Zwischenberken

Zwischenberken (ᚶᚹᛁᛮᛂᚾᛒᛂᛡᚦᛂᚾ) is a in Tarmory, part of the Zusian Empire. It is famous as the home of an internationally renowned ski resort, and its ski season lasts from mid October to early May. During these months it is frequented heavily by a middle- and upper-class clientele from across Zusea and abroad. Zwischenberken's close proximity to the Delborn metropolitan area makes it relatively accessible despite its mountainous location.

The village center is mostly car-free and made of up-market shops and cafés.

Etymology
The town's name roughly translates as "between mountains," or "intermountain." The name derives from its location between two peaks of the Salt Mountains: the Petzhorn and the Hartenhorn.

Tourism
Zwischenberken is one of the largest ski regions in Amphia. With around 10,000 hotel and guest house beds, the village and its neighbors have an unusually high density of guest accommodation.

Holidaymakers in Zwischenberken have available to them 56 cableway and lift facilities and 168 kilometers of slopes, as well as 40 kilometers of groomed cross-country skiing tracks. The local resort boasts the relatively new 3S Cable Car, which has the highest above-ground span in the world.

In summer there are 120 km (75 mi) of mountain bike paths and 500 km (311 mi) of hiking trails.

Other attractions include six tennis courts and four golf courses, the local bathhouse (Badhaus), a curling hall, and the bathing lake of Harsee.

Zwischenberken primarily caters to the high end of the tourist market, including many celebrities, especially during the international races on the Hartenhorn.

Together with eleven other towns, Zwischenberken is a member of the community Salt Mountain Best (Salzbergen-Besta). WiSchi, the town's main ski lift operator, has defended the title of “World's Best Ski Resort Company” seven consecutive times at the World Ski Awards.