Ski and Snowboard News, Deals, and Events

Engelberg, with snow covering its Titlis glacier, will open for its eight-month ski season in October. It has a number of early season package deals available for everyone wanting to get a snow fix two months before Christmas.

The Autumn Early Skier offer is available from Oct. 25 to Nov. 9 and again from Nov.  21 to Dec.19.  The package includes two nights' stay and a two- day lift pass with prices starting from 126 Euros to stay in a basic hotel on bed and breakfast to 213 to stay in a deluxe hotel.  The package is inclusive of tax and you receive a guest card which entitles you to many reductions.

Engelberg is surrounded by classic Alpine mountain scenery which rises up to 2000 metres above the village creating a spectacular backdrop.  The impression of size is underlined by the list of facilities the resort offers, which normally only would be found within a large town or even a small city.  As is increasingly common with Swiss ski centres, Engelberg mixes the best of old fashioned standards of service and quality with the latest in new technology on the mountain, including the already legendary rotating 'Rotair' cable car/tram, which ascends to 3020 metres (10,000 feet) to access skiing on the Titlis glacier. 

There is a tunnel through the glacier at the top station of the Titlis Rotair where an ice bar sometimes operates. It is  at the far end of which you find yourself in another canton (equivalent to walking in to a different state in North America).