Classic Skiing: Klosters
If you live in Switzerland, you’ll already know what a great place Klosters is.
It has two major ski areas, Madrisa and Parsenn.
Parsenn is linked to the sister resort of Davos (Home of the annual economic forum) and this opens up a great ski area.
Klosters/Davos even has the longest run in Europe, over 13km (8 miles) and it takes you past lots of places like the huts above that are full of character.
There’ll be many photo opportunities, where you can capture the old world charm of skiing, rather than the modern hustle and bustle.
The village (town?) itself is delightful too, with many old family run restaurants, in fact that’s something you’ll find in most of the established Swiss resorts.
The Madrisa runs are on the sunny side of town, and if there is little snow some runs tend to suffer. But it’s a great place to start children skiing, and the ski school is second to none.
It’s hard to sum up what makes Klosters so ideal, but as the British Royal family keep coming back, there must be something right about it.
It’s about 90 minutes from Zürich by train or car, and the red Rhätische Bahn trains from Chur are a personal favourite.
Photo: 5-points
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BTW – Actually there several more Ski areas in Davos besides the Parsenn and Madrisa – On the same side of the valley as Madrisa there are Pischa, Jakobshorn and Rinerhorn. (And the old timers remember skiing over Strela pass down to Schatzalp, alas the Strela cable car no longer is in service).
Lastly, thanks for using my photo, but I would have preferred if you would have asked permision.
Yes, I’ve spent time skiing at Pischa and Jakobshorn, but never Rinerhorn. I’d never heard of the Strela cable car though, so thanks for that.
As for the photo, I always search with the creative commons option set, but I must have forgotten to scroll down to check on this occassion. So please accept my apologies. I hope you don’t mind too much, it’s a great photo! If you’d like me to remove it please let me know. We take copyright very seriously.