Willy_The_KidThanks for the input @michael_bc !
I sort of picked Innsbruck because it seems like there is a good free ski community there, but I also dont want to spend my time traveling to better areas. To be honest, i thought the nearest mountains were incredible. Perhaps i will look into St. Anton (although i have the impression that it is much more touristy and centered around apres and partying). With that said... my knowledge of the alps is very limited!
A car would be sick, but I'm not sure it will fit with my budget. I'm not planning on working once I'm there, so i'll have to live off my savings.
Freeski communities in the Alps, in general, are pretty fragmented, the size of Innsbruck helps, and there used to be freeride nights, (
https://www.instagram.com/frnibk/) they might start again for this winter but I'm not involved so don't know.
The mountains around Innsbruck are good and have good parks and freeride terrain, like anywhere there are good/better spots around. Austria just has the benefit of them being easily accessible by public transport.
St Anton is known for being expensive, its party/apres scene and is touristy but the Arlberg Valley (St Anton, St Christoph, Stuben, Zurs, Lech) is one of the best fully linked up freeride zones in Austria and there's a decent park in St Anton too. There's not much of a scene though as the touristy nightlife is pretty overwhelming.
In terms of freeski scene, Mayrhofen has a pretty good one which, when I was there, was centred around the hostel/hotel Gasthof Zillertal with riders from all over Europe/the world going for the parks up and down the Zillertal valley, (Penken, Hintertux, Zell, Kaltenbach) and there's good freeride terrain around too.
Other good spots in the Tirol are the Stubai and Kauntertal Glaciers but I don't know much about them beyond their reputation for having good parks.
