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December 11, 2022
Anna Nykvist from
Switzerland
Anna Nykvist from
Switzerland
April 08, 2021
Rangerdad from
Germany
Rangerdad from
Germany
Ok, so it’s been on my bucket list for ages to ski here on a perfect powder day. And it didn’t disappoint. The queues were as bad as all the reviews say, the lifts are shitty. And there were tons of intermediate off-pisters with the fully shiny gear. And yet it was still amazing. The pow was deep, the terrain is amazing. And you pop over a ridge and it just opens out into massive powder fields. But, even when the skiing is this good the experience just sucks and I won’t be rushing back.
November 30, 2018
Alison from
Switzerland
Alison from
Switzerland
Engelberg is easy to access by train; a day trip from Zurich is easy. It also has a long season and reliable snow, partly due to the glacier and that the slopes are north facing and/or otherwise in the shade for much of the day (but therefore can be cold). Lift infrastructure is more modern than Andermatt.
Yes, there are a lot of Asian tourists, although I've seen this many other places in Switzerland (including Zermatt); summer and winter. There was a new cable car in winter 2015/16, now 16 mins and direct to Stand without a change half way (so bear in mind when reading old reviews). Many tourists still take the old train. So if you're on the lifts around 9am at the weekend, it's really ok and no worse than other big resorts across the Alps, in my view.
Queues can be big to buy the ski passes, so recommend you get these online before you go: load them onto your Swiss Pass o keep an old Engelberg lift pass for this. Otherwise, there are some automatic machines outside, but you can't get your Snow n Rail discount this way.
Once on the mountain, the main ski area has reasonably long slopes, and nearly all red/black in the main ski area. The area is split into two parts, connected by a horizontal chair lift, which is a bit annoying, and getting to/from this lift is not easy for a beginner. If you're a beginner, Engelberg is not a great resort. The purported blue run in the main ski area (right hand side of the map) is actually quite tricky, undulating from steep to flat (only a blue on average really), and frequently off-camber. The runs on the glacier are probably a better bet, being wide and consistent gradients, even if some red. There is, however, a very tame area of drag lifts on a lower part of the mountain (access by the mountain train), and a smaller ski area across the other side of town. I've never tried these, but they looked quiet.
February 08, 2017
Mikhail from
Switzerland
Mikhail from
Switzerland
The problem with Engelberg is that many of the users of the lifts are not actually skiers. They are tourists from China and Indonesia who ride the express out of town to take pictures at the top of the mountain. Obviously, Engelberg caters to these tourists at the expense of skiers. The consequence is that you often have to wait over 60-90 minutes at the base to get-up the mountain. And, it is not a pleasant wait as the lift facilities are not designed to support such long waits. At the end of the day, it is extremely frustrating for skiers. Engelberg is a lovely resort. But, the lift tickets are extremely over-priced. And, no resort is worth the wait that is required at the base. For that reason, I would not recommend this mountain. Even locals go elsewhere.
January 27, 2016
Jamie from
United States
Jamie from
United States
Loved Engelberg but, like another reviewer, I was appalled by what we called the 'Asian invasion.' All these non-skiers trying to get up the top of the Titlis was beyond crazy. They all were bunched together with their tour guides, jostling in an immense lift queue just to have lunch at the top restaurant; while you're trying to go to the top to ski. I will go elsewhere because of this heavy non-skier tourist traffic.
March 11, 2014
Sarah from
United Kingdom
Sarah from
United Kingdom
Just had a long weekend in Engelberg (7-9 March). Good train links from Zermatt and stayed at the Angel's Lodge which was comfy, in a good location and had an outdoor hot tub. We are 2 middle aged advanced, but by no means expert skiers who are getting more and more into off-piste, though to be fair this trip was booked so late in the day we had limited choices of resorts within the 2 hour radius of Zermatt airport and basically had to plump for Engelberg as the best available. We had 2.5 days there.
The downsides: it's been said before, but the lift queues were awful first thing on Sat morning. The weather was good and there was still some fresh snow to be skied from a dump midweek. Happily, we had an instructor who could by-pass the queue at the bottom. There are no ski school only queues up the mountain, however, so we were stuck in the queues with everyone else.
On-piste skiing is relatively hard above midstation; steep narrow reds that got skied into bumps early on in the day. The run back down to the village was a nice cruise. Beginners areas are poorly linked into the main ski area. It's not a resort for those who want cruisy on-piste skiing
The plus side: off-piste. You can see why it deserves this reputation from the tracks all over the mountain.
We had a half day off-piste instruction (well, guiding really) and got to sample what Engelberg is really about, and finished our morning doing the Laub, Despite the warmth, the shady side still felt soft and fluffy and was not completely tracked out. A real highlight. Did it again on the Sunday, and thankfully the queues at the bottom were not half as bad.
The town is nice though more "towny" in architecture. It is not plagued by traffic and there are nice restaurants and bars. Be warned though, at the weekend you need to book! We had an excellent dinner at the Ski Lodge.
The views and scenery are amazing. There are some good mountain restaurants with table service. I recommend the Berghaus Jochpass in particular.
Would I go again? Yes, possibly, but it depends on the snow and the availability of guides for exploring the area properly.
February 12, 2013
Mike Davis from
Switzerland
Mike Davis from
Switzerland
I think Engleberg needs to decide if it is a ski resort or a destination for Chinese mountain collectors. Ridiculous queues on the first lift from town and on each of the next 2 cable cars as you try to get up Titlis. At the top you have a 5 storey climb past the "Magic Glacier Cave" and gift shops and restaurants. At last you reach the slopes. You then have the choice to ski down 1 short piste and a snow path before you join the ancient 4 man back.
Forget using cable cars as they are full of day trippers. Could ski down 1 more level and join the 2 man which is something that you normally see in Eastern Europe. Every lift is above the piste at the bottom and below at the top, you will develop world class triceps from poling.
The off-piste is truly wonderful but make each run lasts as you will be looking at a long wait before you can get back to the top.
Engleberg needs to spend some of its huge lift fee on installing some modern lifts. It cannot last forever on Chinese tourists and off-piste skiers.
Will not return and it's only 55 minutes from home.
March 27, 2012
Mark Wood from
United Kingdom
Mark Wood from
United Kingdom
January 22, 2012
Steve Burton from
United Kingdom
Steve Burton from
United Kingdom
Skied for a few days in Engelberg over new year 2011/12. The resort is easy to get to from any of the main Swiss airports with a regular 1-hourly train service out of Lucern. The village is lovely, very compact and has plenty of ski hire shops, restaurants and bars. There are half a dozen ski bus routes connecting various parts of Engelberg with the Titlis and Brunni lifts (although they do stop for an hour midday). Mountain restauarants are ok (Trubsee is very good).
I think I'd describe Engelberg as a 'reluctant ski resort'. The skiing is very disjointed - Glacier, or up and down Stand, or up and down Jochpass, or isolated Gerschnialp drags, or down to the village on Titlis side, or a few short runs on Brunni. The lifts are efficient though, except for the enormous queues at the Titlis base gondola between 9-11am and the ridiculous Untertrübsee-Obertrübsee 24 people/hour cablecar (what's that all about?!). Everything shuts as soon as there is much wind and pistes are slow to open after any significant snow fall (avalanche risk and what seemed like a shortage of piste bashers).
Overall, Engelberg is ok for a weekend in good weather and/or you like off-piste, but much more than that could get very frustrating.
January 07, 2012
Bella from
Switzerland
Bella from
Switzerland
A convenient one hour train ride up the mountain from Luzerne (so 2 hrs from Zurich or Basel) I love Engelberg. I went there ten Saturdays in a row last season - almost invariably fine weather. If the high runs are closed due to weather, then it is easy to hire x-country skis near the train station in the village, and walk the 5 minutes to the x-country course, for a lovely 2 hour circuit workout up and down the valley - complete with a hot shower at the rec centre on return.
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