Haute route du soleil - Andermatt Information

Travel to Andermatt
The closest major airport to Andermatt is Zürich (2 hours by train) and then Milan (3 hours by train).

There is an underground train station in Zürich airport with half-hourly trains into Zürich (15 mins.) and then hourly fast trains south to Göschenen (towards Gotthard/Chiasso). Disembark at Göschenen then take the mountain cog train (the Furka Oberalp Bahn) up to Andermatt (15 mins.). A full price return train ticket Zürich - Andermatt costs approx. SFr. 80.-. A timetable can be found on the web at: http://www.sbb.ch

Andermatt the Village
It may not have the glitz of St. Moritz, or the massive lift network of Davos, but this resort in Central Switzerland is popular with hardcore skiers who prefer alpine excitement to disco action.

Andermatt is an attractive and charming 800 year old village with wooden houses lining the dog-leg main street which runs from the railway station to the cable car stations. The village is located in the Gotthard Massif and is renowned for having a good snow record, receiving snow from the north, south and west. Andermatt is 1444m above sea level.

Ski Lifts
The Oberalppass lifts give access to the skiing of Sedrun and Disentis. A two-stage cable car from the village serves the magnificent, varied (and usually empty) slopes of the Gemsstock. Across the other side of the town are gentler slopes of Natschen/Gutsch area. Another ski area is available at Hospental along the valley. It has 3 lift systems (Gemsstock, Hospental, Oberalppass situated in or near the village and a few kilometres to the east there is the ski resort of Disentis, which will give us plenty of uplift from which to start our touring.

Information about the ski resort can be found on the web at http://www.andermatt.ch

Hotel
Our meeting point is the Hotel Kristall, a family-run hotel whose proprietor is Maria Aregger. It has an excellent restaurant and is very popular with locals as well as visitors. We will meet at the Hotel Kristal hotel at 7pm on the course starting date for introduction and drinks, followed by an excellent 3 course meal. Full details:

Frau Maria Aregger, Hotel Kristall, Bahnhofstr. 44, CH-6490 Andermatt / Switzerland. Phone: 041 887 15 57. Fax 041 887 00 57
email: krist_andermatt@bluewin.ch http://www.andermatt.ch/de/hotels-m478/

The hotel is conveniently situated 5 minutes walk from the train station in Andermatt. It can be found by turning right on leaving the train station and heading into town. It is on the right just before the main high street in Andermatt . A map of Andermatt and this hotel can be found at:

http://www.andermatt.ch/de/hotels-m478/ (click on Hotel Kristall)

Equipment Rental
There is an Intersport shop to rent skis which is just up the high street from the hotel. This is best done on the Saturday before the course meeting so that we can have an early start on Sunday.

Another excellent ski rental shop can be found slightly further up the high street - Meyer Sport Familie Urs Portmann, GottardStrasse 6490, Andermatt, Switzerland. Email: meyer.sport@bluewin.ch Tel: 041 887 12 32

Andermatt Tourist Office
Gotthard Tourismus
Gotthardstrasse 2
CH-6490 Andermatt
Tel. +41 (0) 41 887 14 54
Fax +41 (0) 41 887 01 85
Email: info@andermatt.ch