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Derby at Aletsch Arena

Intermediate · 959 m long with 274 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 25° at its steepest, facing S.

25°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
959 mlength
274 mvertical
2403 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Derby is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Derby

Lifts that reach the top: Bettmeralp - Bettmerhorn (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 49 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mörel - Ried Mörel
  2. Ride Ried Mörel - Riederalp
  3. Hike Winterwanderweg Moosfluh–Riederalp (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Chlännerbodu (intermediate)
  6. Ride Hohfluh
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski Schwärischbodu (intermediate)
  9. Ski Moosfluh (intermediate)
  10. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  11. Ski Chlännerbodu (intermediate)
  12. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  13. Ride Gletscherbahn Moosfluh
  14. Ski Biel (intermediate)
  15. Ski 31 (intermediate)
  16. Ski Aletsch 2 (intermediate)
  17. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  18. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  19. Ride Bettmeralp - Bettmerhorn
  20. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  21. Ski Hohbalm (intermediate)
  22. Ski Derby (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wurzenbord (3 min), Bettmeralp-Schönbiel (3 min), Bettmeralp - Bettmerhorn (4 min).

See Derby on the 3D mapAll runs at Aletsch Arena
Measured 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.