On the face of it hurtling down a mountain amidst all of it’s natural splendour under your own power appears to be making the most of the environment. It isn’t. Getting there has had an environmental impact. According to SnowCarbon a typical round trip to the Alps from London by plane produces around 180kg of CO2 per person, [...]
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Social Tagging: environmental • Green • green resorts • green skiing • green snowboarding
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Social Tagging: adelboden • adnermatt • annivers • crans • davos • engadin • gstaad. aletsch • jungfrau • klosters • lenzerheide • matterhorn • portes du soleil • saas fee • silvretta • verbier
Region Area Top (m) Piste (km) Valais & Vaud Les Portes du Soleil 2500 650 Graübunden Davos-Klosters 2844 427 Valais & Vaud Verbier – Les quatre vallées 3330 410 Graübunden Engadin-St. Moritz 3303 350 Valais & Vaud Matterhorn ski paradise 3900 313 Graübunden Lenzerheide-Valbella 2865 310 Bernese Oberland Gstaad Mountain Rides 2971 250 Valais [...]
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Social Tagging: belalp • engemberg • lauchenalp • saas fee • st moritz • verbier • zermatt • zinal
25 over 2500m Area Resorts Top (m) Piste (km) Matterhorn ski paradise Zermatt 3900 313 Saas Fee Saas Fee, Saas Balen, Saas Grund 3600 145 Verbier – Les quatre vallées Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz 3330 410 Engadin-St. Moritz St. Moritz, Silvaplana, Sils Maria, Pontresina, Celerina, Zuoz 3303 350 Skiregion Aletsch Belalp, Bettmeralp, Fiesch, Riederalp 3118 239 Lötschental Wiler (Lötschen) 3111 33 Sierre-Anniviers Grimentz, Zinal, Vercorin, [...]
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Social Tagging: andermatt • davos • gstaad • mürren • zermatt
Resort Start End Length(km) Drop (m) Zermatt Klein Matterhorn Zermatt 17 2185 Mürren Schilthorn – Piz Gloria Lauterbrunnen 16 2170 Davos Weissfluhjoch Küblis 14 2014 Gstaad – Saanenland Glacier 3000 Reusch 14 1680 Andermatt Gemsstock Andermatt 14 1519 Wiler (Lötschental) Hockenhorngrat Wiler 13 1692 Saas-Grund Hohsaas Saas-Grund 13 1640 Grindelwald Lauberhorn Grindelwald 13 1370 [...]
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Social Tagging: families • family-friendly • skiing • swiss alps
The Swiss Tourism Federation’s “Families Welcome” designation applies to resorts that are recognized as being child-friendly. Currently resorts with the award include: Aletsch Arena with Bettmeralp, Fiesch Eggishorn and Riederalp Mörel Arosa Bellwald Braunwald-Klausenpass Brigels Crans-Montana Davos Klosters Diemtigtal Engelberg-Titlis Flims, Laax, Falera, Trin, Sagogn Grächen Haslital with Hasliberg and Meiringen Lenk Simmental Lenzerheide Leukerbad [...]
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