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Craving snow? Spend a long weekend in Davos with like-minded skiers. Enjoy three or four fantastic days on the slopes and unwind in luxurious surroundings.
What's Included
What’s included
- Group flights & transfers
- Half board (breakfast and dinner)
- Single occupancy rooms
What’s not included
- Lunches
- Ski Passes
- Ski/boot hire
On Snow Experience
You will spend your time social skiing on piste with your fellow Freshtrackers and Ski Club Rep and will be split into groups of 8/9 based on your ski profile. On our social skiing holidays, your Ski Club Rep will ski with the groups as a member sharing their knowledge of the area from the quietest pistes to the tastiest lunch spots. The vast and varied slopes of Davos make it an ideal choice to spend a long weekend. From long tree-lined runs which extend all the way down to the valleys below, to the wide runs on the Jakobshorn Mountain. Prior to booking, it is essential that guests have the correct ski profile for the holiday they’d like to book – please see the ”View dates and prices’ page for specific holiday information.
Ski Club Reps (see Essential Info for specific holidays)
Tom Sutton
Tom has been a ski club rep since 2016, and has mostly repped in Switzerland, including resort repping in Verbier and on Freshtracks holidays to Davos. He also ventures to the Aosta valley most seasons to ski in Cervinia and Zermatt. Tom is originally from Glasgow, and currently resides in Cambridge, UK.
Rebecca Gallagher
After learning to ski in Australia aged 8, I have been a passionate skier since. It is with great fortune that i have skied in Australia, Europe and America, giving me the opportunity to enjoy many different types of skiing. Now, as Ski Club Rep, I love the variety of skiing and skiers. It is wonderful to ski indifferent reports, on different terrains with all types of skiers. All with one commonality - a real passion for the sport.
When I'm not on skis, I work, managing large teams through transformational change, and have two teenagers to keep my busy!
Michael Beecheno
Find out more about this trip ...
We are ATOL and ABTOT protected so you can book with confidence knowing your money is secure.
Our holidays are a great way to meet and ski with other members of a similar ability to you.
Have questions? Call now and talk to our friendly team of holiday experts on 020 8410 2022.
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Prices include
Dec -3 nights half board, 4* hotel, single occupancy room, return scheduled flights, coach transfers, 2.5 days social skiing
Mar – 4 nights half board, 4* hotel, single occupancy room, return scheduled flights, coach transfers, 3.5 days social skiing
Prior to booking, it is essential that you have the correct ski grade for the holiday. See our ski profiles here.
Book with confidence - the Ski Club is ABTOT and ATOL protected
There is a long history of snowsports in the Davos Valley, particularly on the local Parsenn Mountain.
The funicular here was built for skiers over 80 years ago (it has since been upgraded!). This is now one of six areas covered by the regional ski pass, which provides access to 55 lifts – several of which have also been recently rebuilt. Getting between the areas can be a bit of a hassle – especially to Klosters – but there is a good bus service linking up all the areas that comes free with your ski pass.
Beginner- Fast lifts
- Intermediate
- Resort Activities
- Advanced
- Aprés
- Snow
- Value
Beginner
Intermediate
AprésThe charming village of Davos is an exceptional choice for a short break in the mountains. With over 300km of pistes in the linked ski area, it’s a resort that should be on every traveller’s bucket list.
Pros and cons
- A variety of slopes in six different sectors
- Fantastic long pistes from the Parsenn down to the valley
- Good itineraries and great freeride terrain at Pischa
- A large town with a large variety of accommodation to choose from
- Large resort with busy through roads
- Getting about involves utilising the resort bus, and the six mountains are not interlinked
- Quite a few T-bars on the smaller mountains
- Difficult pistes back to resort, particularly from Parsenn
Mountain Plaza Hotel Davos
You will be staying at the 4* Mountain Plaza Hotel Davos, an impressive hotel with spa facilities – including a large swimming pool and newly renovated 3-storey fitness centre. Come as you are, have everything you need. The Hotel has a in-house Ski rental and cooperates with Cirkel Supply, (Link: https://cirkelsupply.com/) which gives you the opportunity to rent high-end Ski clothing. At the end of a long day on the mountain, there is no need to leave the Hotel, because you can enjoy a delicious dinner at one of the two Hotels own restaurants. Use the free shuttle service to and from the Jakobshorn Ski area throughout the season. This holiday is on a single occupancy basis. You will therefore be placed in a room on your own for the duration of the trip. If you would prefer to share a room with someone you know, then please contact the Freshtracks office and we will make the relevant arrangements.
Mountain Plaza Hotel Davos
Oberwiesstrasse 3, 7270 Davos, Switzerland
Phone: +41 81 836 12 12
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Travel Information
This holiday includes both your flights and transfers. The flights are with British Airways and depart from London Heathrow to Zurich Airport. For BA flights, ski Carriage is payable at the airport only and cannot be pre-booked.
12th – 15th Dec 2024 : LHR – ZRH BA0718 1535-1825 // BA0719 1935-2025
6th – 10th Mar 2025 : LHR – ZRH BA0716 1300-1545 // BA0719 1930-2020
Your Ski Club Rep will coordinate the coach transfer from Zurich airport, so please look out for them in the main arrivals hall. They will be wearing their Ski Club jacket. Transfers to and from resort will take approximately two and a half hours.
If these arrangements are not convenient, you can organise your own travel and may be eligible to receive a nominal discount from the holiday cost. Furthermore, if you can find alternative flights that coincide with our flight times, then you can meet the group at the airport and take our transfers to resort. Please do not book any alternative flights or travel until your holiday has been confirmed to run. Please contact the Freshtracks office on 020 8410 2022 in order to discuss this further.
Confirmation
Once the holiday has been confirmed, please send your flight details (flight numbers, arrival and departure time) to the Freshtracks Team via email to ku.oc.bulciks@sloh.
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What You Need to Know
If you need to hire equipment then you can make use of the hotel’s in-house ski hire shop. The Angerer Intersport shop is located inside the hotel and as a hotel guest you will receive a discount on equipment hire.
Lift passes can be purchased from the hotel upon arrival for a discounted rate.
12th – 15th Dec 2024 : Becca Gallagher & Michael Beecheno
6th – 10th March 2024: Tom Sutton & TBC
It is a condition of booking that you have valid and adequate snowsports insurance. It is your responsibility to ensure your policy provides cover for all the activities that you participate in during your holiday.
We offer a Ski Club Insurance policy which provides the cover we require for all bookings. This policy can be found here: Ski Club Travel Insurance – Ski Club Of Great Britain
If you decide to purchase insurance elsewhere, it is your responsibility to ensure that your policy provides cover as that of the Ski Club Insurance policy. The policy of insurance should provide cover for personal injury, death, medical and repatriation costs in the countries which you intend to visit, together with cover for loss of baggage and valuables, personal liability, delay, cancellation, curtailment, missed departure and legal expenses. The policy should also include cover against losses caused by the effects or consequences of Covid-19.
Due to the type of holidays that you will be booking with us, we also advise that your policy should include skiing off-piste without a guide. Please note, insurance premiums must be paid at the same time as booking in order for the package holiday or single service cancellation cover to be effective. It is also advised to keep your insurance details with you while you are on your holiday. If you choose to travel without adequate insurance cover, we will not be liable for any losses howsoever arising, in respect of which insurance cover would otherwise have been available.
Passport – Check your passport is in date and valid for travel by checking the entry requirements for your destination country – you can see these here: Foreign travel advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For most European destinations your passport should:
- have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it may have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago
- have an ‘expiry date’ at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave the Schengen area
Check your passport meets these requirements before you travel.
NB: Starting in 2025 (Date TBC) travel authorisation will be required to travel withing Europe – find out more here ETIAS (europa.eu)
When venturing off piste, it is compulsory to wear an avalanche transceiver. These can be provided by the Ski Club and should be worn by every person on every all mountain, off piste and touring holiday. Anyone joining these holidays will also be required to bring their own backpack, shovel and probe.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Any Member wishing to ski/snowboard with a Ski Club Group, in any of the resorts where the Ski Club is represented, agrees to do so under the following conditions:
- You appreciate that the Ski Club Rep is a volunteer with no formal qualifications as an instructor or mountain guide.
- You also appreciate that no other member of the group undertakes any obligations to you concerning your safety for which you remain solely responsible.
- You must ensure that your equipment is in good working order before setting off for the day and that you are suitably clothed for the proposed itinerary and all possible weather conditions.
- You must decide whether or not a particular run or route is within your competence.
- You must ensure that you are properly equipped for that day. If you are skiing off piste you must have a shovel, probe and transceiver, and know how to use them. If you are using a Ski Club transceiver, it is your sole responsibility to know how to use it.
- It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you are suitably insured for the activities intended to be undertaken.
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