Adelboden is looking for innovative ways to improve its environmental footprint by reducing the amount of energy it consumes.

Adelboden’s lift company (www.adelboden-silleren.ch) is developing on a ‘greener’ ski experience on its ski slopes by managing the amount of energy it uses. Continue reading ‘Adelboden focusses on cutting environmental footprint’

Tourist Office

Tourist Center Adelboden
Dorfstrasse 23
Adelboden
Bernese Oberland
Switzerland
CH 3715

Telephone: (33) 6738080
Email: info@adelboden.ch
Website: www.adelboden.ch

Description

Picturesque traditional Swiss resort but with an unusually large modern ski area linked to Lenk’s. Thoroughly modern outlook includes a dedicated ski school.

Review

Located in the Engstligen Valley, Adelboden is a traditional mountain village in the Bernese Oberland – one of Switzerland’s main tourist areas. Not so many years ago skiers made up the vast majority of winter holidaymakers visiting the Bernese Oberland but recent surveys have shown that increasing numbers of visitors are now discovering the well prepared hiking paths this region has to offer.

Popular with the European nobility and artists of the 19th century, the first English winter visitors arrived in 1901 attracted by the spectacular scenery with its towering peaks, mountain lakes, alpine streams and wild flowers. Situated beneath the Wildstrubel which rises to 10,600ft, Adelboden is located at 1353m above sea level, its southerly aspect ensuring that during the winter months it gets around 9 hours of sunshine per day.
The slopes are, however, predominantly north-facing thus ensuring good snow cover throughout the season.

This is a modern ski area, lift-linked with neighbouring Lenk by a network of over 210km (131 miles) of pistes. Six miles apart as the crow flies, the two villages are separated by a variety of skiing terrain creating one of the largest and most attractive wintersport regions in Switzerland. The two resorts are essentially quite different, Adelboden is the larger with a more extensive infrastructure. Both centres have gained the prestigious Swiss “family friendly” seal of approval and as such offer facilities and assistance specifically for families.

Adelboden has become one of the classic venues for the annual FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup series. Usually timed to take place just before or just after the Lauberhorn race at Wengen its one of the few races still held on the original course down the treacherous Chuenisbergli. This slope requires great technical skills and only big names have made it to the winners list. Italy’s Alberto Tomba took almost ten years to master the course before celebrating his first success there while Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark had five wins between 1979 and 1984. During those years the race venue was moved to a higher part of the mountain at Tschentenalp in case of lack of snow.

The World Cup race has turned into a mountain party for the 25,000+ spectators with lots of activities and receptions around the finish area and Adelboden’s delightful alpine atmosphere making this a very appealling venue for visitors and ski teams.

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Adelboden, Lenk, Simmental, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, Alps, Frutigland

Adelboden in Switzerland.

Swiss resort Adelboden is the latest to report an increase in business this past ski season.

The resort’s Mountain Transport System reported high numbers of passengers throughout the period, resulting in figures 5 percent above the five-year average, making this their third best winter ever.

One reason for the good season was that visitors were blessed with a large number of sunny days. Another notable highlight of the season were the AUDI FIS Ski World Cup Races held in January.
Continue reading ‘Adelboden reports solid ski season’

It was quite the season at Switzerland’s Adelboden ski resort.
After enjoying perfect ski conditions lasting the entire season and hosting FIS World Cup races last January, the resort reported a five per cent increase in sales and high numbers of visitors.

The figures confirm what we have long since suspected: the winter season has been an excellent one,”

said an Adelboden spokesperson. A part of the Adelboden-Lenk ski region in the western Alps, the resort enjoyed mostly sunny days only interrupted by intense snowfalls right until the end of the season.
“Cableway operators recorded high numbers of visitors over Christmas and the New Year,” said the spokesperson, who also noted that the FIS Ski World Cup races held on Jan. 10 and 11 were a high point for the season.
Local hoteliers were also pleased with the over 110,000 overnight stays between November and April. The resort as a whole reportedly took in 37 million Swiss Francs, up 2 million compared to the previous season.