The Stand Montafon is the association of the ten valley villages. The
main town is Schruns. Travelling from Bludenz, you enter state road B188
which takes you by the old cement plant of Lorüns and through the town
of Lorüns. After driving through the magic Alma woods and past the
Tränabächle (brook of tears) the valley opens to its main splendor at
St. Anton (in the local dialect: "Santatöni") on the left, and Vens and
Vandans on the right. St. Anton, which is not to be confused with its
larger and more famous sister, St. Anton am Arlberg, is the hometown of
the Stemer clan and the Battlogg clan. On you travel by Rodund, the main
center-valley electrohydric plant of the Vorarlberger_Illwerke, through
Gantschier and Kaltenbrunnen and on to Schruns and Tschagguns (in the
local dialect: "Schru und Tschaggu"). The mountain town of
Bartholomäberg spreads its wings above Schruns, with its outliers
Jetzmunt and Lutt watching over St. Anton and its southeastern outliers
Kristberg and Innerberg watching over the Silbertal valley. The
Silbertal stretches from Schruns to the outpost of the Fellamendli in a
south-easterly direction pointing towards the Arlberg mountain range.
The hamlet of Latschau, with its hydroelectric power station and the
main base of the Golm ski resort, watches over Tschagguns opposite from
Bartholomäberg.
From Schruns and Tschagguns onward you cross the
Montafon midpoint that divides the outer valley ("Außerfratte") from the
inner valley ("Innerfratte"). As you arrive in St. Gallenkirch, you
will be able to branch off at Galgenul towards Gargellen, another
magically rugged branch valley that terminates at the ski resort of
Gargellen. Continuing in the main Montafon valley, you will pass through
Gortipohl and on to Gaschurn (in the local dialect: "Gaschorra") and
then Partenen, where the road starts to snake up to the Silvretta
mountain pass.
