:00–13:00
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: Lunch break 11:45–13:00. Winter: operates within the Hochjoch ski area (operator entry “Kapell”).
Website ↗
Valisera cable car (St. Gallenkirch)
Silvretta Montafon · St. Gallenkirch
summer operation
27 Jun 2026 – 20 Sep 2026
08:30–17:00, Mittwoch bis Montag (Dienstag Ruhetag)
28 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027
08:15–15:45, letzte Talfahrt 16:30
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: Evening rides on Saturdays 27 Jun–12 Sep 2026, 8:30–9:30 pm.
Website ↗
Grasjoch & Hochalpila cable cars (St. Gallenkirch)
Silvretta Montafon · St. Gallenkirch
currently closed
4 Jul 2026 – 13 Sep 2026
08:30–17:00
12 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
08:30–15:45, letzte Talfahrt 16:30
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: Also 17–20 Sep 2026 (weekend). Winter: weekend operation 28–29 Nov and 5–6 Dec 2026, plus 9–11 Apr and 17–18 Apr 2027.
Website ↗
Garfrescha cable car (St. Gallenkirch)
Silvretta Montafon · St. Gallenkirch
summer operation
27 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
08:30–17:00
19 Dec 2026 – 4 Apr 2027
08:30–16:30
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: 600 m from the holiday house – our local lift.
Website ↗
Versettla cable car (Gaschurn)
Silvretta Montafon · Gaschurn
summer operation
19 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
08:30–17:00
3 Dec 2026 – 11 Apr 2027
08:15–16:00, letzte Talfahrt 16:30
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: Also 10–11 Oct 2026 (weekend).
Website ↗
Nova cable car (Gaschurn)
Silvretta Montafon · Gaschurn
currently closed
4 Jul 2026 – 13 Sep 2026
Sa/So 10:00–16:45, nur Bergfahrt
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Summer: Summer: weekends only. Winter: winter 2026/27: ski operation only, no pedestrian times published.
Website ↗
Schafberg cable car (Gargellen)
Gargellen
summer operation
12 Jun 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
08:30–16:30
27 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027
08:30–16:00
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Winter 2026/27: 27 Nov 2026 – 11 Apr 2027, continuous operation 8:30 am – 4 pm (as of 13 Sep 2026). FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in the Montafon 6–21 Mar 2027.
Website ↗
Tafamunt cable car (Partenen)
Silvretta-Bielerhöhe · Partenen
summer operation
4 Jun 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
08:30–12:00 und 13:00–16:45
☀️ WildPass
Early ascent 8:30–9 am for hikes to the Versalspitze. No winter operation.
Website ↗
Vermunt cable car & tunnel bus to the Bielerhöhe (Partenen)
Silvretta-Bielerhöhe · Partenen
summer operation
20 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
08:00–12:00 und 13:00–16:30; letzte Talfahrt ab Bielerhöhe 17:00
25 Dec 2026 – 18 Apr 2027
08:00–12:00 und 13:00–16:00
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Silvretta high alpine road closed until summer 2030 – the Bielerhöhe can only be reached by Vermunt cable car and tunnel bus.
Website ↗
Lünersee cable car (Brand)
Brandnertal · Brand
summer operation
23 May 2026 – 26 Oct 2026
08:00–17:00
☀️ WildPass
No winter operation.
Website ↗
Dorfbahn & Panoramabahn Brand
Brandnertal · Brand
summer operation
14 May 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
09:00–16:45 (Panoramabahn bis 16:30)
12 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027
08:30–16:00
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Pre-season 8–10 May 2026 (weekend). Winter 2026/27: 12 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027 daily, weekend operation in Brand 28–29 Nov and 5–6 Dec 2026 depending on snow conditions; mountain evening with night tobogganing on Tuesdays 5:45–9:30 pm (22 Dec 2026 – 16 Mar 2027). As of 13 Sep 2026.
Website ↗
Loischkopf cable car (Bürserberg/Tschengla)
Brandnertal · Bürserberg
summer operation
14 May 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
09:00–16:45
12 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027
08:30–16:00
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Pre-season 8–10 May 2026. Winter 2026/27: 12 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027 daily (pre-season weekends in late Nov/early Dec in Brand only). As of 13 Sep 2026.
Website ↗
Palüd cable car (Brand)
Brandnertal · Brand
summer operation
19 Jun 2026 – 18 Oct 2026
Fr–So 09:00–16:45
12 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027
08:30–16:00
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Company holidays possible – check the operator's website. Winter 2026/27: 12 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027 daily, weekend operation in Brand 28–29 Nov and 5–6 Dec 2026 depending on snow conditions (as of 13 Sep 2026).
Website ↗
Muttersberg cable car (Bludenz/Nüziders)
Bludenz · Nüziders
summer operation
from 1 May 2026
09:00–17:00
☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Year-round operation (daily 9 am – 5 pm, Fridays until 10 pm) with maintenance breaks; annual WildPass summer 2026/winter 2026/27 valid. Winter 2026/27: no season dates, maintenance breaks not yet published (as of 13 Sep 2026).
Website ↗
Sonnenkopf cable car (Klösterle)
Klostertal · Klösterle
summer operation
27 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026 11 Dec 2026 – 11 Apr 2027 ☀️ WildPass
❄️ Winter WildPass
Bärenland family mountain at the Sonnenkopf. Winter 2026/27: 11 Dec 2026 – 11 Apr 2027 per operator; operating hours not yet published (last year 8:45 am – 4:30 pm). As of 13 Sep 2026.
Website ↗

As of 14 Sep 2026 – subject to weather and maintenance changes, please check locally.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the Montafon guest card cost?

Nothing – every guest staying with us receives it free of charge. It is valid from the day of arrival to the day of departure.

Are lifts and buses included with the guest card?

No. The guest card gives discounts (pools, museums, BergePLUS, tennis and more). In summer, lifts and public transport are included in the Freizeit-WildPass of the cable cars (3 to 21 days); in winter, ski passes from 2 days are valid as tickets on the ski bus, Landbus and Montafonerbahn.

How do I get the guest card?

After the booking confirmation you enter your fellow travellers online; we register you with the municipality, and the cards arrive as mobile guest cards by e-mail before arrival.