Andermatt, Switzerland

Visitor reviews for Andermatt

• February 11, 2008
  MacKnee from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  A great place for a long weekend. Direct flights from London and Edinburgh to Zurich. Motorway connection for self drivers renting a car or a great train journey into the centre of the resort. Change trains and you can go up the hill to Oderalp and ski.
  The main attraction is a big mountain with lots of ways down. It will certainly keep you happy for a few days. I had a powder day on Gemstock with fresh snow until 3 p.m. The second day there was still awesome off-piste. A sunny cruising day at Oderalp on day three made for a great long weekend.
  Longer off-piste descents and touring could be added to make for an adventurous week.
  Party animals should look elsewhere.

• February 17, 2006
  SickBirdMan from FINLAND
  

  Andermatt delivers very tasty off-piste skiing. Don't waste your time at the piste, go to Felsental, Unteralp, Winterhorn etc... So, very easy accessible off-piste skiing. Try also Disentis backyard after dump. Andermatt has quite low prices compared to other Swiss villages.

• February 09, 2006
  Rick Lang from UNITED STATES
  

  Not really wanting to create a crowd, let us just say that Andermatt rocks...yes, it is not large and the main gondola gets a little packed {nothing new for Europe}, but this hill is the steepest in Switzerland except for maybe Verbier {which has coverage and crowd problems usually}. Andermatt is quintessentially Swiss in every way, with badass mountain to match. The off-piste skiing is as good as any in the Swiss Alps.

• January 31, 2006
  Roger from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  This is a really sleepy, strange resort with quite limited skiing across 3 areas. You have to travel between them by an irregular mini-bus. The lifts are mostly ancient (all 5 of them!) and even in January I was queueing for 40 mins for the top lift. The skiing is lots of red and black runs, not good for intermediates or beginners and even then it is very limited.
  The locals are friendly enough but not that welcoming, they make you feel like an outsider.
  The town is really ugly with this massive military complex in the middle of it. The main street is quite traditional but apart from that.....
  Oh yeh, the nighlife is diabolical with only 2 bars that are straight out of the 1980s.
  So in short, I won't be going back.

• May 17, 2005
  Bjorn from SWEDEN
  

  Andermatt is a great place for off-pist sking (see Gemstock). There are just a few pists and yopu would get tired off them if you stay in the pists for a week.
  You could also go to Disentis or Oberalp with the Glacier-express and then you could easily stay in the pists and enjoy your week.
  Bu as I said, Andermatt is for the offpist. Lots of different routes, Felsentahl, the giraff etc etc.
  It's a small village with little nightlife. Couple of good restaurants/bars. " discos in the weekend, but this ain't the place to go to for partying. This is for serious skiers!
  See ya at Spycher!

• May 01, 2005
  Neles from NETHERLANDS
  

  great