Ski Resorts

The resorts listed below have been selected for their HEIGHT, which provides all-season snow.

In a modern world where snow conditions in low resorts are so uncertain, it makes complete sense to choose a high resort.

Our guiding principles are Safety, Enjoyment and Learning and our high resorts are an essential part of this philosophy.

Safety:- Poor snow is simply unsafe. Trying to ski on slopes where grass and rocks protrude through the snow is dangerous and especially so for inexperienced beginners.

With our carefully selected resorts in Switzerland your students will experience good and safe snow.

Enjoyment:- Poor snow destroys the student’s confidence and makes for a woeful experience.

Good snow conditions in our Swiss resorts make it great fun for students and all concerned.

It’s also no fun being bussed for hours, because of lack of snow in your resort (an all too common experience), to an area where there is snow, only to find the lift queues are horrendous. All the resorts listed below are snow sure, throughout the season, with ski lifts less than 10 minutes by coach or less than a 20 minute walk away.

Learning:- Lack of snow or poor snow inevitabely leads to reduced time on skis.

With Ski Gower (unless the weather is too bad to ski at all) the students will always have over 30 hours a week in which to learn to ski.

All resorts have a beginner’s ski area at over 2000m, with the top heights of the resorts ranging from 2662m to 3600m.

Finally, you must consider “VALUE FOR MONEY”. The students and their parents will want to know that their money is well spent. With some holidays by air costing over £1000 and even the cheapest coach trip in the region of £500 the cost for each hour on snow can be very high. If your students can attain more than 30 hours each week on snow, then it will all be worth it! With Ski Gower, 30+ hours a week on snow is not just an aim it is a reality! And……

If you are worried about SWISS PRICES, then don’t be! Switzerland has seen lower inflation in the last decade than some other European states see in one year. You can buy a coca-cola in a supermarket for around 50p. Even up the mountain just over £2.00 will buy you the biggest plate of chips that your children can eat. In fact they would probably share such a plate between three of them!

Switzerland now compares very favourably in price, to the other major ski countries of Austria, France and Italy.

The Resorts

Davos

Switzerland

Europe's Largest Ski Resort

320kms of piste. Alt. 1560 – 2662m

There are 5 ski areas in the resort of Davos-Klosters. We mainly use Parsenn/Gotschna as this is the most modern area and the funicular is only 15 minutes' walk from our hotel. The state of the art ski shop is next door to the funicular and our groups store their skis there overnight, thus making the stroll to and from the hotel quite pleasant.

Scuol

Switzerland
We are not currently organising trips to Scuol, sorry for any inconvenience.

Fiesch

Switzerland

Superb Facilities

Sports Centre. 100kms of piste. Alt 2100-3100m.

Fantastic Value For Money!!!!

One of our most popular resorts due to the excellent facilities at the Sports Centre where our groups stay, together with the easily-accessible large and varied ski area near the beginners' lift.

15 minutes' walk from the Sports Centre is a gondola to the beginners' area of Fiescheralp at 2100m with a gentle ski-lift and perfect slopes. Adjacent you will find the ski shop and the Berghaus where the group can enjoy a hot lunch instead of the usual packed lunch, all included in the holiday cost. What's more, the skis and boots are stored each night at the Berghaus free of charge.

Engelberg

Switzerland

Fantastic 3* hotels, 82kms of piste. Alt 1282-3028m.

Simply a glorious resort! A mixture of alpine history and tradition combined with its highly modern ski lifts and scenic beauty. This is a resort to visit over and over again.

Originally popular with the rich and famous, especially the British in the early 20th century. Some of the hotels we use still boast the high ceilings and chandelier grandeur.

Saas Fee & Saas Grund

Switzerland

Highly Recommended

2* hotel – 140kms of piste Alt. 1800 – 3600m..

Our most popular resort and for a very simple reason......

The great advantage of the Saas Valley’s snow sports area is that it has guaranteed snow. Because of its high altitude with pistes up to 3600m above sea-level and the ski area on the glacier, skiing is guaranteed all year round.

St. Moritz

Switzerland

Probably the Most Famous Ski Resort in the World - and used only by SkiGower for British school groups for over 50 years!

Budget Hotel, 350kms of piste. Alt. 1750 – 3303m

Still one of the most famous resorts in the World, but at a budget you can afford. Our original destination in 1960, so we and our ski teachers know it very well.

The ski-lift near the first station at Corviglia (2436m) still gives beginners one of the best environments in Switzerland in which to learn to ski. There are two accesses to the lift system, the funicular to Corviglia and the gondolas from Signal. The latter is a 20 minute flat walk from our accommodation.

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