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Arosa / Ski area
There’s between 700-900m vertical from the highest peaks – Brűgerhorn Hőrnli and Weisshorn – to Arosa and about 60km of on-piste skiing with 31 per cent beginner ; 57 per cent for intermediate and 12 per cent for advanced on wide-open mostly east and south-east facing slopes above the tree line plus an abundance of easy off-piste skiing possibilities between the marked runs.
The ski area is easily accessed from the centre of Arosa,either by 125 passenger cable car or the adjacent 3-man chairlift which whisk you up to the Tschuggen ski area (shaded pink on the map and the main beginner ski area), by drag lift to Tschuggen from Prätschli or better still you can hop on the free Hőrnliexpress-Weisshornbahn bus which runs between Arosa (cable car) and the Hőrnliexpress gondola above Inner-Arosa.
The Tschuggen (“little hill”) middle station ski area is flanked by beginner slopes running west and east either side with a trio of supporting T-bar drag lifts. Intermediates can ride to higher ground either by taking the Weisshorn 2 cable car to Weisshorn summit (2,853m) or via the old 2-man chairlift to Brűggerhorn (2,453m), with a choice of three red run descents from Brűggerhorn back to middle station. At Weisshorn summit you have the choice between the red run (7) or a not too demanding black run (10), but often the best snow conditions both on- and off-piste will be found over on Hőrnli on the left of the ski map.
Good skiers can blitz the whole ski area on piste in 1-2 days but beyond the mostly easy and enjoyable on-piste there are plenty of off-piste possibilities to be enjoyed with a guide including day tours to Davos and other nearby ski areas.
Queuing for ski lifts is not a problem and the ski area is rarely crowded except for the lower sections of the run back down to Arosa the from Tschuggen middle station which can become crowded at towards the end of the day in peak periods.
The ski runs are well posted and so are the many adjacent walking trails but in white-out conditions it can be difficult to distinguish between markers either side of the piste from those that mark the walking trails and you could easily find yourself on one or the other or in semi-off-piste conditions in between.
The ski map is reasonably easy to follow but unusually the six blue runs on Tschuggen and the lower section blue run from Tschuggen back to Arosa are all marked with the same number 16 which is a bit pointless and makes it more difficult to explain where you are or where you are heading.
There’s over 25km of cross-country ski trails and a 60km network of on-mountain hiking trails and winter walking in Arosa is a main stream activity. Interestingly all mountain restaurants including three summit restaurants can be reached by walkers without once having to access the lift system.
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