Skiing in February
Oct 16th, 2011, 03:14 PM
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Skiing in February
My husband and I are thinking about spending a week in the Swiss Alps skiing in February of 2011 We'd like to go to Switzerland, just because it's a new country for both of us (plus we like fondue!). We're intermediate skiers and would prefer a place that we could be completely car-less. We're looking for a lot of atmosphere, good food, and something that's not a "scene." Suggestions?
Oct 16th, 2011, 09:47 PM
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Hi alisaAAm,
I'd recommend Wengen, in the Jungfrau region. The big scene in Wengen is in mid-January when it hosts an international ski race; the rest of the winter, it's pretty mellow.
Even more remote would be Mürren.
I personally don't much care for Zermatt. It is pretty crowded, with tourists, skiers, and even over-crowded with buildings. It has so much ski trade, in fact, that the hotels normally refuse anyone who isn't staying for a full week during the season. I would think it is that "scene" that you were hoping to avoid.
More information on Wengen & Mürren at:
www.myjungfrau.ch
www.jungfrau.ch
Have fun!
s
I'd recommend Wengen, in the Jungfrau region. The big scene in Wengen is in mid-January when it hosts an international ski race; the rest of the winter, it's pretty mellow.
Even more remote would be Mürren.
I personally don't much care for Zermatt. It is pretty crowded, with tourists, skiers, and even over-crowded with buildings. It has so much ski trade, in fact, that the hotels normally refuse anyone who isn't staying for a full week during the season. I would think it is that "scene" that you were hoping to avoid.
More information on Wengen & Mürren at:
www.myjungfrau.ch
www.jungfrau.ch
Have fun!
s
Oct 17th, 2011, 01:23 AM
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You can be completely car-less in basically every ski town/village in Switzerland. Ski buses run frequently and take you around conveniently (plus are included in ski pass, sometimes even free without ski pass).
Wengen is a good place for intermediate skiers. Adelboden is also very nice, has IMO even more atmosphere.
In Graubünden: Klosters is very good. Scuol is excellent, you can do train trips for cheap money to other ski areas like Davos/Klosters and St. Moritz/Upper Engadine (day ski pass of the respective other ski area plus CHF 1 for the train ride).
Wengen is a good place for intermediate skiers. Adelboden is also very nice, has IMO even more atmosphere.
In Graubünden: Klosters is very good. Scuol is excellent, you can do train trips for cheap money to other ski areas like Davos/Klosters and St. Moritz/Upper Engadine (day ski pass of the respective other ski area plus CHF 1 for the train ride).
Oct 18th, 2011, 05:05 AM
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From the information you've given, I don't think you can do much better than Wengen. It's car-free, easily reachable from Zurich on the train(s), and has lots of slopes for intermediates, both the slopes immediately accessible from Wengen and also at the First slopes on the other side of the valley from Grindelwald. You'll have fantastic scenery, and if you find you don't want to ski every day, your ski pass will allow you to take any of the various ski trams, trains, and buses to other locales in the Jungfrau region, including the famous revolving restaurant at Piz Gloria, above Murren (and also as far in the other direction to the considerably less-interesting town of Interlaken). For a bit more money, you can take the train through the Eiger up to the Jungfraujoch.
We've skied the Alps each year for the last 13 years. The Jungfrau Region was our first, and remains one of our favorite, destinations.
We've skied the Alps each year for the last 13 years. The Jungfrau Region was our first, and remains one of our favorite, destinations.
Oct 18th, 2011, 01:45 PM
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If that's where you're headed, before you go rent the James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," which was shot around Murren and particularly at Piz Gloria, which was used as Telly Savalas' mountaintop hideout. Also, the Clint Eastwood movie "The Eiger Sanction" was shot on location around Kleine Scheidegg and you'll recognize many of the locales from the movie when you get there.
