Piste 3 at Arosa Lenzerheide

Freeride · 524 m long with 150 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 22° at its steepest, facing NE.

Snow and sun

Piste 3 is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Piste 3

Lifts that reach the top: Hörnli-Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Hörnli (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 87 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

1. Ride Panoramabahn Heidbüel
2. Ski Wasserböden (easy)
3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
4. Ski Obertor (easy)
5. Ride Obertor
6. Ski Älpliweg (easy)
7. Ski Älpliweg, Älpliweg / Schluocht (easy)
8. Ski Heimberg (easy)
9. Ride Heimberg
10. Ski Verbindung Heimberg/Speed (easy)
11. Ski Untere Leons (easy)
12. Ride Motta
13. Ski Motta (easy)
14. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
15. Ski Motta (easy)
16. Ski Verbindung Motta - Caracciolaweg (freeride)
17. Ski Caracciolaweg, Caracciola-Weg (intermediate)
18. Ski Crapera (easy)
19. Ride Rothorn 2
20. Ski Totälpli (intermediate)
21. Ski Skisafari Tschiertschen, Lenzerheid, Arosa (freeride)
22. Ski Alpenblick - Hörnli-Express Tal (intermediate)
23. Ski Carmenna Tal - Hörnli-Express Tal (easy)
24. Ride Hörnli-Express
25. Ski Hörnli Traverse (easy)
26. Ski Mittlere Piste (intermediate)
27. Ski Piste 3 (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Direttisima. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hörnli (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (8 min), Hörnli-Express (9 min).