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Switzerland Ski Resorts Snow Levels & Skiing Conditions Reports. Swiss Glacier Resorts and Ski Season 2012 Holidays.

(last updated 23 January 2012)

The Swiss ski resorts provide with very good skiing and snowboarding and some of winter destinations saw light increase in their snow levels following the precipitations from the last days. Now the skies are sunny at most winter resorts and the skiing conditions are excellent. Zermatt is in good shape, and although the weather is a bit cloudy it is providing with fantastic skiing. Pontresina, Saas Fee, Les Diablerets and Gstaad are all open and in very good shape. The Vorab Glacier at Flims - Laax (140 - 400 cm) and Crans Montana (145 - 400 centimeters) both received light snow shower of several centimeters today and with four meters of powder on their highest pistes the skiing conditions are great. Andermatt and Zinal are open for skiing snowboarding as well. Davos, Verbier, Lenk, Champery all received fresh snow last week and are skiing very well. In the Jungfrau region, Grindelwald, Murren and Wengen are all open and in good shape for snowsports. It was sunny today at the Swiss ski resort of St Moritz (90 - 118 cm), creating excellent conditions for snow sports and winter strolls in the mountain. From all the ski resorts in Switzerland, Engelberg (55 - 420 cm) has the deepest snow base. With over four meters of powder on the highest slopes they have fantastic conditions for skiing and snowboarding. Villars is also in great shape. Bright skies mixed with short snow dustings at places are expected in the Alps of Switzerland this week.

Swiss Ski Season 2012

There are two sessions at the Swiss valley on the New Year’s Eve. Rates and hours are separately decided for each of the two sessions with a usual “close down” for decorating and grooming. 7 pm to 1 am session includes free lessons and a parade at midnight with torch lights. New Year’s Eve at Swiss valley is great fun!! It is celebrated with a family style party without alcohol in a family style with Party favors, DJ Fella, Food Specials, Limbo contests, dancing and beautiful decorations. Adults only party is conducted in the Chalet, there are more party favors, dancing, excellent decorations and another DJ, named COLORS OF SOUND, regular menu of food and special drinks! Charges do not apply for parties and no reservation is required, but an age limit of 21 is necessary for entering the chalet on the eve.
On January 8th 1.00 PM the rate race is scheduled. This is the first event during this season and its fun to get off the dust from the equipment and ski legs. Object of this race is to make a timing match with the rat. The trap is that none will know who the rat seems to be.
What to say? The outpost race is the best & the most competitive race at the Swiss Valley every year! This was an event started during 1970’s. This is called the best event of every year with prizes of 30 + years; great time is assured at these events. The Prizes are sponsored by Swiss Valley & Outpost Sports Ski Area. The Café takes care of registrations from 9.30 in the morning till 12.30 noon. The entry fee is twenty dollars which includes a chance to win wonderful prizes and a T-Shirt for sure. The prize raffle and awards will take place at Chalet from 4.30 PM to 5.30 PM.

Prix de Lausanne

(29 January - 4 February 2012, Palais de Beaulieu, Switzerland)

Prix de Lausanne is a famous competition for dancers between 15 and 18 years old. It is carried out at the Palais de Beaulieu where the dancers pass through a week of tests and perform a classical, a contemporary and a free variation (the latter made especially for them). The contest begins as a dance class, closed for audience, and during that stage many contestants drop out. Audience is permitted only on the semi-finals and the finals and every ballet fan buys a ticket in order to see famous performers among the spectators, in addition to the performances of the young ones.
The last Saturday of the contest is in fact the semi-final which takes place the whole afternoon. Clapping is strictly forbidden but the murmurs after every performance are a sign for its success.
On the finals large bursaries are awarded as well as the gold medal, given to really talented contestants. Testuya Kumakawa and Carlos Acosta are among the winners of the competition and later they performed in the Royal Ballet. Browse our selection of great Lausanne cheap hotels.

Horäschlittä-Renä

(19 February 2012, Adelboden, Switzerland)

Adelboden’s Horäschlittä-Renä is not just another sled race. Horaschlitta-Rena brings to life the an old Alpine tradition of storing hay on the alpine pastures in “Finneln” containers, which once farmers brought down the valley on big sledges for the winter season. Somewhere around one hundred 2-man teams compete in the race with hay-packed sledges at stunning speed. Check out our Adelboden cheap hotels.

Zurich Carnival

(24 - 25 February 2012 Zürich, Switzerland)

The centre of Zurich is like from a fairytale when the people dress up in traditional costumes and stroll the streets with the carnival parade.
The highlight of the event is the so called guggen music - groups of musicians play together with non-musicians which produces some quite dissonant tunes, some of them quite odd and amazing, but not in a bad sense.
During the festival there are also masked balls and the culmination is the Guggen Monster Concert, held in a tent on the Münsterhof square. There is also a grand procession on Sunday afternoon and the last Saturday of the event closes the festival with the Uulumpete ball - even more guggen music, dances and masks. Browse our cheap hotels in Zurich.

Engadine Ski Marathon

(11 March 2012, St Moritz, Switzerland)

Except the fact that St Moritz is an elegant Swiss resort, it is a host to one of the most famous marathons in the world - the Engadine Ski Marathon. The event goes through 42 exhausting kilometers and it gathers nearly 13 000 contestants from all over the world who spend a whole day in cross-country skiing. The race begins from Maloja, nestled in the gorgeous mountains of Upper Engadine. Then the route passes through St Moritz, down the near valley and finishes in S-chanf. This marathon was first held in 1969 and in its early days not more than 1000 dared going through that distance. Nowadays it not only gathers cross-country enthusiasts, but also a large amount of other competitors from all over the world. Have a look at our selection of cheap hotels in St Moritz.