Arosa Lenzerheide or Engelberg?
Engelberg takes 3 of 9, with 4 too close to call. That still does not settle it — only the categories you care about count.
Switzerland
Arosa Lenzerheide
Two old resorts joined by a cable car in 2013 to make 225 km, and still less known than Davos an hour away. Sunny, wide and quiet, with a late season on the Lenzerheide side.
Worth knowing. Two resorts joined by one cable car. A queue there costs you the day.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,412 a week from London
Switzerland
Engelberg
The Laub and the Steinberg glacier: 2,000 m of continuous off-piste vertical an hour from Zurich, and the reason Scandinavians fill this valley every February. The piste skiing is an afterthought.
Worth knowing. The piste skiing is an afterthought. Come for the off-piste or do not come.
Choose it if
Off-piste
About £1,325 a week from London
Side by side
| Arosa Lenzerheide | Engelberg | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 58/100 | 59/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 225 km linked | 82 km |
| Top lift | 2865 m | 3020 m |
| Cost before travel | €1400 | €1315 |
| Families with young kids | 8/10 | 5/10 |
| Snowboarders | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Budget and après | 4/10 | 5/10 |
| Off-piste | 7/10 | 10/10 |
Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.