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I have to go to Zurich for work at end November and was wondering if I could fit in a cheeky trip somewhere the weekend after (30/11 and 1/12). Is this possible so early? Where? preferably within an hour or so on a train.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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boardiac, Maybe Engelberg, though it is a bit of a trek up to the glacier if that is all that is open.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Laax opens that weekend. More than an hour, but not that much more. From memory a couple of hours, direct train to Chur then post bus. No idea how good it's likely to be though.
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Engelberg is likely to be open but if the glacier is the only thing open, it's not very exciting.
Places like Zermatt and Diavolezza (near St Moritz) might be decent round then but a much longer train journey
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Davos can be quite good early season, roughly 2.5 hours by train with 1 change from Zurich
If there is a lot of early snow then more resorts will open up otherwise you are pretty much limited to the above suggestions
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boardiac, If you get desperate for suggestions I know someone that I can email who would know where to send you, but give it time as I am fairly sure there is SH who lives in the area who might see your request.
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Zermatt would definitely offer good skiing up on the glacier. We have been for about the last 5 years for a couple of days ski testing on a package with the tourist office-this year it runs to 1st December. Great fun to try new kit. All you have to take are your ski boots and poles (we hire poles so we can fly handbaggage only on sleasyjet).
http://www.zermatt.ch/en/page.cfm/your_stay/packages/zermatt_tourismus_packages/pa_skitest_hotel_ferienwohnung Usually by the end of November the links over the Cervinia are open so you get far more skiing than just the glacier- great pasta lunches on the Italian side.
. It is a bit of a trek there by train-we do it from Geneva, but I think the trip takes about as long from Zurich-just checked the SBB website-3 hours 11 mins with one change from the central Zurich station (that would mean a direct train to Visp and then a change onto the line up to Zermatt itself) or 3 hours 30 from the airport. Unlike UK trains though, you can rely on them to be on time and to make your changes.
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Thanks - keep them coming!
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