Learning to ski in St Moritz, Switzerland: The Swiss slopes made for ski virgins

By Elspeth Callender
February 13 2016 - 12:15am
St Moritz is destination that has long attracted the rich and famous. Photo: iStock
St Moritz is destination that has long attracted the rich and famous. Photo: iStock
Le Grand Hall at Badrutt's Palace.
Le Grand Hall at Badrutt's Palace.
Hauser is a great spot for slope boasting. Photo: Elspeth Callender
Hauser is a great spot for slope boasting. Photo: Elspeth Callender

I'm as fresh to skiing as the virgin snow that fell last night on the cobbled streets of St Moritz and more heavily on the mountains above, but there's no judgment here. The staff at Ski Service, who pose in the company's glossy catalogue as well as fit boots and skis, are gracious and encouraging and make me espressos to get me pumped. My instructor, Susi Wiprachtiger, speaks several languages and has been skiing since she can remember because "that's what Swiss people do". Yet she tells me, in the first 10 minutes of the lesson, that I'm picking it up quickly and she can see I'm sporty by the way I fall.

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