Taxi from Lech to St. Moritz
Private transfer from Lech am Arlberg to St. Moritz — 24/7, door to door, fixed price on request.
- Fixed price per vehicle
- Door to door
- 24/7 available
- Winter-ready 4×4
- Ski equipment included
- Spacious — up to 8 passengers
- Experienced local drivers
- Direct operator, not an agent
Taxi from Lech to St. Moritz: the price, the car and the pickup
Lech to St. Moritz: 165 km, around 2 hours 50 minutes.
Need a transfer from Lech am Arlberg to St. Moritz? We collect you at your hotel, chalet or apartment and drive you there without changes and without stops on the way — one vehicle, your group, nobody else — no shared shuttle and no waiting for strangers to be collected first.
Our vehicles are winter-ready 4x4s with ski racks and plenty of space for up to 8 passengers with luggage, driven by experienced local drivers who are on these roads every day of the season. Skis and snowboards travel at no extra charge, and child seats are fitted free.
We give you the fixed price on request — per vehicle and one way, not per person.
Leaving Lech means the Flexenstraße first
Every drive out of Lech begins the same way, wherever it is going: over Zürs and along the Flexenstraße to the Alpe Rauz, then down to Stuben and Langen. About twenty kilometres, and they are the part a distance calculator underestimates — galleries, bends and speed limits, not fast road.
When there is avalanche risk the Flexenstraße is closed, and then there is no way round. It is the only road out of Lech in that direction. Guests stay the night in Stuben, Langen or St. Anton and travel on the next morning, usually after eight, once the road opens.
That is not small print, it is the reason we set off earlier than the arithmetic needs on a long drive. We can see in the morning how the road is, and we would rather tell you the evening before to start half an hour earlier than promise an arrival time that depends on a barrier. Getting you there on time is what the margin is for, and it is the one thing a reliable transfer has to get right.
Where we pick you up in Lech
The transfer starts at your door. Where a vehicle can reach it we collect there; where it cannot, at an agreed point nearby.
- Lech village
No restricted streets here — we pull up at the hotel door like anywhere else.
- Oberlech
Three ways in, depending on the building: the Oberlechbahn valley station, the Umschlaghalle and your hotel’s own tunnel, or the whole way up by road. Reception knows which is yours.
- Zug near Lech
Reached directly, a few minutes up the valley beyond Lech.
- Zürs am Arlberg
On the road out in any case — a pickup there costs no detour.
The road on to St. Moritz
This is the one route on this page that does not head west. From Langen the way turns back through the Arlberg tunnel to St. Anton and on east down the Stanzertal to Landeck, then south up the Oberinntal through Fließ, Ried and Tösens to Pfunds.
The border comes a few kilometres past Pfunds, and after it the Swiss road narrows and threads the Lower Engadin — Scuol, Zernez, Zuoz, Bever, Samedan — with a speed limit through every village, until the lake at St. Moritz. There is no motorway on that half at all, which is why 165 kilometres take between two and three quarter hours and three.
St. Moritz has its own ski area and its own lift pass, unconnected to Ski Arlberg. Guests who ask for this drive are usually splitting a winter between the two, or joining the Glacier Express or the Bernina line, both of which start at St. Moritz station.
The route from Lech to St. Moritz, stop by stop
The drawing reads from the top down, and the first four stops are the ones that do not appear on any other version of this route: the Flexenstraße over Zürs, the Alpe Rauz, the drop to Stuben and Langen, and then the Arlberg tunnel. Only at St. Anton does this become the same road that leaves from there.
The marked crossing is the thing to remember. Everything above it moves at the speed you would expect once you are past the Flexen section. Everything below it does not — and that is where the last hour goes.
Two things worth noticing: there is no pass to cross on the whole route, and only the short S16 stretch is expressway. The rest is main road and Swiss valley road, which is the whole explanation of nearly three hours for 165 kilometres.
Two places that can hold this drive up in winter
A transfer from St. Anton has one place that can stop it. From Lech there are two, and the first comes twenty kilometres in.
The Flexenstraße closes for avalanche risk and has no alternative. The Swiss half past the border is a narrow valley road that slows to a crawl in heavy snow. Neither is dramatic on a normal day; both are the reason we plan this drive with a real margin rather than an optimistic one.
Our cars carry chains through the winter and the drivers fit them at the roadside — ordinary here, not an extra. What matters more is the hour we set off, and on a bad morning we would rather tell you the evening before to start earlier than promise an arrival time that depends on a barrier.
Skis, suitcases and the Oberlech problem
Moving between two ski resorts is the journey luggage makes worst. Four people with boot bags, ski bags and suitcases are carrying more than they can comfortably move through a station — and this trip would ask them to do it twice.
On a private transfer it is loaded once in Lech and comes out once in St. Moritz. Skis and snowboards travel on the racks or inside depending on the vehicle, at no charge, and the minibus seats eight with the equipment rather than instead of it.
Oberlech is the part worth planning. Not every house up there has a road to it. Depending on which one you are in, the cases go down through the Oberlechbahn in the wire cages the staff push into the gondola, or out through your hotel’s own tunnel from the Umschlaghalle on an electric golf buggy with a trailer, or straight into the car if the road reaches your door. Ask reception which of the three applies to you and tell us when you book — it changes where we meet, not what it costs.
Taxi or train from Lech to St. Moritz?
From St. Anton the train is a serious alternative: the village has its own station on the main line, and we say so on that page. From Lech it is not the same question, because Lech has no station at all. The nearest are Langen am Arlberg and St. Anton, so a rail journey starts with a road transfer down the Flexenstraße whatever else you do.
That does not make the train wrong. For one or two people travelling light it is still a fine journey, and the last part of it — the Rhaetian Railway into the Engadin — is a line people ride for its own sake. But the comparison starts one transfer later than it would from St. Anton, and with ski equipment that transfer is the whole argument.
| Private transfer | Train | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | Your door in Lech | Langen or St. Anton — Lech has no station |
| Getting to the train | Not needed | A transfer down the Flexenstraße first |
| Changes | None | Connections along the way, ending on the narrow-gauge Rhaetian Railway |
| Skis and cases | Loaded once, stay with you | You carry them at every change |
| Departure | When you choose | When the timetable says |
| Best for | Groups, families, ski equipment | One or two travelling light |
Door-to-door drop-off in St. Moritz
St. Moritz is built on two levels, and it is worth knowing which one your hotel is on before you arrive with the cases.
- St. Moritz Dorf
The upper village on the hillside — the grand hotels and the shopping street.
- St. Moritz Bad
The lower part, down by the lake. A different address and a different walk home.
- St. Moritz railway station
Where the Glacier Express and the Bernina line begin.
- Samedan, Celerina, Pontresina
Minutes away on the same road — ask and we quote it as one journey.
And back again: from St. Moritz to Lech
We drive the transfer in both directions, at the same fixed price. Give us the time and the address in St. Moritz when you ask, and a car is there for it — late at night and early in the morning included.
If you already know you are coming back, ask for both directions at once: the car is then allocated to both, and booking early costs you nothing extra.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a transfer from Lech to St. Moritz?
We give you the fixed price on request — per vehicle for up to 8 passengers, not per person. Send us the pickup address, the date, the time and how many of you there are, and you get the binding price back before you commit to anything.
How do I pay for the ride?
You pay the driver directly, in cash or by card — Visa and Mastercard are accepted. The price is fixed per vehicle and confirmed when you book, so you know the full amount before the journey starts.
Do you collect from Oberlech and Zug as well?
Yes. In Oberlech the meeting point depends on how your building is reached: at the Oberlechbahn valley station, at the Umschlaghalle if your hotel has a tunnel of its own, or the whole way up if the road goes there. Tell us what reception told you. Zug we reach directly.
Do you drive at night and early in the morning?
Yes, around the clock. For a departure before six in the morning, book the day before so the driver and the vehicle are already allocated.
Why does the transfer from Lech to St. Moritz go back over the Arlberg?
Because the short way to the Engadin runs east. Every other Swiss destination we drive from Lech lies west, down the Klostertal; St. Moritz lies the other way, through the Arlberg tunnel, Landeck and Pfunds. Going west instead would add about seventy kilometres.
How long does Lech to St. Moritz take?
Allow two and three quarter hours to three in good conditions, for about 165 kilometres — and longer in winter weather. It is further than the same drive from St. Anton and it starts with the Flexenstraße, which is the slowest part of it. Half the route has no motorway at all.