2011-St. Moritz

The Ski Club will venture to St. Moritz, Switzerland, from Saturday to Saturday, Jan. 22-29. Temple members and friends are welcome to join us, but there may not be any available rooms in our hotel. The gateway city will be Zurich, where we will meet and travel together. Our travel agent, Cultural Tours, is arranging for the hotels and transportation to and from St. Moritz. Airline reservations to Zurich are on your own. If you are interested in the ski club or want more information, email the skiclub.

Previous Trips

• In January 1999 we took our first extended trip to Val d'Isere, France in January 1999 before the Great Snows.
• In January 2000 we returned to the French Alps to ski the beautiful Three Valleys at Courchevel, France. In February 2000 we traveled to Hidden Valley (Pennsylvania, about 3½ hours from DC), for a family ski weekend.
• In January 2001 we traveled through Venice to ski Cortina, Italy, and there was a February weekend trip to Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania.
• In January 2002 we returned to Val d'Isere, France.
• In January 2003 we went to Davos, Switzerland.
• In January 2004 we traveled to Verbier, Switzerland.
• In January 2005 we traveled to Morzine, France (on the border with Switzerland), to ski the Port du Soleil area.
• In January 2006 we traveled to Baqueira/Tanau Spain to ski the Spanish Pyrenees, staying at the Hotel Melia Tanau. The trip included roundtrip transportation from Barcelona, our jumping off point.
• In January 2007 twenty of us (our largest group ever) traveled to Kitzbuhel, Austria, staying at the Hotel Maria Teresa. The trip went through Munich and many took day trips to Salzburg and Innsbruck because of snow conditions.
• In January 2008 10 of us hardy souls traveled to Banff, Canada, staying at the Brewster Inn, and skiing at Lake Louise and Sunshine Village ski areas. The entry city was Calgary.
• For 2009, we returned to Europe and the Alps to the Italian ski resort of Courmayeur on the French border. The popular French ski resort of Chamonix is on the other side of the mountain and the group traveled through the Mont Blanc tunnel to ski there one day.
• For 2010, the group enjoyed an excellent week of skiing in the French Alps Jan. 23-30 at Megev, a ski resort on the French side of the border with Italy not far from Chamonix.