St Moritz, Switzerland

Once in your Life with Christophe and Marco

St Moritz ... You Need to do it once ...five star hotels, Michelin starred restaurants, designer boutiques, and high class apres-ski... this is St. Moritz.

Set high in Switzerland’s Engadin Valley, close to the Italian border, St. Moritz has been a winter sports destination since 1866. It is famous for five-star hotels, designer boutiques, Michelin-starred restaurants and an unmistakable air of luxury, but don't make the mistake of thinking this is simply a place to see and be seen. Beneath the glamour is some seriously good skiing, spectacular high-Alpine terrain and an impressive range of winter adventures.

St. Moritz has hosted two Winter Olympics and multiple Alpine Ski World Championships, and the surrounding valley offers skiing for beginners, intermediates and experts. Add in bobsledding on the legendary Cresta Run, ice hockey, ice polo and even ice cricket on the frozen lake, and it becomes clear why St. Moritz is one of the world's great winter destinations.

Christophe

But perhaps what makes St. Moritz most interesting is the contrast. As Christoph Steck, co-founder of Passion Ski and a longtime St. Moritz resident, explains, the resort can feel like a city during the height of winter, with people arriving from around the world, while the mountains and nature remain right outside the door. Then, when the visitors leave, the valley becomes quiet again and the locals get the mountains back to themselves. That combination of sophisticated luxury and rugged Alpine nature is central to the St. Moritz experience.

Skiing in St. Moritz: Choose Your Adventure

The St. Moritz area has ten ski areas, but three are particularly important for visitors: Corviglia, Corvatsch and Diavolezza. Each has a distinct personality, which means choosing where to ski can be almost as much fun as skiing itself.

Corviglia is the closest and largest of the three and rises directly above St. Moritz. You can reach it from town by tram, train and other lifts, making it exceptionally convenient. It also offers terrain for every ability level, from beginners to experts. For many skiers, the best way to experience Corviglia is to get up early. One of the local guides describes taking the first train at 7:45 a.m., reaching the mountain before sunrise and watching the first light turn the snow pink and red. At that hour, the slopes can be almost empty, with cold, crystal-clear air and beautifully groomed snow. It's the kind of start to a ski day that makes you remember why you came to the Alps in the first place. Corviglia is also known as the sunny side of skiing in St. Moritz. The slopes tend to be broad, well groomed and relatively comfortable, and the mountain has an excellent selection of restaurants. For skiers who enjoy combining good skiing with a long lunch and a little Alpine indulgence, Corviglia is difficult to beat.

Corvatsch: Colder, More Challenging and Fantastic Late in the Season

If Corviglia is the pleasure mountain, Corvatsch is where things get a little more serious.

Located approximately 10 to 15 minutes from the center of St. Moritz by bus, Corvatsch offers more challenging terrain and faces north. That orientation means it receives less sun and can be considerably colder during December and January. For skiers visiting later in the season, however, that is a huge advantage. Because the north-facing slopes stay protected from the strongest spring sunshine, Corvatsch can retain excellent snow well into March and April. While Corviglia may begin to feel heavy and slushy toward the end of March, Corvatsch can still be delivering fantastic conditions. The local guides describe April as a particularly rewarding time, with snow sometimes arriving just when everyone else has decided that winter is finished.

That makes St. Moritz skiing in March and April particularly attractive. The days are longer, temperatures are more comfortable and the snowpack can be excellent. In fact, one of the guides recalls having some of his best skiing days at the end of April.

The Hidden Pleasures of a St. Moritz Ski Day

The skiing is only part of the experience. St. Moritz has an extraordinary mountain dining scene, and the choices range from glamorous to wonderfully traditional. One of the more exclusive options is Paradiso, a high-end mountain restaurant associated with a famous hotel and offering an experience that goes well beyond lunch. For something more relaxed, the guides recommend Klavadatsch, a cozy Alpine hut tucked into the forest where you can enjoy fondue and traditional Swiss food beside a fireplace. The fact that you have to make a little effort to find it is part of the appeal.

Another option is to ski from Corvatsch all the way down toward St. Moritz, stopping at the Hanensee restaurant for homemade blueberry cake and a cappuccino. That sounds like a pretty good definition of a successful ski vacation.

For the truly adventurous, the guides have an even more spectacular idea: start at sunrise on Corviglia, ski for an hour while the mountain is almost empty, then take a helicopter flight over the high peaks, including Piz Bernina, before landing near Corvatsch and skiing for the rest of the day. It is not exactly the budget option, but it certainly qualifies as a “once in your life” Alpine experience.

Diavolezza: The Wild Side of St. Moritz

Then there is Diavolezza, near the Italian border. This is where the experience becomes much more dramatic. The mountain offers spectacular views of glaciers and peaks including Piz Palü and Piz Bernina, and it provides excellent opportunities for ski touring. The landscape feels much more remote and wild than the polished image of St. Moritz might suggest. You can also try full-moon skiing. Once a month, skiers can descend Diavolezza at night using only the light of the moon and stars. This isn't a tiny illuminated beginner slope. The route drops roughly 1,000 meters, from around 3,000 meters down to approximately 2,000 meters. The guides describe the experience as surreal, almost like being in a dream.

There's More Powder Than You Might Expect

St. Moritz isn't generally regarded as one of Europe's great freeride hotspots in the same way as Chamonix or Verbier. Surprisingly, that can be a major advantage, because so many visitors come to St. Moritz for the comfortable, luxurious side of the experience, the off-piste terrain can be considerably less crowded. Local guides can often find fresh snow even several days after a storm, and the enormous variety of terrain throughout the Engadin Valley means there is usually somewhere worth exploring.

That terrain ranges from relatively gentle ski tours for people learning the basics to demanding glacier routes requiring crampons, ropes and professional mountain guides. Safety is taken seriously. Guides complete annual backcountry and avalanche training and must maintain the qualifications required to take guests into off-piste terrain.

What Happens When It Really Snows?

St. Moritz sits high in the Engadin Valley, and much of the skiing is above treeline. When a major storm arrives, that can create some serious challenges. On rare occasions, the valley can receive enormous amounts of snow in a very short period, closing roads, trains and ski areas because of avalanche danger. But smaller storms can produce fantastic skiing. When visibility becomes poor, the local guides have a favorite solution: Maloja, at the end of the valley toward Italy. It's a relatively modest ski area with a T-bar and forested terrain, but that's precisely what makes it so useful. The trees provide depth perception when visibility disappears, and strong skiers can spend the day repeatedly lapping the steep forest terrain.

March May Be the Sweet Spot

If you're planning a St. Moritz ski holiday, March may be the ideal month. While December and January can be cold, March brings longer days and more comfortable temperatures. The high elevation helps preserve the snow, and the north-facing terrain of Corvatsch can remain excellent well into spring. The guides even recall exceptional powder in May, when a late storm delivered around a meter of fresh snow and virtually nobody else was on the mountain.

St. Moritz After the Skiing

St. Moritz has an extraordinary collection of luxury hotels, boutiques, restaurants and cafés, but it isn't exclusively for people carrying a platinum credit card. The town offers everything from simple burgers and street food to traditional Swiss cafés and extravagant afternoon tea at the Palace. For something traditional, the guides recommend Hanselmann, a historic café popular with local families. And for après-ski, there are places such as Hausers where you can grab a drink and enjoy some live music, although the guides point out that St. Moritz's après culture is somewhat more restrained than what you'll find in Austria or some other major European ski resorts.

And perhaps that's fitting.

Its appeal is the combination of extraordinary scenery, excellent skiing, sophisticated hospitality and genuine Alpine adventure. You can ski perfectly groomed pistes in the morning, explore untouched snow with a mountain guide in the afternoon, have fondue in a hidden hut and finish the day with dinner in one of Switzerland's most famous resort towns.

My Favs

• Best Restaurant – if we are really going there then Da Vittorio

• Best Pizza – La_Stalla_Ristorante

• Best Apres - Paradiso at Badrutts Palace or Roo Bar at Hauser

• Best Run- Suvretta Cante

• Find Chistoph and Marco - ⁠PassionSki

Episode Transcript

Welcome to Where to Ski with me, your host, John Morgan. Today, we're in Switzerland, high in the upper Egadim, in the Italian border. That's right, we're in St. Moritz.

Grab your skis, let's dive into the world of skiing in St. Moritz. St. Moritz is known for five-star hotels, Michelin-starred restaurants, designer boutiques, and some high-class opera skiing. But it also has some of Europe's most amazing skiing.

Home to Winter Olympics, multiple Alpine Ski World Championships, there's some real skiing here in St. Moritz. Past the skiing, there's bobsledding on the legendary Cresta Run, ice hockey, ice polo, ice plunges, and even ice cricket on the lake. There's always something going on in St. Moritz.

St. Moritz is located in southeast Switzerland, straight south of Zurich, only three hours by train from Zurich and from Milan. This place has been a winter sports destination since 1866. There are two parts of town, the main town itself, St. Moritz, and St. Moritz Bad, down by the lake.

Of the ten ski areas in the valley, we'll focus on the main three areas, Corviglia, Carvacce, and Die Vosella, all of which are recognized for the excellence of their lifts, both on- and off-piste skiing. Corviglia, with its 163 runs for all ability levels, is the closest and biggest area. It's accessible by the Signal Tram, a train, and other ski lifts directly from town.

Carvacce, which is slightly smaller, with 120 runs, is a bit to the south and has more advanced terrain. Die Vosella has 45 intermediate and expert runs, and it's farthest away, oh, about 15 minutes, down near the Italian border. My guests today live, work, and ski in St. Moritz.

Christoph Steck is a skier, mountaineer, and a climber, but also an experienced chef, wine and food amateur, and a successful entrepreneur. In 2010, he co-founded Passion Ski to bring his passion for the region to guests from all over the world. Marco Valls developed a deep love for skiing and surfing and has guided for over 10 years in the Andean region.

He studied and now teaches health and wellness. But let's talk to Christoph and Marco to find out more. Christoph, Marco, welcome to Where to Ski, and thanks for joining us today.

Entering St. Moritz, you can just tell it's a very special place, different from other ski towns. What's it like living and working in perhaps the best-known resort on the planet? Yeah, I would say it feels good to be in such a good place because we have everything around, you know. We have the perfect nature on the other side.

We have like a city in the peak season where the whole world is here around and looking to do great stuff. And we can just do that with them. We can show them everything and it's a very nice feeling to be able to do all these kind of things.

On the other side, I really appreciate also when the people go away again and we can enjoy the nature for ourselves. And this contrast is actually amazing. So it's a very much of a contrast when it's busy, it's busy, but then you get the town and the mountains to yourself during the off-seasons.

Speaking of the contrast, it's really like you can find all the luxury you want. Everything, what your heart desires, you can get here or somebody will organize it. And on the other hand, we have the rough nature, which is also very beautiful.

It was also a bit demanding sometimes. But it's exactly this contrast I believe we like up here so much. We have the clean air, we have the clean water and quite a good lifestyle.

Yeah, it's brilliant. That sounds awesome. We'll get back to town shortly and get into a little more detail about what town's like.

But let's talk about the skiing. Each of the ski areas there are very different in character. So perhaps we talk about it separately unless you want to bring them together.

But I was thinking let's start with Curviglia and what it's like skiing there. It really sort of towers right over the town. You can get the tram or the train to go right out of town to go skiing.

And there's some really wide open, it's high, so there's wide open areas for skiing. And it's really skiing for everybody. There's expert, there's a lot of intermediate, there's beginner.

So there's a lot to talk about here. There is a lot to talk about. The thing is, I can give you a story.

You wake up in the morning, then you have a nice coffee and you just walk over to the station. You go up with the first train at 7.45 and then the sun has not even risen. So you go to the peak of the mountain and then you have the sunrise.

And then it's like everything, the snow is red and the air is cold and crystal clear. And you have like a perfect white carpet snow. It's just unbelievable how good it is on the slopes early mornings.

Nobody is up there. You can enjoy yourself. You get some time for yourself to have fun.

Just enjoy your holiday or whatever reason you came here. It's absolutely brilliant. Then for lunch, we have some really nice restaurants where you can go for a lunch.

And then maybe to up the ski or do some other stuff. And that's great. We have really good slopes for beginners and for intermediates, but also for professionals.

It's a ton of fun to slam down these slopes. Does the mountain ski with the sun? So you ski certain parts of the day so that you can stay in the sun? We have a different kind of ski resort. Corvilla, for example, is really on the sunny side of the mountains.

So it's really like, let's say, the pleasure mountains. You always have the sun from morning until the afternoon. The slopes are maybe a bit easier.

They're very large, very perfectly prepared. We find that Corvilla is a better restaurant than any other ski resort. So it's really about the pleasure.

Corvilla offers what all the people are looking for during the holiday. They like comfort. They like pleasure.

They like fun. And this, I would say, this is really the Corvilla, the sunny side of the skiing. And on the other side, you have the other ski resort, which offers also a lot of nice things.

But it's really different. And I would say this is actually really nice because we can offer to our guests different sides of skiing. You know, do you like to have a comfortable day? We're going more to Corvilla.

You like a bit more challenging? We maybe move to Corvach. And you like a bit more wild skiing? Then we will move to Diavolezza. And I would say this makes our job a bit easier because we really have the perfect structure around us to help our customer to feel well.

So you really temper the skiing in San Mares more around the expectations of the skier. So the experts you take over to Corvach to start with. But the intermediates, the beginners, the people who want to just have a good day will stay pretty much in Corvilla.

Yeah, we can say it this way. You will find a good time also for an intermediate skier at Corvach. And you also will find some good things to do at Corvilla with an expert skier.

We know, you know, as an off-piste guide, we really know also some nice off-piste to do at Corvilla, which makes it challenging for everybody, even for ourselves. But you say it the right way. We can resume in this way.

Corvilla offers really this pleasure and Corvach a bit more challenge. And Diavolezza La Galpa, I would say, to resume its wildness and nature. On Corviglia, what's the best place on the mountain to have lunch? I know there's a lot of places, but what's your favorite? I think here we could fight.

There's many good restaurants and also some very special, special restaurants. I would say the last one just opened again last year. It's Paradiso, it's the most famous hotel over the world, I guess.

They are in charge of this restaurant and they make a very, very special service. So everything is perfect around. They offer also like a club, so you can just go there if you're part of the club and you pay a special fee to get in.

Let's say it's very, it's not for everybody, but it's really, the place is amazing. And they really try to make everything very special. They organize different events, even in the evening, because you can reach the place even in the evening with a chairlift and with some special snow machine.

Let's say Paradiso is definitely the special place in the ski resort of Karelia. If it's the best, I guess we could fight. Marco, what do you think? Best place to grab a coffee or lunch? I think I have a little secret spot for you.

It's called Klavadatsch. It's a little alpine hut. It's very cozy.

They have like a fireplace inside. You can have fondue and all the good Swiss food. And it's a bit hidden in the forest.

And I believe it's like really nice because it's usually, it's not crowded and the people are friendly. And you have to get off the slope and find it a little bit. It's a challenge.

It's a bit of a challenge, yeah. You guys are talking about Kovacs. And just sort of to let everyone know, Kovacs is about 10 minutes from the center of town, probably.

The best way to get there is by bus. Yeah, that's more or less 10 minutes. Yeah, 10 to 15 minutes.

And the best way to get there from town is by bus or is there a train? How does that work? Yes, we have a very good public transportation system in Switzerland in general. So, it's very safe and all the people, they use it. The advantage is if you take the bus, you can ski in Kovacs and then you can ski all the way back down to St. Moritz again.

So, otherwise, if you go by car, the car will be stuck in Surlei. So, you can really experience a fantastic slope all the way down the Hanensee. I believe it's one of the most beautiful slopes in the world.

You can stop at the Hanensee restaurant, have a homemade blueberry cake with a nice cappuccino for a break. That's really nice. Marco, I'm skiing with you.

Well, you know what? I have a little secret also for you. And the secret is, you know, it may be cost a little bit more, but we made that a couple of times with our guests. It's also fantastic.

We start early in the morning, as Marco said before, with the sunrise at Corvillia and look, enjoy the white perfect in the morning. And really, you're going to be just by yourself because most of the people, they don't want to get up that early. And then one hour later, a helicopter will pick up on the slope of Corvillia.

We jump in the helicopter. We make an amazing sightseeing flight. Over the highest peak, like Piz Bernina, which is more than 4,000 meters high.

And we make a nice flight. And then we land at Kovac. We spend the day there.

And then at the end, we come back with the ski back to St. Moritz. And this is just an experience. You have to do it once in your life.

It's just amazing. That sounds pretty cool. Wow.

Wow. That's quite a day. Now, Kovac, I want to sort of focus on this for a minute.

Kovac faces north, so it's a little bit darker. It's a little bit cooler, colder than Corviglia, correct? Yes, that's right. The exposition is on the north face of the mountain, so, of course, a bit less sun.

Especially December, January, it's quite cold and not very sunny. But it brings a big advantage at the end of the season. Let's say March, April, you can ski until the end of the season with great snow until the end.

Because the sun is not so strong on the north face. And in March, April, you have the sun. But the snow stays good.

And this is really amazing. So, we are very lucky to have both, to have a sunny side and to have a north face mountains to be able to ski until the end. And normally in April, we always get a lot of snow.

When everybody is thinking the winter is over, forget about it. Because then it even starts. And we get snow and snow and snow.

And I can tell you I made super, really the best skiing days in the end of April, which is really amazing. So, we're very happy about Corvach to offer the possibility. Because Corvillia, let's say Corvillia, end of March, it's getting tricky.

The snow is getting heavy and slushy. It's not so fun anymore. And then it's time to go over on the other side.

Yeah, the same works for early season. I remember training in Corvach in October, November, probably November, at one point years ago. There's plenty of snow.

Now, there's a third area that's up closer to the Italian border. Tell me about that one. I'm going to screw up the name here.

Stiavolezza. Yeah, Stiavolezza. That's a beautiful, beautiful place.

It's actually quite a long gondola, a very long slope. And there's just one chairlift up there. And the view is just gorgeous.

It's absolutely stunning. You're in the middle of the Alps. You see all the glaciers and the mountains of Piz Balu and Piz Bernina and Piz Mortarac.

And it's amazing for ski touring. You can cross the whole glacier and then ski down all the way to Mortarac. It is good.

Yeah, it's a really nice experience up there. Every month they do a full moon, how do you say, full moon skiing. So, it's only skiing with the moon.

There is no additional light, no nothing. So, you just see the moon and the stars and you ski down in the middle of the night. You have a fun day up there and have a good time with your family and friends and whoever you go to ski with.

That's absolutely brilliant up there. That sounds tricky. Skiing at night is always a challenge for me at least.

Yeah, especially with the light of the moon. It's very different than if you just get normal light. It's so different.

But it feels very good and it's something very special. This is an experience. Also, you have to do it.

Most of the places I know where they organize full moon skiing or night skiing, it's a small slope, not something very exciting. But Giavolezza, they offer it really on the main slope. So, you go around 3,000 meters and you ski down until 2,000 meters.

So, you make 1,000 meters down and it's really a big slope. To do that in the middle of the night is just amazing. I wouldn't know another place in the Alps where they offer such an experience on this kind of slope.

So, this I would say is just incredible. Sometimes I don't know if I'm dreaming or if I'm awake. So, it's really like in La La Land.

It's really good. So, you talked a little bit about backcountry or off-piste skiing. How is the off-piste around St. Moritz? I would say we are lucky because St. Moritz is not so famous for free riding, for ski touring.

And I would say a big part of the customers who are coming to St. Moritz, they like the pleasure part. As we talked before, Corvillia, enjoying comfort, table, nice restaurant, and so on. So, then it's good for us because it gives us a lot of space to go off-piste with our guests.

If you compare, for example, to Verbier, to Chamonix, whatever, you know, those places are really hotspots for that. And if you have a day with fresh snow, you have two hours or maybe three time to go. And after, everything is done.

In St. Moritz, so let's say I am talking about the whole valley, you have always the time, you always find something. Even after two weeks without snowing, you will find a place where there is really good snow, where there is not too much track, where you can make your guests happy. And I would say this is really, really great for us because our ski school, we are specialized a bit on free riding, offering ski touring.

We have three mountain guides working with us. And then we have people like me and Marco, where we are a specialized free ride guide. So, it's really great.

It's a great place. And we find every level. We find something very difficult, very steep, maybe something where we need to go on the glacier, where we need to use the crampons and we need to use the rope.

And of course, in this case, that's the terrain for our mountain guides. But we always find some easy ski tour, not too steep, and where you get the chance to learn it as well. So, this is really fantastic.

You guys do a lot of training before you take guests up, before you're allowed to take guests up, including avalanche mitigation, things like that, right? Absolutely, yeah. Yeah, Marco just did the refresh. Backcountry course.

Backcountry course. You know, we have to do every year, we have to make a course to make sure we are up to date and we remember everything and they check it. And we need to do that to be able to keep our license on to go off this.

And thanks to that, Passion Ski is always organizing interns for our school, like also some training during the season. We are lucky we have three mountain guides in our team and they can really make sure that everybody is ready for it. Because as you say, this is a big story.

Like safety, we cannot only talk about fun. Safety is a big topic and we take it seriously. Maybe sometimes we sound like funny guys and having fun, but at this moment we are able to be very serious and to take our responsibility and to make sure that our guests have a good time, but also come back home safely.

And I would say this is very important and this is one of the big reasons why people pay for a guide because they want to make sure they come home in the evening. Well, and that's true. I think anyone that goes up east, anywhere in the Alps, needs to have a guide with them.

It's just no question. Someone who really, really knows the mountain. Someone who really knows what to look for and knows what the snow conditions are.

It's really, it's great. So when it really, really snows hard in St. Moritz, where can you ski? A lot of the mountain is up above treeline. So what's the skiing like on a snowy day? Do they shut it down or do they leave it open and let you fend for yourself from side to side? If it's really dumping, we can get like two meters in like two days.

And then the whole valley is locked. So you can't leave or enter the valley. The roads are closed.

The trains are closed. So you cannot leave the valley. Also, the ski area is closed.

And it's also quite dangerous to go skiing. That can happen like usually once a year. Then it's, of course, not much with skiing, but then we still can go for a really beautiful snowshoe hiking tour in the forest.

But yeah, when we get like one meter or something, it's great to ski. And here we have the possibilities to go up to the big mountains, but also we have some lower ski areas, which are covered in the forest. That forest helps.

This is a depth perception. You can see what you're doing, where you're going into. So the trees help a lot.

Yeah, exactly. We have a nice, also a little secret spot. It's called Maloia.

It's at the end of the valley before going down to Italy. And it's only just a T-bar lift. That's it.

Not very spectacular. But it's amazing because it's all in the forest. And when you have those day, which is snowing, snowing, snowing, and you don't have the sun, you don't have the visibility.

You will find every free rider there and going up and down and up and down. I don't know, 50 times a day. But you can ski quite steep in the forest.

It's like, let's say a playground for adults. And yeah, this is really also something amazing. We still have that.

Even if the Angadin Valley is actually more like Alpine, like the big mountains, very high, but we all also have this little playground in case. Yeah. The condition doesn't give us the possibility to go really high because it's too dangerous.

So for skiing, what's the best month to go to San Francisco in your view? I think you said something about March. We were talking about that with Marco before. And I think this time we definitely agree.

I would say March is a perfect month because the Angadin is in general quite cold. So let's say the last couple of years, things have changed a bit. Even here, we feel like a bit, the climate changing and we feel like it's getting a bit less, less cold than it used to be.

But in general, December, January is very, very, very cold. And we are quite high here. And so it may be not everybody enjoyed the cold.

And in March. It's just perfect. It's not too cold.

It's not too warm. And also the snow. It's most of the time better because.

We also, I don't know if he has to do with the climate change. I'm not, I wouldn't say I'm not a specialist in that. But the snow.

The snow. Have the tendency to getting. Later and later.

So in December, most of the time. It's happened that December, we don't have much snow. But there's no arrive more in January, February, March again.

And even at the end of the season, when everybody are. It's over, it's coming again. So.

We go for March. Yeah. It's a bit warmer.

The days are also a bit longer. It's a bit more enjoyable. Much better than.

December because we need to have some base because it's quite high. It's a bit rocky that it covers all the rocks. I remember there was like four years ago.

By far the best free ride day we had in the second of may. That was like super. Fluffy snow.

It was like one meter of. Fresh powder snow, nobody's skiing anymore. And we just had an awesome time up there.

It was cold, like in February, but. I'll probably never forget this day. In may.

Wow. May. Yeah.

So let's go to town for a minute. Samaritz is a pretty special town. It's a lot of boutique shops.

A lot of very fancy hotels and restaurants. Marco. You were talking about the best place to get a cup of coffee before you go up early in the morning.

Where's the, where do you go? For your morning coffee before you go up. To the top. That's at home.

I always make my bulletproof coffee with a butter and coconut fat. That brings me. Through the whole day.

Ski touring. Yeah. Are there places in town that our guests shouldn't miss that they.

That you guys would really recommend when they're not skiing. Yeah. When they're not skiing.

I think Hanselmann would be a nice place. It's a very traditional. It's a very traditional coffee place.

Some by Swiss people. Or like local families, let's say. Yeah.

It's hard to, to, to make a choice. I think it's. I like we said before.

There's so many things. During the season time, winter season, especially. Like a 50.

So like in the city, you'll find a bit of everything. You know, you will find. Like.

Let's say a cheap place for a coffee. You will find a. Very nice coffee. Traditional, like just Marco said.

Hanselmann. You will find also a place where you can just have a burger. We have some guys don't for even like, like street food, like, like with a. Like with a van and you can just get the burger there.

Yeah. We really are lucky to. To find everything.

I mean, if you go, let's say to Brad. So. You can go.

As a normal person. You don't need to be resident. You can go into the palace and having an afternoon tea there.

Of course you will cost you. Maybe 50 friends, but you will have an experience in a location. It's like in a movie.

And on the other side, you can have it simple. And I would say that. That's that's what's amazing.

Everything is around. About food and drinks. This is, this is just something.

I wouldn't say not every ski resort would offer this. There's a lot of variety in San Moritz. What's the best Opry spot in San Moritz for the crowds? You know, there's probably a lot of clubs and things like that, but pretty much every ski town in Europe has got a really good spot for Opry.

Housers. It's a, it's the place. For up risky.

But I think we have to mention here. It's not like we don't have a upper ski culture. It's not like we don't have a ski culture.

Like in, like in other countries. Like for example. If you compare to Courchevel or in Austria.

It's really, we don't have this, but of course you'll find, as I say. This nice place and you. You can have a drink and there's some live music.