Since 2005, the Egyptian entrepreneur Samih Sawiris to build a holiday resort in the Canton of URI Andermatt village. Long he joined in order to resistance, including environmental associations and the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC). But Sawiris was. To date, he has invested about 900 million francs in the project “Andermatt Swiss Alps”, in the luxury hotel, The Chedi, in a variety of Restaurants, as well as the construction and modernisation of lift systems.
Now, 13 years later, an important component of the project to completion: The connection between Andermatt and Sedrun. The last gondola – the “snow hüenerstock-Express” is being completed in these days. It departs from the oberalp pass, which is located on the cantonal border between Graubünden and Uri, snow hüenerstock. On Friday they will be officially opened, just in time for the Start of the new winter season 2018/19.
Connects the two ski resorts and two cantons: The “snow hüenerstock-Express” (pink) between Andermatt and Sedrun. (Click here to see the whole piste map)
Through the merger of the original three ski areas of Gemsstock, Nätschen-Gütsch and Sedrun-oberalp-pass to be a “ski area”. With a total of 120 km of slopes, is the largest winter sports resort in Central Switzerland. But Andermatt-Sedrun, you can compete in the national comparison?
We have looked at the 32 largest Swiss ski areas in a complex work. Under a ski area, we understand a Region, you can travel with the same day ticket. In Davos Klosters, for example, the not only on the well-known mountains Jakobshorn and Parsenn possible, but also in the small areas of Madrisa, Rinerhorn and Schatzalp. We include, therefore, all of the major ski resort of Davos. Another example is the upper Engadine, where an athlete can with the same Ticket on the Corvatsch, Corviglia, Diavolezza, Lagalp, or in Zuoz skiing.
most of The Swiss ski resorts advertise with the cumulative length of their pistes. Andermatt-Sedrun has 120 kilometres of ski slopes. Just under half of which are red, or medium-heavy. One third is black or challenging slopes, only a few are blue and easy to drive.
In the comparison of all the ski resorts of Andermatt-Sedrun lands in order to space 15, i.e. in the midfield. It is significantly larger than the other Central Swiss regions, only Engelberg-Titlis can keep up with 82 miles of some of the masses. The big Resorts in the Valais and in Grisons, but is out of reach.
by far the most kilometres of piste, the huge area of the Portes du Soleil, which extends far to the West of the Canton of Valais on the Swiss-French border. With a ski pass can be in twelve different places and two countries, 650 miles on it. With the “4 Vallées”, and Zermatt, two, and three also from the Valais ski resorts are the places. Behind many of the Grisons.
the comparison of The slope lengths, however, is to be treated with caution. Because in the calculation of the kilometers, there are no uniform methods of measurement. The ski resorts can either measure only the air line from the place of departure to the destination or a straight line, the height profile is included. Most of the charge but in addition, the curves with a a skier or Snowboarder, on average. There is a lot of room, and the temptation is large, rather more than less.
Therefore, we have compared the ski resorts on the basis of other categories, for example, the number of slopes. Here, less can be way to cheat or rounded up. And the slopes are a crucial value. Because the more it has in an area, the better the athletes are spread, when on a Sunny day, the rush time is big.
here, Too, Portes surmounted du Soleil. Behind it, the cards are shuffled, but re: the “4 Vallées” offers the second most kilometres, and less of the variety than some of the competitors. With a total of 104 pistes, the ski area is located only on place eight. Arosa-Lenzerheide, Adelboden-Lenk on the other hand, in comparison to the other ranking list jumping to the top. Andermatt-Sedrun remains on the 15. Place. The folded area has 66 slopes.
A further possibility to compare ski resorts, is the number of your lifts. Finally, it is for skiers and snowboarders to be extremely tedious if you have spent a lot of money for a day ticket and then forever have to queue because there are too few lifts for the quick transportation of guests back to the summit.
Andermatt-Sedrun has expanded vigorously. 23 facilities, including the new “snow hüenerstock-Express”, will be inaugurated: 5 surface lifts, 9 chair, 4 gondolas, 2 large air lifts and 3 magic carpets or conveyor belts for the children.
In a national comparison Andermatt-Sedrun, you can’t compete but the very front and get the only place 18. The direct Central Swiss competitor Engelberg-Titlis has three lifts. A number of areas in the Valais, Graubünden and the Bernese Oberland have more twice as many plants.
Nevertheless, has become from the outdated ski area Andermatt-Sedrun in a short time, a cutting-edge winter sports area that can compete with many others. In the next season it would make up for even some of the ranks: the gondola, the “Salins-Cungieri-Cuolm is connects Vi” in operation, the Andermatt-Sedrun and Disentis GR, and the ski area makes it even bigger.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 13.12.2018, 17:59 PM
