Arosa Lenzerheide is a ski area located in Arosa, Lenzerheide, Valbella, Parpan and Churwalden, Graubünden/

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. It originated 2013/14 by connecting the existing ski areas of Arosa and Lenzerheide. With a total of 225 kilometers (140 miles) of ski slopes and 43 cable cars it is the largest contiguous ski area in Graubünden.

Location and description

Arosa Lenzerheide is located in northern and central

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. It extends from the innermost Schanfigg via Urdental to the neighboring western valley with Lenzerheide, Parpan–Valbella and Churwalden. The ski area covers an altitudinal range of . Outstanding summits with aerial tramways and panoramic restaurants are the Weisshorn and the Parpaner Rothorn which also marks the highest point of the ski area. 60 per cent of the slopes are groomed with artificial snow. Karte Kanton Graubünden 2016

Arosa Lenzerheide also offers more than of cross-country skiing trails and 4 terrain parks («Park'n'Pipe

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», «Wood Ranch» and «Bärensnowpark» in Arosa as well as «Jibarea Stätz» in Lenzerheide). In addition there are of sledding runs and of prepared winter hiking trails. In the summer season the region is a popular hiking and

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resort. Arosa and Lenzerheide are connected by a cable car called « Urdenbahn». This aerial tramway was built in 2013 and is located between the Arosa Hörnli and the Urdenfürggli on the Lenzerheide side. It is long and surmounts just about of altitude. The ski resort is operated mainly by

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and Lenzerheide Bergbahnen.

Ski lifts

A total of 43 ski lifts operate in Arosa Lenzerheide: 14 in Arosa, 12 in Lenzerheide east side (incl. Urdenbahn and chairlift Obertor), 13 in Lenzerheide west side (incl. chairlift Obertor) and 4 in Churwalden. There are 4 aerial tramways, 4 gondola lifts, 18 chair lifts (17 detachables) and 15 T-bars/ button lifts:

Urdenbahn (Hörnli–Urdenfürggli cable car)

The centrepiece of the resort compound is the Urdenbahn cable car, built and operated by the Arosa Bergbahnen company. The Austrian-Swiss cableway manufacturer

Steurer Seilbahnen Steurer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Florence Steurer (later Penz, born 1949), French alpine skier * Toni Steurer (born 1978), German ski mountaineer and extreme sports athlete {{Short pages monitor