Skilifte Brunni-Haggenegg AG — Attraction in Alpthal

The good thing about Brunni is that it's close to Zurich (40 min drive) and has 2 magic carpets for total beginners and an easy t-bar for beginners. In addition, it has a few t-bars plus a small cable car. It's quite low, so snow quality is typically not great. It's also the most customer unfriendly resort I've ever been to. The Haggenegg t-bar had no one to help children and beginners get on, which made it very difficult to ski with smaller children. You can buy tickets online, but then you can't just pick them up at any cashier, you have to go to a very specific one, so in the end it's better not to buy them online, as you save no waiting time and no contact. Unlike many other resorts, the parking is not free and they are gleefully distributing fines for all cars that exceeded their time limit or didn't notice that...

Manage your expectations - this is not a world class ski resort. As a small ski resort for beginners or children, this place is excellent. It is well run, the ski school - where you can drop in for classes, no reservation, at 10:00 or 14:00 - works very well. They have good facilities for the classes and all instructors I have used for my children have been kind, patient and well versed in teaching the little ones while keeping them entertained. The slopes are not big deal as they are not that long or high, but they are kept in good working order. It is a very family oriented place and priced accordingly to a small, not very popular ski resort. I always recommend it...

To be clear: this season is definitely not the best for skiing, therefore one could not expect much from the resort. But in any case, I believe it is a good enough skiing place for children to learn (in a course); for adults, about the few pistes that were open, they were okay-ish - maybe there are good ones and I simply could not access them...