Activities in St. Moritz Switzerland

Bobsleigh is a very important sport for St. Moritz, as it was here that this fascinating winter olympic sport was invented, at the end of the nineteenth century. Olympic bobsleigh run in St. Moritz / Celerina was inaugurated in the year 1904, and it is the world’s only ice-natural bobsleigh run. All other runs of Europe, North America or Japan have to be artificially frozen. Olympic bobsleigh run (simply called bob run) is 1722m. long, it takes just 75 seconds to cover. In the track 135 km / h maximum speed and a power of up to 4.5 G can be achieved. It has been the venue of 2 Olympic competitions and numerous sport events.... [ More information ]

The curling is an ideal activity to play with a group of your friends or with the family. 2 teams of 4 people each are needed. The curling consists of ice rink with a target marked in its surface. The players take turns sliding various stones on the rink and try to get to the target as close as possible. The curling came to the Alps in 1880, and as could not be otherwise, St. Moritz was pioneer in offering this activity to the tourists, due to innovative spirit of the Badrutt Palace Hôtel. In St. Moritz and the surrounding area there are a lot of ice rinks to practise curling. If you want to... [ More information ]