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All season pass holders are invited to attend the
special event for regulars on 24 April 2016 at
Berghotel Trübsee as a thank you for their
loyalty to Engelberg. By then, some of the guests
will have hit the Engelberg slopes more than 100
times. We spoke to four of those keen skiers
about their passion.
Between Oc tober 2014 and May 2015,
Daniel Kuster went through the turnstiles at
the Titlis and Brunni va lley stations a tota l
of 123 times, making him the most prolif ic
pass user of the season, not counting the ski
instruc tors. “I was able to
f it skiing around my job
as a sa les representative,”
Daniel explains. He made
the most of the good skiing
conditions even for just a
couple of hours in the morn-
ing or at lunchtime. He can af ford this kind
of f lex ibility because he of ten works in the
evenings. The Engelberg native likes to ski
with colleagues and f riends, and his children
of ten join him on the slopes at the weekend.
He a lso likes to spend the summers hiking or
cycling in the mountains, so he got himself an
annua l pass. “I rea lly va lue this dea l,” he says.
That ’s not surprising, given that the price of
the annua l pass div ided by the 123 days Dan-
iel v isited the slopes equa ls just CHF 6.50 per
day for the 2014/15 season. And that f igure
is even lower when his summer outings into
the mountains are added to the equation.
L inus Archiba ld is a winter spor ts enthu-
siast whose hobby is a lso his career: the Swed-
ish nationa l is a professiona l skier. He is spon-
sored by Helly Hansen and regu larly appears in
ski magazines. Despite his profession, however,
he was still surprised to hear that he hit the
Engelberg slopes as many as 117 times last
season. “That ’s so cool,” he laughs. “I was away
a lot but I tried to go skiing in Engelberg as
of ten as possible.” Above a ll else, he loves the
masses of powder snow Engelberg has to of fer.
Not ever yone has the priv ilege of liv ing
so close to a ski resor t; René Lüthi, for exam-
ple, lives in Zurich. But that didn’ t stop him
spending 90 days on the slopes last season.
To avoid hav ing to travel back and for th f rom
Zurich, René bought a studio apar tment in
Engelberg. He has been buy ing annua l passes
for a ver y long time. “Engelberg was a lways
the best, most beautif u l area for f reeriding,”
says René, who has remained
loya l to Engelberg. “I still
hit the slopes ever y now and
then,” explains the sprightly
pensioner, who a lso uses
his annua l pass to go hiking
and cycling in summer. And
does he prefer to go skiing when the weather’s
good? “No, quite the opposite. It ’s a lmost bet-
ter when the weather isn’ t so great,” he says.
“That way there are fewer people about.”
Edi Achermann, a sanitar y engineer
f rom Steinen, is another prolif ic ski pass
user f rom out of town. He thinks Engelberg
is a great destination with plenty to of-
fer and cha llenging slopes. Plus, he has a
family connec tion to Engelberg; his grand-
parents used to live here and his aunt still
does. He sometimes stays with her to keep
journey time down. Edi of ten v isits the
area on his own but never spends an entire
day without company. “You get to know the
other regu lars on the slopes,” says Edi.
L ike a ll annua l and season pass hold-
ers, Daniel, L inus, René and Edi are inv ited to
the regu lars’ par ty on 24 April 2016. Daniel is
familiar with the event f rom prev ious years
and has on ly good things to say about it: “I
love this event – it ’s a cool, sensationa l par ty.”
Beim Stammgäste Event im Berg-
hotel Trübsee wird den Abobe-
sitzern für ihre Treue gedankt.
Pass holders will be thanked for
their loyalty with the regulars’
party at Berghotel Trübsee.
Ski pass holders can af-
ford to hit the slopes even
for just a couple of hours.
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Einige Abobesitzer nutz-
ten ihr Ticket vergangene
Saison über 100 Mal.
Some pass holders used
their ticket more than
100 times last season.