Meiringen-Frutt-Titlis Connection Study Switzerland

Ecosign prepared an ambitious proposal to connect Engelberg-Titlis, Melchsee-Frutt, and Hasliberg in Switzerland, creating the Schnee Paradies ski circus. This integration, featuring new lifts and a tramway, aimed to expand the skiable area to 210 km, enhancing regional tourism.

In 2003, Ecosign carried out a Technical Feasibility Study that recommended connecting three existing ski areas in Switzerland's Berner Highlands. Ecosign recommended connecting Engelberg-Titlis and Melchsee-Frutt in Obwalden, and Hasliberg in the Berner Highlands to form of one of the largest ski circuses in the Alps. Known as the Schnee Paradies Hasliberg-Titlis Connection, the ski circus would cover 210 km of ski trails.

In the study, Ecosign recommended that the four companies of Bergbahnen Engleberg-Trübsee Titlis AG, Sportbahnen Melchsee-Frutt, Sportbahnen Hasliberg-Käserstatt AG, and Meiringen-Hasliberg-Bahnen AG connect their ski areas together using chair lifts via eight new chair lifts, one tramway, and investments totaling SFr 59 million. The ski areas of Melschsee-Frutt and Meiringen Hasliberg would also require the building of a tramway to compensate for extremely steep terrain separating the two ski zones. Ecosign believed that this connection could be completed in a seven to 10-year period, and that all the companies involved would profit from this arrangement. To date this project has not been realized.