Living close to Switzerland has the advantage, that we can do day trips to the swiss alps all year long. Last December we took advantage of the close proximity and visited the Titlis mountain. The Titlis is part of the Uri Alps and has a height of 3,238 meters (approx. 10,600 ft). From Lucerne, the drive to the Titlis takes about 45-55 minutes.
We started the tour at Engelberg by taking the Gondola up the mountain. Depending on the day, it can be very crowded at the base station as all ski tourist have to take the same gondola. To go up, it took us a total of 90 minutes from base station to the peak. Most of it was waiting time for the next gondola due to the masses of people wanting to go up at the same time. Cost for the ride up can be found here:
https://www.engelberg.ch/en/winter/ski-snowboard/tickets-prices/
Being up on the peak, the view is breathtaking. We were lucky as we had beautiful clear skies with a view going out hundereds of kilometers. We did some skiing which was a lot of fun as there were some snowfalls in the days before our visit.
The trails go from very easy to very advanced and you can ski from the titlis peak at 3,238 meters down to Engelberg at 1,013 meters.
If you get to the area in winter, take the chance and go up the Titlis, even without skiing. It will be a very memorable visit.
Enjoy
Bernd
Bernd's Travel 