Summer season 2025 on the Schatzalp
This summer, the chairlift will be operating for the first time on the Schatzalp – an additional highlight for all hiking enthusiasts.
The chairlift is open every weekend from May 29, 2025, to October 26, 2025. It is open daily on the Ascension Day and Whitsun holidays, and during the summer holidays from July 4, 2025, to August 17, 2025.
Skiing on natural snow in Europe's first relaxed ski resort, a Hollywood setting and inspiration for Thomas Mann's literary masterpiece "The Magic Mountain": The Schatzalp in Davos has delighted generations.
The historic chairlift purrs up slowly. Peace instead of chaos, comfort instead of speed. The wide, gently sloping slopes in the Schatzalp-Strela ski area are particularly popular with leisure skiers, nature lovers and families with children. Slowing down is the magic word on the magic mountain. In short: a winter like it used to be. And on natural snow, without any artificial snow. Even inexperienced skiers can tell the difference. Because on natural snow, ski edges don't blunt as quickly. The risk of injury is also lower because you fall more softly. And last but not least, this also protects the climate. It's no wonder that climate activist Greta Thunberg set up camp on the Schatzalp during her WEF visit - and attracted publicity.
Speaking of publicity: Schatzalp has also repeatedly served as a popular film backdrop. In 2014, the Hollywood film "Youth" was filmed here. In 2015, Oscar winner Marion Cotillard followed suit with the historical romance "Mal de Pierres." During the filming of the historical spy series "DAVOS 1917" in spring 2023, Schatzalp served as the location for the fictional sanatorium "Curhaus Cronwald."
Back to winter activities: In addition to leisurely skiing, the Slow Mountain Schatzalp also boasts a classic toboggan run and cleared winter hiking trails such as the Sonnenweg, Wasserfallrundgang, Eichhörnliweg or the route up to the Strelapass. The latter is also good training for trail running on snow.
A visit to the Schatzalp is also worthwhile in summer: hiking, summer tobogganing, visiting the botanical garden or enjoying the view in the mountain restaurant. The hotel, built in the Art Nouveau style, was designed as a luxury sanatorium. It has been run as a hotel since 1953. The hotel and with it the entire mountain were immortalized in the novel "The Magic Mountain" (1924) by the German author and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann. And rightly so.