BEST FOR... REVELLERS ST ANTON

France is clueless when it comes to après ski. Take the professional animations of La Folie Douce bars: all-singing, all-dancing, all-gold lamé… all wrong. True après means stomping on a table in ski boots, beer stein in one hand, fruity schnapps in the other, singing along to 1970s tunes: “Hiiiiiiighway to Hell!” This is Austria and, specifically, St Anton. At 4pm, stop a few hundred metres short of the resort at the Mooserwirt, rumoured to sell more beer per square metre than any other Austrian bar. The trick is to leave just sober enough to ride the remaining 100m. GO OFF-PISTE The Mooserwirt calls itself the “worst bar in the Arlberg”, yet sells Château Pétrus – and it has a boutique hotel attached. mooserhotel.at

JACKET £ 750 JACK WOLFSKIN TROUSERS £ 260 BURTON GOGGLES £ 170 OAKLEY AT ELLIS BRIGHAM HAT £ 55 COUNTRY OF ORIGIN GLOVES £ 90 HELLY HANSEN SNOWBOARD £ 435 JONES SNOWBOARDS