(The White Thrill CREDIT St Anton am Arlberg Tourist Board and Photographer Josef Mallaun).
"The White Thrill" will be happening again in two months time to close St Anton's 2013 ski season.
The remarkable mass-start race sees 500 participants race the nine kilometres down to the valley and as well as rapidly reaching its maximum participants number quota each year, it attracts thousands of people for the spectacle.
The iconic race is open to skiers, snowboarders and Telemarkers, amateurs and pros alike and starts at 2,650m above sea level on the Valuga Ridge at 5pm on 20th April. The race includes a 150m uphill climb over 37 vertical metres.
The record time top competitors will be trying to beat is seven minutes and 40.6 seconds to beat set last year by Florian Holzinger of Germany. For everyone else times of between 11 and 18 minutes are a good average followed by a huge party which is thrown after the race to celebrate the prize giving ceremony and heroes of the day.
The whole spectacle will be streamed live on the internet via www.stantonamarlberg.com