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Engelberg, Switzerland

Freeriding

Freeriders have a very good mountain here with some great off-piste to check out, but be warned, avalanches are common here. Some of the best off-piste terrain can be found having taken the Jochstock express lift to reach the slopes on the Alpstublii, where you will find some amazing runs. Another easy to reach gem is the Laub area, which bases out conveniently to allow you to do it again. But this pleaser should not be tried out unless you know the score and can handle fast steeps, because this one will wipe your lights out for good if you balls up. Guide services are available from the many ski schools so use them, and stay alive. Also checkout www.bergfuehrer-engelberg.ch for guiding services

Freestylers

Freestylers who like it done for them will find the park on the Jochpass area the place to head for, but it's far from the largest park in the world - check out www.terrainpark.ch for the full details. There's usually 2 kickers and a selection of rails and boxes. Still, who cares, the area has plenty of good natural hits to check out. The park is only open from January to April, outside of these dates they usually build a tiny park up on the Titlis glacier next to to tubing run located between the bottom of the Ice Flyer chair and the Gletscherlift t-bar.

Pistes

Carvers have a fair selection of well looked after pisted runs or some fine unpisted slopes. Check out the Jachpass trails for a burner, but the best advice is leave your hard boots at home and do some soft boot carving, this place is good for it. There's a great 1300m vertical descent from the top of the Klein Titls by taking run 1/1a, through the unpisted but safe Rotegg run, picking up run 2 all the way back down to the Trubsee cable-car station.

Beginners

Beginners, 30% of the slopes are said to be easy terrain, but in truth if you're a fast learner, then you soon get to ride a further 60% of slopes which are rated intermediate. The runs from the top of Titlis glacier are not really for beginners but the runs slightly further down the mountain from Stand shouldn't pose too much difficulty once you've got a few days under your belt. The Gerschnalp area is the major designated beginner area and has a pefect pitch for learning on, but you will find the t-bars tricky but you've got to learn sometime. The best beginner area is over on the Brunni side of the valley.

Resort Statistics

Resort Type:  Alpine
Winter: Nov to April
Summer: April to end May

Lifts

Total Lifts: 27
Gondolas: 7
Chair lifts: 7
Drag lifts: 12
Other lifts: 1 Funicular train
Max people per hour: 23,000
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 44
Total ride area: 82km
Longest run: 4km

Top lift: 3020m
Vertical drop: 1970m
First lift: 1050m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 30%
Red runs: 60%
Black runs: 10%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes: 
Half day 42CHF
1 Day 52 Chf
5 Days 219CHF
Season 1100CHF

Lift times:8.30am to 4.30pm

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 50%

Facilities

Snowboard Schools: Swiss Snowboard School (www.skischule-engelberg.ch)& boardlocal (lucerne@boardlocal.ch) run lessons
Snowboard Hire: board and boots from 45 Chf/day
Night Riding: No

Other activities

Heliboarding: On the Bernese Oberland. Visit www.bergfuehrer-engelberg.ch for details
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.engelberg.ch/
Email:welcome@engelberg.ch

Long runs with a good vertical descent, long season, pretty compact town all add up to a good place to play for a week.

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ON THE SLOPES: Good snowsure mountain
OFF THE SLOPES: A few good bars & clubs
MONEY WISE: 4* hotels will burn a hole in your pocket, but some buget options

HALFPIPE: No
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 1
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:A few

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