Arosa Lenzerheide | |
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Location | Arosa, Lenzerheide, Valbella, Parpan, Churwalden: Graubünden, South-Eastern Switzerland |
Runs | 225km 27km expert/black 87km intermediate/red 111km easy/blue |
Lift system | 41 lifts 1x 2-man chairlift 1x 4-man chairlift 3x 3-man detachable chairlifts 8x 4-man detachable chairlifts 5x 6-man detachable chairlifts 15x T-bars 4x gondola lifts 4x cable cars |
Terrain parks | 4 parks 1 half pipe 1 ski cross course |
Website | Website Arosa Lenzerheide |
Arosa Lenzerheide is a ski area located in Arosa, Lenzerheide, Valbella, Parpan and Churwalden, Graubünden/Switzerland. It originated 2013/14 by connecting the existing ski areas of Arosa and Lenzerheide. With a total of 225 kilometers of ski slopes and 41 cable cars it is the largest contiguous ski area in Graubünden.
Arosa Lenzerheide is located in northern and central Grisons. It extends from the innermost Schanfigg via Urdental to the neighboring western valley with Lenzerheide, Parpan–Valbella and Churwalden. The ski area covers an altitudinal range of 1,230 m to 2,865 m. Outstanding summits with aerial tramways and panoramic restaurants are the Weisshorn and the Parpaner Rothorn which also marks the highest point of the ski area.
Arosa Lenzerheide also offers more than 103 km of cross-country skiing trails and 4 terrain parks («Park'n'Pipe Tschuggen» and «Wood Ranch» in Arosa as well as «Jibarea Stätz» and «Funslope» in Lenzerheide). In addition there are 11.5 km of sledding runs and 140 km of prepared winter hiking trails. In the summer season the region is a popular hiking and mountain biking resort.
Arosa and Lenzerheide are connected by a cable car called «Urdenbahn». This aerial tramway was built in 2013 and is located between the Arosa Hörnli and the Urdenfürggli on the Lenzerheide side. It is 1,682 meters long and surmounts just about 70 meters of altitude. The ski resort is operated mainly by Arosa Bergbahnen and Lenzerheide Bergbahnen.