Resorts Guide : St Moritz
World famous ski resort that was one of the birthplaces of winter tourism in the Alps. St Moritz also has a rich history in winter sports, having hosted the Winter Olympics twice and the Skiing World Championships 3 times. St Moritz is also one of the world's glitziest, swanky ski resorts and is some sort of Mecca for Switzerland's mega-wealthy and the country's high society.
St Moritz - The Good, the Bad, ...and the Facts!
St Moritz Live Streams
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St Moritz Webcams
A list of webcams for St Moritz and the surrounding area.
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St Moritz Snow Record
St Moritz is Family Friendly
St Moritz has Scenery
Any Skiing in Summer at St Moritz ?
St Moritz History
St Moritz - Getting There
Getting to the Slopes at St Moritz
The Skiing at St Moritz
St Moritz Piste Maps
A list of piste-maps for St Moritz and the surrounding ski areas.
St Moritz Resort Centre
St Moritz Activities
St Moritz Local Knowledge
St Moritz Apres Ski
St Moritz - Any Chance of Early Snow ?
St Moritz Style
St Moritz Annual Events
Annual Events in this and neighbouring resorts...
4/11/18 Feb 2018 White Turf Races - St Moritz - Switzerland
The "White Turf" horse races have been held on the frozen lake at the Swiss resort of St Moritz since 1907. The races are held on 3 weekends in February, when the resort's image as a millionaire's playground is enhanced further by mega-rich visitors sipping champagne, wolfing-down caviar and handing over giant rolls of Swiss Francs in betting money. It's not just some sort of novelty event though - the races are actually the most lucrative in Switzerland, with prize money totalling just under half a million Swiss Francs. As well as the traditional horses-with-jockeys that we're used to in Blighty, the event also features skijoring, where instead of having someone on their back, the horses race along pulling a skier, a bit like an alpine-skiing version of chariot racing. The skijoring tournament takes places over the same 3 weekends and at the end the skier with the most points from the 3 weekends is crowned as "the King of the Engadin Valley".
The resort is also well known for it's polo tournament played on the frozen lake, whilst other sports have also been tried on it, an "ice-cricket" match for instance back in 1990's, although the event became more famous for David Gower's car sinking into the frozen lake, rather than the match itself !
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Hotels in St Moritz
St Moritz hotels and chalets.