Engelberg reviews

Fantastic place with lots of great slopes! Not much snow at the bottom yet, but the new build/lift is getting along!

It is a skier’s playground. With minimal snow maintained by the mountain, you can get as creative as you want!

No doubt one of the top 3 resort on the planet for serous off piste. The village is filled with serious skiers and lucky lacking the party crowd and show-off you find in places like Verbier and St Anton. A few pics of my daughter who spent a full winter there skiing

Engelberg stands for easy acces to long freeride tracks. Some runs go 2300 to 1500 meters, and are easy accesible. Pro: lots of freeride, with little walking. Con: resort is not so high so runs dont stay nice for that long

Visited Engelberg the weekend of week 5 2026.
Not snowed with any order for a few weeks but on Friday when we drove the first ski day there was poor visibility and snow in the air so on Saturday we woke up to bright sun and some fluffy fresh snow.
You go to Engelberg for the off-piste, nothing else. The skiing on the slopes I would say is ok but I wouldn't go to Engelberg to just ski the slopes.
On Friday there were very few people in the system but whether it was due to the poor visibility or something else I do not know but on Saturday with the nice weather there were considerably more skiers and then it was quickly up on the slopes.
Off-piste as well, you need to know where to go or take the back of someone with local knowledge to catch up with untouched rides.
Also tested Brunni but there was hardly any snow so it was only a ride down the piste that was open.

+ nice village, no disturbing traffic
good infrastructure with ski buses
good and modern lifts
great skiing with many opportunities in the off-piste
easy to get here from Zurich airport, transfer about 1.5 hours by bus, the train stops in the middle of the village

- seems to be a well-visited place, at least during the weekends
if there is little snow, skiing is quite limited.

Will definitely go back here now that I have learned a little more about the system. However, I intend to keep a close eye on the snow situation and go here no later than week 5 because then the school holidays start if I have received the right information and book a ski guide for the off-piste

Good communications to Engelberg with direct flights to Zurich and car transport in about 1 hour.

Maybe not the best skiing experience but very lovely village with good food, nice people. Good balance for those who do not need the most extreme off-piste experience.

Now my ski friend Arne and I have been on the winner trip to Engelberg.
Was very nice skiing and good food and plenty to drink.
Unfortunately, the windshield pulled over Engelberg so it did not get much off-piste in heat and heavy snow.
A big thank you Freeride for the profit. Was totally unlikely to believe you could win something like this.
We will definitely return to Engelberg and hopefully be able to explore the off-piste better.

The tourist office in Engelberg did a very good job of arranging travel and accommodation for us. Everything worked perfectly.

Also a thank you to the hotel Hoheneck for hospitality and high service level.

About Engelberg in general: A nice little town with many hotels and many restaurants and high quality food. Väääääääldigt many Swedes (did not need to use German or English very often ....). Easy to get there by plane to Zurich and then train right into the center of Engelberg (just under 5 hours from Arlanda to Engelberg). The ski area is in the case of pistes quite small, but with nice and varied pistes. If you are a good skier then a long weekend is enough if you are mostly referred to the slopes as we were due to the weather. The off-piste seems to be almost limitless, but unfortunately we could not take advantage of that possibility, became the least lift-off off-piste. But enjoy it.

Greetings
Peppe and Arne

/ The competition that they won you can see here https://www.freeride.se/vinn-skidresa-till-engelberg-2/ lasted 30 Oct - 30 Nov 20148

Skiing - The resort is very good if you want to go off-piste, the possibilities are great. I was here week 9 (Stockholm's Sports Holiday Week) and it was almost empty of people, except on the weekends when the country's own people came here. The slopes are good, but nothing unique.

Nightlife - If you want to party you should not go to Engelberg, especially if you are looking for a speedy after-ski. Hoheneck Bar usually has a live band or DJ, which is nice. Nice atmosphere and very nice people in general.

The village - Very cozy village, with lovely old buildings. It is not so much ugly buildings that have just been built up so that as many as possible will fit in.

Food - There is a lot of food to eat here, but you are in Switzerland so it costs, just like everything else here. If you want to eat something on the mountain you will not get good food, but you pay quite a lot anyway.

For those who want to go off-piste and be keen (not bakis) on the slopes the next day, this is a perfect ski resort. Since there is almost no Swedish travel company that arranges trips here, there are very few Swedish tourists (there are a lot of seasons)

Has completely fallen in love with me in Engelberg. Everything is so simple and easy here. Easy to travel to, close to fantastic off-piste skiing, good hotel with delicious food (Ski Lodge Engelberg and Hotel Hoheneck) and not least - snow-sure and vastly high mountains! Go here and you will never regret it. Went there already in December - my pictures are from December 13-15 now 2018!

Classic! Superb easily accessible snow-safe north side that supplies year after year. A favorite early in the season.