Ice, ice, baby! Sina’s tips for unforgettable snow adventures in Davos

Whether win­ter hol­i­days or an action-packed week­end in the moun­tains: Davos is always a great choice! With five ski resorts, you’re not just spoilt for choice where to tear up the trails. There’s also a lot going on off-piste. Pro­fes­sion­al snow­board­er Sina Can­dri­an and her pho­tog­ra­ph­er Corsin Näff test­ed the des­ti­na­tion for you and share their insid­er tips.

Turn night into day on the Rinerhorn

Why not hit the slopes in the dark? You can go night snow­board­ing, ski­ing or sledg­ing on the Riner­horn. The expe­ri­ence is open on Wednes­days and Fri­days from 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. A unique atmos­phere awaits you on the illu­mi­nat­ed slope. Our insid­er tip: For the ulti­mate by night expe­ri­ence, you should plan your trip to fall on the full moon. That’s when things get real­ly mys­ti­cal!

The early bird catches fresh slopes

Even if it’s hard: It’s worth leav­ing your cosy youth hos­tel bed ear­ly in the morn­ing to make a pil­grim­age up the Jakob­shorn. Fresh­ly groomed slopes for all lev­els await. I took advan­tage of the emp­ty snow­park to hone my tricks. It offers a play­ground for begin­ners to advanced rid­ers.

Dancing with a view in the Jatzhütte

If you’re in the mood to meet new peo­ple and shake a leg, you should def­i­nite­ly take a detour to the infa­mous Jatzhütte. There’s always some­thing going on. You’ll also find seclud­ed spots in the loungers where you can enjoy a warm drink in the sun. But the best thing is the mag­nif­i­cent view of the Graubün­den moun­tains.

A different kind of minigolf

Have you ever heard of ice minigolf? Swap your minigolf club for a hock­ey stick and try to sink a puck instead of a ball. This win­ter, the ice minigolf course in the cen­tre of Davos will be set up on Arkaden­platz instead of on Lake Davos from 30 Novem­ber. Guar­an­teed fun for young and old alike!

Off to the ice

A dream awaits you: mea­sur­ing 4,500 square metres, the Davos Eis­traum is the largest mobile ice rink in Switzer­land. And it’s per­fect for let­ting off steam. Corsin and I bat­tled with strangers in a hock­ey match. If you pre­fer to take it easy, you can do laps around the hock­ey field. This way, no one will get in each other’s way. And if you get hun­gry or thirsty, you’ll find a cosy spot in the «Chalet Iis­stock» or out­side on the ter­race.

Hockey fever

Don’t miss a hock­ey match at the local Hock­ey Club Davos. The atmos­phere in the sold-out sta­di­um is sim­ply jaw-drop­ping and you can feel the decades-old hock­ey fan cul­ture up close. If you like the ener­gy, it’s best to vis­it the fan sec­tion. Book a seat for a more relaxed expe­ri­ence. Anoth­er spe­cial high­light is the annu­al Spen­gler Cup fea­tur­ing top inter­na­tion­al teams, which has been held since 1923. It pays to be quick – the tick­ets are already on sale.

Stay at Davos Youth Hostel

It goes with­out say­ing that we stayed at the youth hos­tel again dur­ing our Davos trip. The Youth Palace is a lit­tle high­er up yet quite cen­tral­ly locat­ed – with fan­tas­tic views of the sur­round­ing moun­tains and the val­ley. Per­fect for savour­ing a hot drink on the bal­cony or on the sun ter­race. The food also tast­ed amaz­ing with the sump­tu­ous break­fast buf­fet and the deli­cious din­ner fea­tur­ing a tofu and veg­etable skew­er, pota­toes and the var­ied sal­ad buf­fet. We’ll be back soon!

Prefer to go to Scuol?

Vis­it our youth hos­tel in Scuol right next to the rail­way sta­tion and dis­cov­er the region.