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Key facts
| Resort | 1550 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 810-2845 m |
| Lifts | 59 |
| Pistes | 305 km |
| Blue | 20 % |
| Red | 44 % |
| Black | 36 % |
| Snowmaking | 16 km |
| Price index | 110 |
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Package operators
Alpine Answers, Alpine Weekends, Crystal, Crystal Finest, Descent International, Flexiski, Headwater, Independent Ski Links, Inghams, Interhome, Kuoni, Made to Measure, Momentum, Neilson, Oxford Ski Co, Simply Alpine, Ski Freshtracks, Ski Independence, Ski Safari, Ski Solutions, Ski Weekend, Skitracer, Switzerland Travel Centre, White Roc
Davos
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 – from skating to shopping
The downside
- Davos is a huge, city-like place with dreary block-style buildings, plagued by traffic, lacking Alpine and après-ski atmosphere
- Five separate areas of slopes
- Lots of T-bars, and some other inadequate lifts
- 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 – you could say it was the original mega-resort – 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 when choosing a place to stay, for us there is no contest: Klosters has the welcoming, intimate feel of a ski resort, and Davos does not.
News
The Schatzalp/Strela ski area reopened for 2009/10 having been closed since 2002/03. It is served by a funicular from Davos Platz, followed by a chair and a draglift. There are two easy pistes, a link from the Parsenn area and a run down to the valley.
The hotel Morosani Schweizerhof in Davos Platz was fully refurbished to include a new spa and a shopping area.
For 2008/09 snowmaking in the Davos/Klosters area was increased by 15km.
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