AROSA
What do you get when you combine cross-country running, map-reading & direction-finding with a timed run through woods, hills, & rough terrain overlooking beautiful alpine vistas? Yes!, “Orienteering”. If you’re looking for a fascinating experience in the coming year, visit Arosa for “Swiss Orienteering Week 2021”.On the first day of this six day event participants will warm up with a jaunt around Obersee Lake, the bigger of the two lakes which is located within the village of Arosa. The following days will take you to the Arosa Lenzerheide Alpine Region for a truly challenging experience. You don’t have to wait until July 2021 to visit the charming mountain resort located in the Canton of Grisons (Graubûnden).
Arosa has been a famous health resort since the late 1800s and a winter & summer resort ever since. It doesn’t have the glitzy reputation of St Moritz, nor does it have a buzzing nightlife scene, but it does offer all of the many amenities visitors to the Engadin region enjoy. Some people will tell you that the best time to visit Arosa is in winter. Winter is a great time to visit the region, but a summer holiday to Arosa is just as wonderful. Protected by the surrounding mountains and its location at the bottom of a wide valley enables visitors to fully enjoy the wind-free warmth of sunny Arosa. It offers over 200km of hiking & walking trails and for mountain bikers, the new 6.8km Hörnli Trail, which can only be used by bikers, is a dream come true. If you have children or grandchildren, you’ll have plenty of things for them to do. The Bärenland (Bear Park) and the “Squirrel Trail” are just a couple of the many family-oriented venues.
Arosa in winter is something special. Some have described the experience as visiting a fairy-tale place. For those of you who enjoy winter sports, you’ll find them all. With the opening of the Urdenbahn cable-car in 2014, skiers now have an easy link to Lenzerheide creating a ski area with 140 miles of groomed pistes.
Werner Bonadurer, a native son of Arosa, shared with us that “the first thing I always do when I get back to Arosa is to meet with my old ice-hockey pals, have drinks and chat about the good old hockey days. The Arosa EHC hockey team (founded 1924) has been one the most successful teams in Switzerland winning 9 championships. I was privileged to be part of the team during some of the “golden years” around the end of the 1970s. Hockey players remain hockey players and fortunately many of my old friends still reside in Arosa. The longer we sit together and chat as a group, the more we glorify our past “successes.” I guess a few drinks help too.”
“Well, growing up in Arosa was really all about sports. You were either in the “skiing camp,” the competing “hockey camp,” or just being someone loving outdoors activities. There was literally no day without sports. Most kids growing up in Arosa took the skis or the sled to the school house during the long winter months. It is worth noting that many Swiss winter sports Olympians came from Arosa. A small place with a big impact on Swiss sports.”
Checkout the videos & web sites by clicking on the various highlighted links above
What do you get when you combine cross-country running, map-reading & direction-finding with a timed run through woods, hills, & rough terrain overlooking beautiful alpine vistas? Yes!, “Orienteering”. If you’re looking for a fascinating experience in the coming year, visit Arosa for “Swiss Orienteering Week 2021”.On the first day of this six day event participants will warm up with a jaunt around Obersee Lake, the bigger of the two lakes which is located within the village of Arosa. The following days will take you to the Arosa Lenzerheide Alpine Region for a truly challenging experience. You don’t have to wait until July 2021 to visit the charming mountain resort located in the Canton of Grisons (Graubûnden).
Arosa has been a famous health resort since the late 1800s and a winter & summer resort ever since. It doesn’t have the glitzy reputation of St Moritz, nor does it have a buzzing nightlife scene, but it does offer all of the many amenities visitors to the Engadin region enjoy. Some people will tell you that the best time to visit Arosa is in winter. Winter is a great time to visit the region, but a summer holiday to Arosa is just as wonderful. Protected by the surrounding mountains and its location at the bottom of a wide valley enables visitors to fully enjoy the wind-free warmth of sunny Arosa. It offers over 200km of hiking & walking trails and for mountain bikers, the new 6.8km Hörnli Trail, which can only be used by bikers, is a dream come true. If you have children or grandchildren, you’ll have plenty of things for them to do. The Bärenland (Bear Park) and the “Squirrel Trail” are just a couple of the many family-oriented venues.
Arosa in winter is something special. Some have described the experience as visiting a fairy-tale place. For those of you who enjoy winter sports, you’ll find them all. With the opening of the Urdenbahn cable-car in 2014, skiers now have an easy link to Lenzerheide creating a ski area with 140 miles of groomed pistes.
Werner Bonadurer, a native son of Arosa, shared with us that “the first thing I always do when I get back to Arosa is to meet with my old ice-hockey pals, have drinks and chat about the good old hockey days. The Arosa EHC hockey team (founded 1924) has been one the most successful teams in Switzerland winning 9 championships. I was privileged to be part of the team during some of the “golden years” around the end of the 1970s. Hockey players remain hockey players and fortunately many of my old friends still reside in Arosa. The longer we sit together and chat as a group, the more we glorify our past “successes.” I guess a few drinks help too.”
“Well, growing up in Arosa was really all about sports. You were either in the “skiing camp,” the competing “hockey camp,” or just being someone loving outdoors activities. There was literally no day without sports. Most kids growing up in Arosa took the skis or the sled to the school house during the long winter months. It is worth noting that many Swiss winter sports Olympians came from Arosa. A small place with a big impact on Swiss sports.”
Checkout the videos & web sites by clicking on the various highlighted links above
