St. Moritz sits in the Upper Engadine, in Graubünden, and calls itself the birthplace of alpine winter sports. It has hosted the Winter Olympics twice and still runs the Cresta Run and the natural-ice bob run at St. Moritz-Celerina, the only one of its kind left in the world.
How to get there: the Rhaetian Railway reaches St. Moritz through the Albula and Bernina landscapes, itself a UNESCO World Heritage line. Zurich is the nearest major airport.
Slopes and lifts: four large ski areas — Corviglia/Piz Nair, Corvatsch, Diavolezza/Lagalb and Zuoz — plus five smaller ones, 88 runs in all, reaching 3,303 m. Corviglia alone has 155 km of pistes and 24 lifts, split 42 km blue, 79 km red and 34 km black; the cable car from there reaches Piz Nair at 3,057 m. Corvatsch, the highest ski area in Graubünden, holds more than 120 km with a snowpark and a freeride area.
Cross-country skiing: the frozen lakes carry the route of the Engadin Ski Marathon.
What else there is: horse racing and polo on the frozen lake, the Segantini Museum, the Bernina Express, and the shops along Via Serlas.
Where you stay: St. Moritz is a town of grand hotels rather than a village of chalets, and the skiing is reached by funicular and cable car from its edges.
