Arosa
Slope Breakdown
Arosa at a glance
Arosa is a ski resort in Switzerland, part of the Arosa-Lenzerheide area. It offers 225 km of slopes served by 43 lifts, with skiing between 1,739 m and 2,865 m (1,126 m vertical). That makes it the 8th largest of the 30 ski resorts in Switzerland listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Arosa is particularly beginner-friendly: about 49% of its slopes are easy blue runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 4 cm of new snow at the top (2,865 m) in the next 3 days, 4 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Arosa, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Friedrichshafen (FDH) — about 99 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 89 CHF (2026/27 season). Arosa Lenzerheide day pass.
About €0.43 per km of piste the pass covers (225 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Arosa
Rules for a car in Switzerland, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Vignette, CHF 40 for the year. Motorway vignette 2026 (e-vignette or sticker) CHF 40.00, Vignette for a trailer or caravan up to 3.5 t CHF 40.00
Winter tyres
No legal requirement
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Nov to 30 Apr (banned on motorways, 80 km/h, rear 80 disc)
Arosa resort facts
These figures cover the whole Arosa-Lenzerheide area, which Arosa shares with 1 other resort on Intski, not Arosa's own sector. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Arosa
Arosa is a town and municipality in the Plessur Region of the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, and a resort in both summer and winter.
Resort Highlights
A high town in the Grisons
Arosa is a town and municipality in the Plessur Region of the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, and a resort in both summer and winter. The municipality grew considerably on 1 January 2013, when the former municipalities of Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into it. The resort itself sits high: the base of the ski area is at 1,739 m. The 2013 merger of seven former municipalities into Arosa also means the name now covers a good deal more than the resort town itself.
The Arosa Lenzerheide link
The event that reshaped Arosa’s skiing came at the end of 2013, when a cable-car linked Arosa with Lenzerheide and created a single ski resort, Arosa Lenzerheide. Since then lift passes have been valid on both sides. The combined area offers 225 km of pistes on 43 lifts, from 1,739 m up to 2,865 m, a vertical of more than 1,100 m.
Those figures deserve some interpretation. Forty-three lifts for 225 km means each lift serves a lot of piste, so runs tend to be long and the area is spread out; the lift system is tagged as modern, which matters on a domain where you will ride a good deal of cable to get around. The top at 2,865 m is well above the 2,200 m threshold that makes a difference to snow reliability, and with a base at 1,739 m even the lowest runs are high. No difficulty split is published, but a linked area of this scale is built for intermediates who want to cover ground, and the two-village structure gives each day the shape of a journey out and back. For a domain of this size the lift density is on the low side, so a plan matters: pick a sector, ski it, and move on rather than criss-crossing.
Beyond the skiing
Arosa is a proper town with a life beyond winter and one Swiss institution to its name: the ice hockey club EHC Arosa, once among the most successful teams in the country and still famous throughout Switzerland. The resort is tagged for traditional charm and scenic views, and as a town that welcomes visitors in summer as well as winter it has the infrastructure and the settled feel of a year-round place.
Practicalities
The nearest airport listed is Friedrichshafen in Germany, roughly 99 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. The municipality’s official website carries local information; for lift passes, Arosa Lenzerheide is the name to look for.
Frequently asked questions about Arosa
At the end of 2013 a cable-car connected the two, creating the combined Arosa Lenzerheide resort. Lift passes have been valid on both sides since then.
The ski area's base is at 1,739 m and the top station at 2,865 m, so the whole area is high by Alpine standards.
Yes. Arosa is a tourist resort in both summer and winter.
The town's ice hockey club, famous throughout Switzerland and formerly one of the most successful teams in the country.
Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig became part of the municipality of Arosa on 1 January 2013.
Arosa has 225 km of marked slopes: 110 km easy (blue), 87 km intermediate (red), 28 km expert (black), served by 43 ski lifts.
The skiing in Arosa ranges from 1,739 m at the base to 2,865 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,126 m.
The ski season in Arosa typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Yes — Arosa is well suited to beginners. About 49% of the slopes (110 km) are easy blue runs.
Arosa has 28 km of expert (black) slopes — about 12% of the total.
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