Aletsch Arena

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The Aletsch Arena AG On behalf of the municipalities Mörel-Filet , Riederalp , Bettmeralp , Fiesch , Fieschertal , Lax the tasks of information, entertainment, advertising and sales for local tourism in the Aletsch Arena from the Aletsch Railways. In addition, the Aletsch Tourism Association takes on the representation of interests in accordance with the Tourism Act. Aletsch Arena AG is one of the largest tourism companies in Valais.

winter

Aletsch Arena 2013

The ski area is located in the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site . The ski slopes have some direct connection to the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (and Brig to the Swiss Federal Railways ). 35 different transport of passenger transport brought in 2012 34,000 skiers per hour in the field to the total of 104 kilometers of slopes. In addition, there are 11 km of cross-country ski trails and winter hiking trails totaling 75.5 km in length. 260 snow guns cover 62% of the slopes in winter.

Lanes Riederalp Bettmeralp Fiesch-Eggishorn total
Funiculars 0 1 0 1
Aerial ropeways 1 3 3 7th
Gondola lifts 3 1 0 4th
Chairlifts 2 3 3 8th
Drag lifts 4th 5 5 14th
Magic Carpet 0 1 0 1
halfpipe 0 1 0 1
Fun parks 0 1 2 3
Snow parks 0 1 0 1
Children's parks 1 2 1 4th
Snow guns 93 132 35 260
Snow-covered slopes 76% 70% 40% 62%
Kilometers of slopes 104 km
blue 42 km
red 50 km
black 12 km
Ski routes 15 km
Floodlights 1 km

summer

In summer the area includes 150 kilometers of hiking trails and 100 km of mountain bike trails.

Awards

In the annual Best Ski Resort 2012 competition in Innsbruck , in which 55 top ski areas from Austria , Germany , Italy , France and Switzerland took part, the Aletsch Arena took third place behind Saas Fee (Switzerland) and Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ( Tyrol ).

Web links

Commons : Aletsch Arena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. NZZ: Weisse Wochen from December 3, 2010, accessed on February 19, 2013

Coordinates: 46 ° 23 '21.7 "  N , 8 ° 3' 44.3"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and forty-seven thousand nine hundred seventy-four  /  137 746