Tourisme, Christelle Marques, T. +41 27 327 35 70 / F. +41 27 327 35 71/ [email protected]

Program for Adventure Travel World Summit Aletsch Arena (Riederalp, Bettmeralp & -Eggishorn)

Enjoy summer in the mountains and experience unique and pristine natural scenery. Or let yourself be transported to a winter wonderland - the 3 day- trip and vacation destinations of Riederalp, Bettmeralp and Fiesch-Eggishorn extend a warm welcome to everyone visiting the Aletsch Arena. Come and join us on the edge of the Great , the heart of the Swiss Alps -Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site. A place to relax or a place to experience fascinating adventures – you're in for a surprise...

Date Time Program Responsible Overnight

Day 1 13:33 Latest arrival time in Mörel Aletsch Arena Hotel 5.10.2012 Travel time from Zurich Airport : 2:50 hours / Travel time c/o Aletsch Riederalp Cableways Art Furrer Hotels from Geneva Airport : 3:00 hours Mrs. Nicole Gsponer CH-3987 Riederalp Tel. +41 27 928 60 50 Tel. +41 844 444 488 13:40 Cable car from Mörel to Riederalp [email protected] 13:50 Meet at the cable car station «Riederalp Mitte» for the www.riederalp.ch official start of your PSA www.aletscharena.ch Check-in at the hotel

14:50 Short walk from Riederalp to Bettmeralp Travel up to with a gondola. Aletsch Arena c/o Bettmeralp Tourism EASY PROGRAM (Walking & Nature) Mrs. Petra Tenisch 15:50 Visit of the exhibition ART ON ALETSCH at the Bettmerhorn Tel. +41 27 928 41 41 The fascinating history of the Aletsch Glacier is presented in a multi-media show in the "Ice Room". On the Ice Terrace, [email protected] which affords breathtaking vistas, you will receive www.bettmeralp.ch interesting background information on the Aletsch Glacier. www.aletscharena.ch Enjoy the fantastic view to the Great Aletsch Glacier.

Descent to the Bettmeralp

17:00 Short walk from Bettmeralp to Riederalp

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14:50 CHALLENGING PROGRAM (Hike & Nature) Bergsteigerzentrum Aletsch Meet a local mountain guide at the Bettmerhorn. This guided Richard Bortis hike from the Bettmerhorn gondola top station to the CH-3984 Fiesch Eggishorn top station takes approximately 3 hours. From the Tel.+41 27 971 17 76 top station, you can take the fixed-rope route and arrive at the peak of the Bettmerhorn (summit cross) in about 30 [email protected] minutes. The UNESCO trail secured with climbing aids where www.bergsteigerzentrum.ch appropriate.

The UNESCO high trail is an alpine hike. (signposted blue- white-blue).

Return back to Riederalp via Fiesch – Mörel. Day 2 6.10.2012 19:00 Dinner in a local restaurant at the Riederalp Taste the famous cheese specialities like raclette or fondue

8.00 Individual breakfast in your hotel

9.00 Meet in the hotel lobby Bergsteigerzentrum Aletsch Richard Bortis EASY PROGRAM (Walking & Nature) CH-3984 Fiesch Meet a local mountain guide and read the path of the longest Tel.+41 27 971 17 76 glacier of the alps: The Great Aletsch Glacier. The guided tour is a highlight of the unique mountain world of the [email protected] UNESCO World Heritage region Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch. www.bergsteigerzentrum.ch The Aletsch glacier hike leads across the Great Aletsch Glacier, which has 23 kilometers lengths and a surface area of 80 square kilometers in the longest and largest glacier in Western Europe. Aletsch Arena Lunch at a mountain restaurant c/o Fiesch-Eggishorn Cableways Tel +41 27 970 60 70 9.00 CHALLENGING PROGRAM (Hiking & Nature) Walk from Riederalp via Bettmeralp to Fiescheralp (2h30) [email protected] www.fiesch.ch Lunch at a mountain restaurant at the Fiescheralp www.aletscharena.ch

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14.00 One of ’s most beautiful via ferrata is situated in Fiesch-Eggishorn. A via ferrata is a mountain route equipped with fixed cables and ladders wherever necessary. Veteran hill climbers with a good head for heights can enjoy an experience somewhere between mountain hiking and all-out mountaineering. The Eggishorn (2,926 m/9,600 feet above sea level) is the only place from which you can admire the Great Aletsch Glacier in its entire elegance and as you turn around, a perfect 360° panorama is waiting for you

Return back to Riederalp via Fiesch – Mörel

Time at leisure

19.00 Dinner in a local restaurant Taste the famous specialties of the region

Day 3 Individual breakfast at your hotel 7.10.2012 08.00 Time at leisure 14.03 Train transfer to Lucerne 17:00 Arrival in Lucerne

Information Official website of Valais Tourism containing ideas and information about our destinations: www.valais.ch

Pictures of the Valais (free use for press article or travel brochure in connection with the relevant destinations): http://swissimages.orphea.com/index.pgi?UserName=IUSR_VALAIS&PassWord=topshots&firstpagename=viewliasse.pgi&Language=ge&hideframe=0&Submit=Login –

Please indicate the following contact in your article Valais Tourism Rue Pré-Fleuri 6 CH-1951 Sion T. +41 (0)27 327 35 70 F. +41 (0)27 327 35 71 [email protected] www.valais.ch

Insurance is the responsibility of the participants. Program subject to change.

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