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The slopes

  • Extent 5 out of 5
  • Fast lifts 3 out of 5
  • Snow 4 out of 5
  • Queues 3 out of 5
  • Terrain p'ks 4 out of 5
  • Expert 4 out of 5
  • Intermediate 5 out of 5
  • Beginner 2 out of 5
  • Boarder 5 out of 5
  • X-country 5 out of 5
  • Restaurants 3 out of 5
  • Schools 3 out of 5
  • Families 2 out of 5

The resort

  • Resort charm 2 out of 5
  • Convenience 2 out of 5
  • Scenery 4 out of 5
  • Eating out 3 out of 5
  • Apres ski 3 out of 5
  • Off-slope 5 out of 5

Piste maps

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Key facts covers:

  • Davos-Klosters

Key facts

Resort1550 m
Slopes810-2845 m
Lifts59
Pistes305 km
Blue20 %
Red44 %
Black36 %
Snowmaking16 km
Price index130

Linked resorts

Package operators

Alpine Answers, Alpine Weekends, Carrier, Crystal, Crystal Finest, Flexiski, Headwater, Inghams, Luxury Chalet Collection, Momentum, Neilson, Oxford Ski Co, PowderBeds, Ski Club Freshtracks, Ski Safari, Ski Solutions, Ski Weekend, Skitracer, Swiss Travel Service, Switzerland Travel Centre, White Roc

Davos

Switzerland

DavosPlatz

The upside

  • Very extensive slopes
  • Some superb, long, and mostly easy pistes away from the lifts, with trains to bring you back to base
  • Lots of accessible off-piste terrain, with several marked itineraries
  • Good cross-country trails
  • Plenty to do off the slopes

The downside

  • Davos is a huge, busy place with dreary block-style buildings, lacking ski-resort atmosphere
  • Five separate areas of slopes
  • Lots of T-bars on outlying mountains
  • The only piste back to town from the main Parsenn area is a black

Latest user reviews

Went to Davos for a long weekend with a large (15+)…

Alex Penney 19 Oct 2007 

Short (3 day) visit March 17-20 2007, couple plus third…

Mark Otway 21 Mar 2007 

Davos is a great skiing area for good intermediates…

Bart De Bruyn, Antwerp, Belgium 20 Mar 2007 

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Summary

One of your editors learned to ski in Davos, so it has a special place in our affections. Many return visits have confirmed the appeal of its slopes, which are both distinctive and extensive and have revealed its considerable off-piste potential. But the town/city (it could never be called a village) does not get any easier to like. Davos may be the more convenient base for access to most of the mountains it shares with Klosters, but Klosters has the welcoming, intimate feel of a ski resort, and Davos does not.

News – this season 2011/12

On Jakobshorn, the Brämabüel draglift up from Jschalp is to be replaced by a high-speed quad – the small mountain’s fifth fast chair.

News – last season

The second stage of the Parsenn funicular from mid-mountain to Weissfluhjoch was upgraded and now goes much more quickly.

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