Alpthal is a village and municipality in Schwyz District in the
Canton of Schwyz 
in
Switzerland 
. Besides the village of Alpthal, the municipality includes the ski resort of
Brunni, and settlement of
Eigen.
History
Alpthal is first mentioned in 1018 as
Albetal. A branch of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route connected
Einsiedeln 
with Schwyz via Alpthal and the Haggenegg.
Winter tourism first came to Alpthal in 1950, with the opening of the cable car from Brunni to the Holzegg. Brunni acquired its first ski lift in 1964, and the Brunni-Haggenegg ski area was commissioned in 1974.