Swiss Snowsportschool offers tuition in skiing, snowboarding, Langlauf, and telemark. Fullmoons runs ski and snowboard lessons, day ski-tours in and around Davos, avalanche safety courses and a...
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On the mountain above Davos, Chalet Guggel is a welcoming mountain hut on Jakobshorn with giant daybeds covered with sheep’s fleeces and the best Rosti in the region. Hohenweg has panoramic...
The Parsenn is the largest and the most famous – but not the only – ski area of Davos. Jakobshorn, reached from Davos Platz, is popular with snowboarders. The outlying areas of Pischa and...
This week, winter has turned its attention to South America – and in particular the ski resorts near Santiago in Chile. There, a generally snowy week climaxed with a proper dump at the weekend. Valle...
The Stats Altitude: 1560m Top Lift: 2844m Ski area: 305km of piste Adult lift pass: CHF332 for six days Official Site | Ski Map | Webcam In a Nutshell The town of Davos is no beauty, and its big ski...
In the past, Wengen wasn’t a great place for beginner children because the ski school offered group lessons in the morning or afternoon, with no lunchtime supervision. This made life difficult...
Car-free Wengen is located above the valley town of Lauterbrunnen and can only be reached by rail. The main street stretches from the station to a small collection of accommodation, with more lining...
With a few notable exceptions, the 20 or so restaurants in Wengen are almost all located in hotels and many of them serve just the sort of cheesy local dishes you’d expect to find in the Swiss Alps...
Wengen isn’t the liveliest resort in Switzerland, so if you’re looking for nightlife it would be better to stay in a resort like Verbier, Zermatt or Laax. A reporter summed it up: “The apres-ski is...
Wengen is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful places to ski. Its scenery rates alongside that of Zermatt, Chamonix and Banff Lake Louise as some of the most striking. “One of the most...