48a at Aletsch Arena
Easy · 1145 m long with 128 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 21° at its steepest, facing SW.
21°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1145 mlength
128 mvertical
2300 mtop elevation
SWfaces
Snow and sun
48a is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.
How to get to 48a
Lifts that reach the top: Laxeralp 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Flesch (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bettmeralp - Bettmerhorn (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Fiescheralp - Eggishorn (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 62 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Mörel - Ried Mörel
- Ride Ried Mörel - Riederalp
- Hike Winterwanderweg Moosfluh–Riederalp (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Hohfluh
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Hike Winterwanderweg Moosfluh–Riederalp (easy)
- Hike unnamed easy hike path (easy)
- Hike Winterwanderweg Moosfluh–Riederalp (easy)
- Ski Blausee (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Läger I
- Ski Bettmersee (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Bettmeralp-Schönbiel
- Ski Bättmerhitta (easy)
- Ski 48 (easy)
- Ride Laxeralp 2
- Ski Panorama Bärgeralpa (easy)
- Ski 48a (easy)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bättmer-Hitta (1 min), Wurzenbord (5 min), Bettmeralp-Schönbiel (5 min).
See 48a on the 3D mapAll runs at Aletsch ArenaMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.