St Moritz Experience

The playground of the rich – but why?

Advantages: being St,. Moritz
Disadvantages: slopes severly overcrowded

We skied in St. Moritz for a day while staying in the much cheaper Livigno in Italy, from where you can book day excursions to St. Moritz. Be careful to purchase the right lift pass in Livigno, which will allow you a discount on the expensive day pass in St. Moritz. I would recommend skiing in St. Moritz just for the experience and the sake of having been there. There is a good variety of runs, mainly suited to the upper intermeidate skier (and above). ...
...the whole, but the skiing experience is severely marred by the fact that most slopes in St. Moritz are totally over-crowded, and therefore very accident-prone. You can see some skiers in expensive outfits taking private lessons in order to progress from their snowplough turns. Be sure to stock up on your Swiss chocolates in the supermarket on the left, as you come out of the cable car and allow some time for walking through the village and having ...

MatrixTraveller 12.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of St Moritz/Celerina

A Very Private Xmas Eve (Scuol)

Advantages: Scenery, skiing, EVERYTHING.....
Disadvantages: Can get snowbound by road....CHECK!!!!!

...we began to drive to St Moritz (about 20-25 miles on a good road) and the snow began to fall with a vengeance. We had to turn back, it was a blizzard. We retreated into the house, ate a little and waited. The snow was hardly more than spindrift by the time twilight crept in upon us. We decided to venture out, into a completely private winter wonderland. There were no tourists, most of the locals were taking their annual holiday. Everything was fresh, ...

mechanima 12.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of St Moritz (Switzerland)