Day Trip to Arosa plus Chur Altstadt Took a day trip by train to Arosa. It’s an hour away and the train winds through beautiful country and climbs on elevation ton oct 14 The lake at Arosa. … take two gondolas to get to… Here at 2639M or 8658’ in elevation I took one gondola down to a midway point, And walked to Arosa about 30-45 minutes. And saw this old old church …. these little huts on the ski slopes Then, took the train back to Chur There was time to explore old town. Neat architecture, narrow streets and details and paintings on the buildings.