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Reseñas de visitantes para Engelberg

  • February 12, 2013
    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.

  • Engelberg Clasificaciones

    En base a voto(s) Voto

    Acceso: 4.1

    (1) Al menos una parada durante la noche, (2) requiere un día entero, (3) requiere más de la mitad de un día -puede que tenga tiempo para dar algunas vueltas (4) llegada a la hora de almuerzo y esquí toda la tarde, (5) hay un aeropuerto principal a una hora de Engelberg .

    		 Transporte público: 4.7

    (1) No hay autobuses o taxis hacia Engelberg, (3) Los autobuses o trenes disponibles son lentos o poco frecuentes, (5) Es fácil llegar al complejo, tránsito frecuente de autobuses y conecciones de trenes.
    Escenografía: 4.1

    (1) Un resort desagradable en una localidad sin mayores atractivos, (3) vista de montaña y resort de nivel regular (5) un escenario espectacular y una hermosa localidad histórica.

    		 Alojamiento: 4.6

    (1) No hay lugares donde alojarse en o cerca de Engelberg , (3) algunos lugares para hospedarse en el resort, (5) una amplia variedad de alojamientos adecuados para satisfacer todos los presupuestos.
    Habitaciones Baratas: 3.6

    (1) Presupuesto de alojamiento no disponible (3) Apenas uno o dos albergues, se sugiere reservar por adelantado, (5) varias hostales y pensiones a precios módicos disponibles.

    		 Hoteles de lujo: 4.4

    (1) Alojamiento de alto nivel no disponible, (3) Apenas uno o dos hoteles de alto nivel, se sugiere reservar por adelantado, (5) algunos hoteles de lujo en Engelberg.
    "Ski-in"/"Ski-out": 3.8

    (1) La zona de esquí se encuentra lejos de cualquier alojamiento, (3) un autobús de esquí le lleva de forma gratuita a la zona de esquí en un viaje corto, (5) alojamiento de esquí "Ski-in"/"Ski-out"está disponible.

    		 Cuidado de los niños: 3.8

    (1) No hay ninguna guardería en Engelberg, (5) el resort tiene excelentes guarderías, incluyendo al menos una a un precio muy razonable.
    Nieve segura: 4.3

    (1) Ocasionalmente se presenta suficiente nieve para esquiar, (2) a menudo está cerrado debido a la falta de nieve, (3) ocasionalmente sufre de una falta de nieve, (4) rara vez sufre de una falta de nieve, (5) Engelberg se presenta nieve segura incluso en las temporadas más pobres.

    		 Cañones de nieve: 4.0

    (1) Engelberg depende completamente de nieve natural, (3) hay sólo algunos cañones, (5) hay cañones de nieve en todas las pistas.
    Aplanadoras de Nieve: 4.0

    (1) No hay aplanadoras de nieve en Engelberg, (3) ocasionalmente algunas pistas quedan sin aplanar y en mal estado, (5) todas las pistas en Engelberg se aplanan diariamente.

    		 Refugio: 2.9

    (1) No hay ningún lugar para esquiar cuando está ventoso o la visibilidad es mala, y a menudo se cierran los elevadores, (3) hay algunos árboles de escasa visibilidad pero a veces los elevadores cierran, (5) Engelberg es principalmente en el bosque donde puede esquiar en días de luz plana y ventosos, rara vez cierre de elevadores.
    Opciones cercanas: 3.1

    (1) Si las condiciones de nieve son pobres en Engelberg, va a ser pobre en todas partes cercanas, (3) existen buenas alternativas a una hora en automóvil, (5) otros lugares en el mismo paquete proporcionan una rica variedad de condiciones de nieve segura para esquí.

    		 Clasificación regional: 4.2

    (1) Engelberg usualmente tiene pobres condiciones de nieve en comparación con otros centros turísticos en la región, (3) tiene condiciones medias para la región, (5) usualmente tiene las mejores condiciones de nieve en la región.
    Eleva al personal: 3.9

    (1) El personal en Engelberg es descortés e ineficiente, (5) Eleva al personal en Engelberg son agradables, alegres y con ganas de ayudar.

    		 Multitudes/colas de espera: 3.5

    (1) el resort siempre está concurrido y suelen haber largas colas, (3) ocacionalmente tranquilo durante fines de semana y vacaciones escolares, (5) poco concurrido y colas de espera son muy raras.
    Escuelas de esquí: 4.0

    (1) Ninguna escuela de esquí disponible, (2) una o dos escuelas de esquí pero sólo en el idioma local, (3) algunas escuelas de esquí pero solicite por adelantado instructores multi-lingües.

    		 Alquiler y Reparaciones: 4.4

    (1) No se consigue nada, ni siquiera cera de esquí o PTex. (3) hay algunas tiendas de esquí pero la renta de equipos debe ser reservada con antelación, (5) equipos de esquí de buena calidad a la venta o en alquiler y reparaciones son posibles durante la noche.
    Variedad de pistas: 3.8

    (1) Las pistas son habituales y sin rasgos distintivos, (3) las pistas son variadas pero no lo suficientemente extensas para una semana, (5) Engelberg tiene interesantes y diversas pistas incluyendo bosques y altos terrenos alpinos.

    		 Principiantes: 3.1

    (1) Principiantes pueden sólo ver otros en esquís o snowboard, (3) algunas suaves laderas pero principiantes pueden aburrirse en menos de una semana, (3) extensas áreas de terreno suave.
    Intermedios: 3.7

    (1) Ningún terreno intermedio en Engelberg, (3) esquiadores intermedios se aburrirán al cabo de unos días, (5) vastas zonas de cruce de pistas.

    		 Avanzado: 4.1

    (1) Nada para esquiadores y snowbordistas avanzados, (3) suficiente terreno empinado por algunos días y con algunos muy buenos para el esquí fuera de pista, (5) Suficiente áreas de terreno empinado y áreas fuera de pista para entretener a esquiadores avanzados al menos por una semana.
    Parque de Nieve: 2.8

    (1) Ni siquiera un trampolín en Engelberg, (3) Parque de tamaño medio y bien cuidado, (5) enorme parque diseñado por expertos, con senderos para saltos y carreras de boardercross.

    		 Fuera de pista: 4.3

    (1) Ningún "fuera de pista"que valga destacar, (2) "fuera de pista" fuera de los límites, (3) alguna variedad de "fuera de pista" que permanece fresco durante uno o dos días, (5) una amplia gama de rutas "fuera de pista" que pueden permanecer sin marcas de tránsito por varios días.
    Travesía: 3.4

    (1) No hay ningún lugar para esquí de fondo alrededor de Engelberg, (3) hay algunos senderos para esquí de fondo disponibles, (5) la zona cuenta con muchos senderos espectaculares y bien mantenidos para esquí de fondo.

    		 Luge/Tobogán: 3.2

    (1) No designado "luge" o carreras de trineo, (3) hay carreras de trineo en tobogan abiertas a menudo, (5) Engelberg cuenta con instalaciones largas y bien mantenidas para "luge" y carreras de trineo en tobogan accesible a todas las edades.
    Gastronomía de montaña: 3.7

    (1) Ningún lugar para comprar alimentos en las pistas, (3) algunos lugares para comer arriba en la montaña pero a menudo muy caros y concurridos, (5) existe una gran variedad de excelentes restaurantes de montaña justo al lado de las laderas para satisfacer todos los presupuestos.

    		 Dónde Comer: 4.0

    (1) Lleva tu propia comida, no hay ni siquiera una tienda. (5) Una gran variedad de lugares para comer y beber en el resort, desde comida rápida a restaurantes de lujo.
    Después del esquí: 3.8

    (1) Nada para hacer, ni siquiera un bar (3) hay algunos bares en el resort pero nada especial, (5) clubes y bares permanecen abiertos hasta muy tarde y tienen un ambiente agradable.

    		 Otros deportes: 3.8

    (1) Ningún otro servicio deportivo aparte de los elevadores, (3) el resort tiene sólo una pequeña piscina pública, (5) cuenta con todo tipo de instalaciones deportivas, incluyendo una piscina de tamaño completo.
    Entretenimiento: 3.6

    (1) Además de la nieve y caminar no hay nada más que hacer aquí, (3) el no-esquiador encontrará cosas para hacer por pocos días pero puede que se aburra después de una semana, (5) la zona turística es un lugar fascinante para visitar, más allá de los deportes de invierno.

    		 Paseos de invierno: 4.2

    (1) Caminatas con accesos muy limitados y ningún sendero con raquetas (3) un par de senderos escénicos para caminatas con o sin raquetas (5) diversos y extensos senderos para caminatas de invierno en todos los niveles.
    Valor del Pase de Esquí: 3.8

    (1) Un pase de esquí de 1 semana está sobrevalorado en comparación con el número de elevadores disponibles, (3) el pase de esquí tiene un valor relativamente aceptable y abarca un número razonable de elevadores, (5) el valor de los pases de esquí es excelente en relación calidad-precio y cubren un gran número de elevadores que abarcan un área extensa.

    		 Valor (Nacional): 3.4

    (1) En general, Engelberg es uno de los centros de esquí más caros en el país pero en sí no lo vale, (3) de promedio medio por el dinero que representa , (5) en general ofrece lo mejor en temas de resorts en el país.
    Valor (Global): 3.1

    (1) En general, Engelberg es uno de los centros de esquí más caros del mundo, (3) en general ofrece relación media en cuanto a calidad-precio comparado con centros de otros países, (5) internacionalmente el resort ofrece una excelente relación calidad-precio.

    En base a voto(s) Voto

  • March 27, 2012
    Mark Wood from United Kingdom

    Loved it. Some great challenging runs. Loads of off-piste and good restaurants in the village. Will be going again.

  • January 22, 2012
    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

    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.

  • November 08, 2011
    Tricky from United Kingdom

    Engelberg is a throw back to a time when ski resorts were populated with skiers not wannabee millionaires. It's a skiers resort, has an excellent snow record and some of the best off-piste in the Alps. Best time to be there is the beginning of the week when it quietens after a busy weekend. A guide is essential if you haven't been here before. Easily my favorite resort in Europe.

  • December 28, 2010
    Pookie from Sweden

    Anyone who thinks that this (Engelberg) is some sort of undiscovered off-piste paradise is in for a shock. Was here last week and the place was tracked out by 10am: big queues for tickets and the lift from town. Not quite what I was expecting as I had heard this place was quiet. Lots and lots of people on fat skis - nice town though.

  • December 12, 2009
    Surfjunkie from United Kingdom

    Went to Engelberg last year and I didn't think it was particularly good compared with Verbier for instance. There were big queues at Easter when it seemed like half the world rocked up.........village is limited and there is nowhere for my family to ski as Brunni was cooked and brown. The off piste is limited to a few itineraries and you can ski the place in one day, it is disjointed and you have to bus it to the slopes. I took a guide and we did the same runs I had done after one day. I have experienced many better places to ski than this .

  • September 17, 2009
    Meg from United Kingdom

    We went to Engelberg in late March 2009 and the skiing conditions were fantastic.
    Engelberg is accessible by train so a great choice if you are not driving. Frequent train services run from Luzerne and it is an amazing experience as the train climbs up the mountains to reach 1000m.
    Englberg is perfect for advanced skiers - we particularly enjoyed slopes at Jochpass and Jochstock - fantastic views and well groomed pistes.
    The only disadvantage I can think of is the fact that it takes about 30mins to get from the main gondola station to Jochpass as you need to take the Trubsee hopper as well.
    I wouldn't go to Engelberg if you are a beginner as the blue runs can be quite tough (especially at Engstlenalp) for inexperienced skiers.
    Amazing skiing otherwise.

  • March 24, 2009
    toby from Switzerland

    I live at Engelberg, so maybe I am biased, but I think Engelberg is the best resort in Switzerland. It has a huge vertical drop, and loads of great off-piste areas. It is totally worth getting a guide to show a group around the mountain. One thing people haven't already mentioned is that this resort (Engelberg) is quiet cool for beginners. It might not look like it on the piste map, because most runs are red and black, but actually all the beginners I know who come here have a great time. I think this is because beginners don't really need a lot of runs, but they want really good beginners runs. Engelberg has really cool blue runs on both sides of the resort. Because most people come for the off-piste or the harder stuff, the blue runs are generally pretty empty. Also, this town is a lot more foreigner friendly than most places in Switzerland. It is cool to speak English and not German, and the folks here understand that tourists are supporting their economy, not invading their paradise. The Yuctan bar is definitely the place to go for a pint in the afternoon. For those with family or on a budget, check out Sunmatt real estate. The guy to speak to is Evatt. He has loads of apartments for rent at reasonable prices, and he is very fair and straightforward to deal with. One last thing: if you have never seen cheese making in action, you must check out the dairy products store that is found inside the monastery. They have a cheese making set up in a round glass room in the middle of the store, and you get to see the whole process very clearly. When you see how Alpine cheese is made, then you can say you have seen Switzerland. Precision, cleanliness, indulgent. Engelberg is a very cool town.

  • November 16, 2006
    patty'o' doars from Bouvet Island

    Engelberg the greatest resort of them all - i've been to all the great resorts in the alps eg Zermatt, Chamonix ,St Moritz, Flaine, Les arcs, Meribel and loads more but this resort blew me away. I arrived to 8 meters of snow at bottom station, snow drifts the size of my house - it had been snowing constantly for 22 days and the next days the skies had cleared and I went skiing at the Jochpass where they'd had 1.8 meters of fresh powder one more meter and the lifts would have shut it was so thick it looked like I was skiing on my knees you have got to come to this resort whatever you do don't go to Meribel - it's crap.

  • February 14, 2006
    Pete Stack from United Kingdom

    Just came back Feb 11. Great place. If you visit try to stay central. Easy access to Brunni and Titlis. Loads of fresh snow last Wed and Thur. A good 2 hr drive from Basel. Must visit Yucatan bar happy hour 5-6 4pint pitcher 9 pounds get 1 free.

  • January 30, 2006
    andy from United Kingdom

    I went to Engelberg in the middle of Feb 2005. It had been snowing for 8 days non stop and the pistes were lovely. There was 5 metres at the top lift and 3 metres at the bottom. There was snow flicking off behind us and the slopes were knee deep powder. By Thursday skies had cleared and there were some amazing conditions on the slopes, especially the runs to the resort, which were excellent. Engelberg also has some excellent off piste skiing. Highly recommend resort.

  • December 01, 2005
    Paul from United Kingdom

    We had some incredible skiing with the guys from snowride.net in January last year.

    This truly was the stuff that dreams are made of. Travelling to Engelberg we knew it had been snowing - on arrival the snow had stopped, but started again overnight and kept going non stop for four days. Due to the heavy snowfall most of Mount Titlis was closed, but, no problem, the guys from Snowride guided us through waist deep snow on the Brunni, the safer side of the valley.

    We were able to make descents through areas you can only ride through after a huge dump, we were riding over walls, fences, down roads, past cattle sheds in a never ending deep and white world. There are so many routes through the trees to Engelberg when there is this much snow - but the highlight of the Bruni descents must be down to Grünenwald, where you catch the hourly train back to Engelberg.

    On the Thursday, the weather cleared, blue skies, super cold (-22 at 2500m) and amazing snow. We were some of the first to be on Titlis, first tracks were made down Gross and Klein Sulz, we then made our way to the Laub, a huge slab of 35 - 45 degrees off piste heaven with over 1000m of vertical. The snow was so deep and light you could just let your self go, speed was not a concern as the snow was so perfect. We made endless huge turns in the most perfect snow - a highlight of my ski experiences.

    So overall, incredible terrain, but you do need a guide to get the best from the area, check out http://www.snowride.net to arrange guiding - highly recommended.

  • December 27, 2003
    Jim Waddell from United Kingdom

    Engelberg is a great resort for people who like off piste skiing/boarding. Some say its Snow Boarder's heaven! The lifts do close a little early for my liking but the skiing is awesome. The are three main ski areas but the best is found on the Titlis glacier (3020m). The runs are pretty fast and you can ski from the top of the glacier to the resort, with only one short chairlift journey over the lake half way down which provides a welcome rest for the legs. This is a beautiful ski run with stunning views and varying ski levels. There aren't a vast choice of runs but those available are very good offering a challenge for all levels. The advanced will relish the challenge or perish of/on the mightily steep black run and for those who like powder, the Laub beckons (1000m of pure poweder.) However there are many opportunities to hit powder next to the pisted runs. These areas are like honey to the bee for snow boarders. I've only skied Engelberg once but I will definitely be returning at some stage.

  • October 06, 2003
    ehello from Canada

    eh der!! hows it out der dis year. mighty cold out ehere in canada, best be getting our fur coats out for de winter months (september-july)