Davos

Search our large inventory of discount ski resort hotels in Davos

Davos is a spa town that has a life beyond skiing. Each winter it receives worldwide exposure when global movers and shakers, along with a small army of protesters, gather for the World Economic Forum. While the world leaders are airing their predictions in the conference centre, skiers and riders are just as importantly engaged on the mighty mountain above. The Parsenn is the largest and the most famous - but not the only - ski area. Jakobshorn, reached from Davos Platz, is the popular with snowboarders. It has two half-pipes, a snowcross course, and night-riding. The outlying areas of Pischa and Rinerhorn are both worth visiting when the Parsenn is crowded during peak weeks of the season. However, the Parsenn is the main course. Take the recently-rebuilt first stage of the Parsennbahn funicular from Davos Dorf, followed by the six-person chair to the Weissfluhjoch for the start of the first run of the day. The alternative slow second stage of the train has yet to be refurbished and should be avoided. From Weissfluhjoch a short cable-car also takes you up a further 180m vertical to the 2844m Weissfluhgipfel, the highest point in the area. A network of lifts and mainly intermediate runs stretches across the mountainside to Klosters. All the...