Engelberg will stage its annual Ice Festival this Saturday, 13th July. Builled as “the Glacier Party of the Year” the event brings together a range of summer sliding fun events on the resort’s Titlis glacier. Almost everything is available except skiing and boarding.
This year’s attractions include a mini bobsleigh race, a treasure hunt in the snow, guided glacier hike, abseiling in to a crevasse and a visit by a herd of reindeer.
The event takes place between 9am and 4pm and will be staged on the Titlis glacier at 3,020m above sea level. Children aged up top 15 are free, adults pat 41 Swiss Francs.
www.titlis.ch
Daily Archive for July 11th, 2008
The main improvements for the coming winter to the Belleville Valley, one of the Three Valleys, the world’s largest lift-linked ski area, will be more snowmaking.
At St Martin de Belleville there will be improvements to the existing artificial snow system’s technical performance to increase efficiency, with maximum respect for the environment. In addition new snow making guns will be installed this summer on the piste Gros Tougne, and a new reservoir of 80 000m3 will be built to feed the snow supply at a cost of €2.5 million.
In neighbouring les Menuires there’ll be new snowmakings on the Bettex piste and improvement of the technical performance of the whole of the system, with all work carried out with a maximum respect for the environment in keeping with the lift company’s ISO 14001 certification status.
This summer new snowmaking is being installed on the Pelozet piste to improve the connection between Les Menuires and Saint Martin de Belleville. The project cost is €850,000.
The programme to improve the ski area also continues during the summer with terracing work and re-profiling on the following Enverses, David Douillet, Pelozet pistes as well as the snowpark.