Ski tours

As tempting as the photos are, one thing is clear: ski tours in open terrain involve risks. If you set out alone, you should adjust your tour to the current snow, weather and avalanche situation. Safety always has priority. Away from the secured slopes and paths, you are responsible for yourself. Therefore, carry complete avalanche equipment with avalanche transceiver, probe, shovel and a cell phone. Ideally, you should also carry an airbag backpack that will keep you on the surface in the event of an avalanche. For ski tour beginners and anyone who has no knowledge of avalanches and snow, we recommend a mountain guide.

If you first want to find out whether you like ski touring at all, you should take a detour to Pischa. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Davos Klosters mountain guides show you how it's done at the ski touring taster course on Pischa. This is how you can get started with ski touring. And you'll learn what kind of equipment you need, the technique for hairpin turns and how to correctly assess the alpine dangers in open terrain.

In spring in particular, the Flüela Pass has long been considered a ski touring paradise by experts. No wonder: With the Flüela-Schwarzhorn, Radüner-Rothorn, Sentischhorn, Gorihorn or the access to the Grialetsch hut, worthwhile ski touring destinations are very close from here. You can drive to Tschuggen by car. Parking is limited, however. A classic in Klosters is the circuit around the Madrisa. This day tour takes you from Klosters to Austria and back again.

Lots of fresh snow is a delight for freeriders, winter hikers and snowshoe hikers. For wild animals, however, this means one thing above all: a naked fight for survival. Because what deer, stags, chamois and ibexes normally scratch out of the snow to eat is now under a thick blanket of snow. Wild animals are therefore forced to use their energy sparingly. If they are disturbed and put to flight, their survival is at risk.