Arosa Attractions

Cableways from Arosa station to the Mittlere Hütte (2,013 m/6,605ft) and the Weisshorn (2,653 m/8,704ft; 15minutes, restaurant) and from the lower station "Am Wasser" (1,830 m/6,004ft) to the Hörnligrat (2,493 m/8,180ft; 15minutes; mountain hut, serviced).

To the north of Arosa is the mountain village of Maran, a favorite objective of walkers, reached on the "Eichhörnliweg" (Squirrel's Path). There are easy mountain walks over the Strela pass to Davos and by way of the Aroser Weisshorn to the Parpaner Weisshorn.

The Schanfigg Local Museum in Arosa presents the history of iron-mining and winter sports.

This annual festival takes place in January.

With excellent facilities for walkers and climbers in summer and skiers in winter, provision for a great variety of sports and more than 150km/93mi of footpaths, Arosa has developed into a leading resort.

Other features of interest are the Late Gothic church (1493) in Inner-Arosa and in summer a miniature railroad operates at the Arosa Kulm Hotel.

Arosa is an attractive town, with hotels dispersed about the beautiful sheltered valley and numerous small lakes. The tree-line passes through the resort, so that the skiing areas are almost completely open. The road from Chur runs from the Obersee (Upper Lake, 1,740 m/5,709ft; rowing boats), beside the railroad station, above the Untersee (Lower Lake 1,694 m/5,558ft, in a charming wooded setting, past the Kursaal and up above the tree-line to the Alpine meadows of Inner-Arosa, sloping gently uphill. Driving is prohibited in the town after dark.

For winter sports lovers Arosa offers natural and artificial ice rinks (curling); toboggan run; cross-country skiing; ski-bob runs; ski-lifts on Tschuggen, Plattenhorn (2,318 m/7,605ft), Hörnli, Carmenna (2,177 m/7,143ft) and Alp Prätschli. The most popular ski runs are on the Weisshorn (2,657 m/8,718ft), Brüggerhorn (2,429 m/7,970ft; chairlift) and Hörnli (2,497 m/8,193ft); on all three are serviced ski huts.

A quiet, family-style resort, Arosa in the eastern canton of Graubünden is made for beginners and intermediates because of its long, wide runs. A real plus for families is that all the lifts and restaurants are within easy walking distance of the hotels.