Winter resorts

Simply good: The air in the upper part of the Surselva region feels filtered: it's pure, clean and healthy. That is what the ski area feels like too: unspoilt, authentic and tranquil.

Home of legends - The idyllic mountain village of Elm in canton Glarus is proud of its home-grown legends: Vreni Schneider, the most successful Swiss ski racer of all time; and Elmer Citro, the local lemonade popular throughout Switzerland.

Pure sunshine: The mountains, the space, the light… This region on the southern side of the Swiss Alps is famous for its uplifting open vistas, its dramatic mountain backdrop, and its exceptionally sunny climate: skies are blue for 322 days a year.

Eternal snow: Up at 3,020 m, winter lasts all year. Of course, this fascinates the many visitors from all over the world who arrive at the glacier from Lucerne in barely an hour; but the local snowboarding and freeskiing community also greatly values the year-round snow and the benefits it brings.

Good value and family-friendly: This region has long been an open secret among cost-conscious winter sports fans.

Cross-country heaven: The Goms is a paradise for crosscountry skiers.

Family happiness: When the kids have a good time, so do the parents – and the Valais village of Grächen does all it can to make this happen.

The village below the Eiger: Grindelwald is a winter playground set against an unparalleled icecapped mountain backdrop.

Perfect conditions: Gstaad Mountain Rides is the name of the winter sports region that extends from Zweisimmen all the way up to Glacier 3000 – the only glacier ski area in the Bernese Oberland.

Setting trends in freestyle - Haslital is into one style more than any other: freestyle. Passionately so, and for more than two decades.