Klosters

December to April is the ski season. July to September is best for hiking. Spring and November are quiet, and many lifts close.

• Gotschnagrat is a mountain with a cable car above the village and a ski area.
• Weissfluhjoch is a high station linking Klosters with Davos.
• Sunnibergbrücke is a long modern bridge on the road to the valley.
• Pischa is a ski area on the other side of the valley.
• Heimatmuseum Nutli Hüschi is a local museum in an old house.
• Silvrettahütte is a hut high in the Silvretta mountains.

• Ski or snowboard in the Davos Klosters area.
• Ride a cable car to Gotschnagrat for views.
• Hike in the Silvretta mountains in summer.
• Cross-country ski in the valley.
• Take the train to Davos.

• Davos is a big resort town, about 25 minutes away by train.
• Chur is the capital of the canton, about 1 hour away.
• Lenzerheide is a ski resort reached by train and bus.
• Flims Laax Falera is a large ski and hiking area.
• The Rhaetian Railway trip to the Engadin passes through the Vereina tunnel.

• Davos is the nearest town in the same region.

• By air: Zurich is the main airport, about 2 hours 30 minutes away.
• By train: Klosters is on the Rhaetian Railway from Landquart. Check times on SBB.
• The Vereina tunnel car train goes to the Engadin.

• The village is spread out. Use local buses or the train between the stations.
• Cable cars leave from the village for the ski areas.
• Ski buses link the lifts in winter.

• A car is not needed in the village in winter.
• The Vereina car train links Klosters with the Lower Engadin.
• Parking at the lifts is paid and can fill up.

Try Bündner barley soup, cheese dishes and Graubünden air-dried meat. Mountain huts serve simple meals. Local Alpine cheese is sold in the village.

People speak German with a local dialect. English is widely understood.

• Klosters is very safe.
• Avalanche risk exists in winter. Ski on marked runs.
• Mountain weather changes fast.
• Take care at high altitude.

Klosters grew around a medieval monastery that gave it its name. For centuries it was a farming village. In the 20th century it became a ski resort.

Royal and famous guests have come here since the 1960s.

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