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. 90.-. A timetable can be found on the web at: http://europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/andermatt_train_schedule.htm
Please use our MESSAGE BOARD (http://www.alpin-ism.com/mssgboard/index.cfm)
to contact other people who may be with ISM at the same time
as you, whether for lift sharing or for climbing / acclimatizing
before or after your course.
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 granite 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. 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.
The main ski lift, The Gemstock
is a fantastic off-piste resort rivalling the Grandes Montets
and La Grave for
quality of terrain
and quantity of powder snow.
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.
Information about the ski resort can be found on
the web at http://www.andermatt.ch
Hotel
Our meeting point is the Hotel Badus, a family-run
hotel whose proprietor are the Danioth family.
It has an excellent
restaurant
and is very popular with locals as well as visitors.
We will meet at the Hotel Badus at 7.00pm
on the course starting
date for introduction and drinks, followed
by an excellent 3 course
meal.
Full Hotel details:
Hotel Restaurant Badus. [Family Walter
Danioth] Gotthardstrasse 25, CH-6490 Andermatt.
Tel: (+41)
041 8871286 Web: http://www.hotelbadus.ch Email: info@hotelbadus.ch
The
hotel is conveniently situated 5 minutes walk from the train
station in Andermatt.
It can be
found by
turning left
on leaving the train station (facing
out) and heading into town. It is on the left
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/
Andermatt
Tourist Office [Gotthard Tourismus]
Gotthardstrasse 2
CH-6490 Andermatt
Tel. +41 (0) 41 887 14 54
Email: info@andermatt.ch
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.
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
Sunday
before the course meeting so that we can have an early
start on Monday. Alpina Sport Gotthardstrasse 101, 6490
Andermatt Phone: +41(0)41 887 17 88 E-Mail: info@alpina-sport.ch
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
