| St. Moritz Skiwelt Engadin | | | | In the ski and snowboarding region Davos – |
| In St. Moritz 322 days per year are sunny and warm, | | | | Klosters can be found beautiful resorts like |
| thus being a unique place in Switzerland. | | | | Jakobshorn, Rinerhorn, Parsenn, Madrisa and Pischa. |
| The ski and snowboarding season begins at the end | | | | Davos – Klosters is the region with the best kept |
| of November and ends in May. St. Moritz was | | | | traditions. Many activities take place here durring the |
| officially opened as a ski and nowboarding resort | | | | summer, e.g. tennis and riding contests. The city |
| almost 145 years ago. On St. Moritz surroundings | | | | organizes also political symposiums. |
| there are many beautiful towns that worth visited: | | | | The city of Davos is situated at the highest altitude |
| Celerina, Maloja, Pontresina, Sils/Engadin, Silvasplana, | | | | from Europe. Due to the clean air a tuberculosis |
| St. Moritz and Zuoz. | | | | sanatorium was built here. |
| According to the Swiss magazine “Bilanz”, St. | | | | The two main cities, Davos (1560 m) and Klosters |
| Moris is at the time being the most popular winter | | | | (1194 m) welcome tousands of tourists each year. |
| sports resort, being followed by Zermatt, Gstaad and | | | | The region has 250 m of slides, with 51 modern cable |
| Davos. Apart from the skiing infrastructure, | | | | transport utilities, 5 slides for toboggan run, ski |
| entertainment options, hotels, restaurants and the | | | | schools etc. The tourists come here to enjoy the |
| quality of services were also taken to consideration. | | | | biggest ski slope from Switzerland with its total |
| Today, the city of St. Moritz is well known | | | | length of 14 km. |
| throughout the world. In 1986 the name St. Moritz | | | | Zermatt – Matterhorn |
| become a trade mark for world’s most favourite | | | | The ski and snowboarding region lays at 3900 m. The |
| holiday destination. This enchanting place was the | | | | highest peak is Matterhorn (3885 m), being followed |
| craddle of winter sport of the Alps in 1864. In the | | | | by Rothorn (3403 m), Stockhorn (3405 m) and |
| same year the first travel agency from Switzerland | | | | Gornegrat (3090 m). |
| was opened. | | | | The winter season starts at the end of November |
| In St. Moritz took place the first curling, figure | | | | and ends in May, buy the iceberg (wich is one of the |
| skating, golf, snowboard, and bob contests durring | | | | attraction points of the region) is covered in snow |
| 1880 – 1890. The first ski school was opened | | | | the whole year. There are 195 km slopes. The region |
| here in 1929. Another reason for having the name of | | | | Zermatt is linked to Breuil – Cervinia (Italy) |
| St. Moritz well placed in mind is the opening of the | | | | forming the extended region “Zermatt |
| first Palace Hotel in world (1896). | | | | International”, with 400 km slopes overall. |
| The regions St. Moritz and Engadin were declaired by | | | | Zermatt (at 1620 m) is closed for traffic, but tourists |
| ADAC Sky Guide the best winter resort for five | | | | may live their cars in Tasch or in Visp and from here |
| types of skiing in 2003. On the second place, only a | | | | they can contine the journey by train. To Visp it |
| few points away, was placed the region Davos – | | | | takes only an hour by train and to Tasch only ten |
| Kloster. | | | | minutes. |
| In 2003 Alpine World Ski Championship took place in | | | | The longest slope in Zermatt measures 17 km with a |
| St. Moritz. | | | | diffrence of altitude of 2200 m. |
| Davos – Kloster | | | | |