Adelboden Attractions

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)

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 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).

A chairlift, 1,268 m/ 4,160ft long, ascends in 8.5 minutes 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.