Monday, February 18, 2008

Davos, Switzerland

Known famously for the World Economic Forum, Davos offers a lot of different terrain for snowboarders and skiers. If you are counting on Snow N Rail you will pay less then 85chf coming from Zurich (assuming you have a halbtax card). Plan on transferring at Landquart and your voucher will be good at the three Davos mountains as well as all three at Klosters.

For a description of the variety at Davos click here, but you'll want to spend most of your time on Jakobshorn or Parsenn (access from Davos Dorf). On Jakobshorn you can't help but notice all of the paragliders heading off the mountain. You'll see paragliders, paraglide skiers and even hang gliders launching right next to a restaurants. Jakobshorn two mid mountain restaurants have decent food, but really make up for it with unreal scenery and comfy seating to watch the skiing and surroundings.

You can find rental equipment at any of the train stations very easily, look for a Swiss Sport or Intersport.

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