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Adelboden Attractions

The village of Adelboden, a popular altitude and winter sports resort in the Bernese Oberland, lies in a sheltered situation on the west side of the Engstligen valley at the end of a road from Lake Thun. Along the east side of the wide valley with its scatter of huts rises the Lohner chain; to the south is the Wildstrubel.
Climbs
Some good climbs in Adelboden are:

Via Hahnenmoos up the Laveygrat (2,254 m/7,395ft: 3.5 hours, not particularly difficult); via Schermtanne up the Albristhorn (2,765 m/9,072ft: 5.5 hours, for experienced climbers only); from the Engstligenalp in 5.5-6 hours, with guide, up the Wildstrubel (the east peak, Grosstrubel, 3,253 m/ 10,673ft), with magnificent views (west peak climbed from Lenk in the Simmental); from the Engstligenalp by way of the Engstligenrat to the Gemmi pass (four-five hours, with guide)
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Main village sights
The attractive mountain village of Adelboden is famed for its scenic beauty, its many charming old farmhouses, and its hotels and chalets scattered about on sunny terraces. On the south wall of the church (1433) is a late 15th C. painting of the Last Judgment.
The Alpine Garden Horeli is open from June to September.
Winter sports
Winter sports activities in Adelboden include:

Good downhill runs from the Fleckli (1,862 m/6,109ft: two lifts from Boden), on the Engstligenalp (1,940 m/6,365ft: three lifts; accessible by cableway); from the Kuonisbergli (1,731 m/5,679ft; two lifts from Boden); from the Schwanfeldspitz (2,029 m/ 6,659ft; lift; accessible by cableway); from the Luegli (2,080 m/6,824ft) and from Lavey (2,200 m/7,220ft; chair-lift from Geils) and on the Hahnenmoos (1,957 m/6,421ft: lifts from the Simmental; combined "ski pass" with Lenk; accessible by cableway from Geilsmäder). Also ski-jumping, cross-country skiing, skating (rink with artificial ice) and curling (indoor and outdoor rinks).

Adelboden Surroundings

Schwanfeldspitz
A chairlift, 1,268 m/ 4,160ft long, ascends in 8.5minutes to the Tschentenalp, on the east side of the Schwanfeldspitz (2,029 m/6,657ft: restaurant), from which there are magnificent views of the Lohner and Wildstrubel. A road runs 3.5km/ 2mi west up the Allenbach valley to the Schermtanne inn.
Facilities
On-site accomodations
Restaurant or food service
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