“Skiing in Switzerland” Awesome Video. Skiing Resorts / Most Adventurous Skiing in the Alps, Switzerland.
Switzerland is a mountainous Central European country, home to numerous lakes, villages and the high peaks of the Alps. Its cities contain medieval quarters, with landmarks like capital Bern’s Zytglogge clock tower and Lucerne’s wooden chapel bridge. The country is also known for its ski resorts and hiking trails. Banking and finance are key industries, and Swiss watches and chocolate are world renowned.
The Alps are Switzerland's outdoor playground and it's no secret that this small country is home to an amazing choice of ski resorts
Switzerland's skiing is concentrated in several distinct regions. Easiest to reach are the Vaud and Valais resorts in the south-west - Villars, Crans-Montana, Leukerbad, Nendaz, Saas-Fee, Verbier,and Zermatt - that line along the Rhone valley from Lake Geneva towards central Switzerland. To the north of the Bernese Oberland, the vast mountain massif that divides the north of the country from the south, are the Jungfrau region's Grindelwald, Wengen and Murren and plenty of other less well-known resorts such as Adelboden and Meiringen in Haslital. Graubűnden in the east is Switzerland's biggest holiday destination and home to big names such as Davos and St Moritz and many lesser known gems including Arosa, Disentis, Klosters, Laax, Lenzerheide, Pontresina, Samnaun and Savognin.
Much of the skiing throughout Switzerland features big vertical from top to bottom, often accessed by huge cable cars, making for a very different ski experience from the ranks of modern multi-seater chairlifts that criss-cross the slopes of big ski areas elsewhere, with their rapid lapping of medium-length terrain. Even where substantial investment has taken place, such as the enormous improvement in uplift and ski area connections in Zermatt, the raw material remains unchanged and unmatched: mountains like the Matterhorn, the Eiger and Jungfrau, and the glaciers and peaks around Saas Fee, still have their backdrop of little red trains winding through quaint villages.
Most relevant to dedicated skiers is the average altitude of the country's ski slopes. Switzerland's ski resorts are high and relatively snow-sure, with plenty of glacier skiing; though Switzerland can't claim immunity from snow-drought, it would be a particularly unenterprising skier who failed to find good snow conditions to slide on at any point during the long season.
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