Davos
Slope Breakdown
Davos at a glance
Davos is a ski resort in Switzerland, part of the Davos-Klosters area. It offers 300 km of slopes served by 57 lifts, with skiing between 1,560 m and 2,844 m (1,284 m vertical). That makes it the 6th largest of the 30 ski resorts in Switzerland listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Davos is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 52% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 5 cm of new snow at the top (2,844 m) in the next 3 days, 4 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Davos, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Friedrichshafen (FDH) — about 99 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 92 CHF (2026/27 season). Davos Klosters day pass.
About €0.37 per km of piste the pass covers (269 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Davos
Rules for a car in Switzerland, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Vignette, CHF 40 for the year. Motorway vignette 2026 (e-vignette or sticker) CHF 40.00, Vignette for a trailer or caravan up to 3.5 t CHF 40.00
Winter tyres
No legal requirement
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Nov to 30 Apr (banned on motorways, 80 km/h, rear 80 disc)
Davos resort facts
These figures cover the whole Davos-Klosters area, which Davos shares with 1 other resort on Intski, not Davos's own sector. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Davos
Davos is the exception among Swiss ski resorts: a proper town rather than a village, with a permanent population of 10,832 (2020) strung along the Landwasser valley in the canton of Grisons.
Resort Highlights
A town at 1,560 m
Davos is the exception among Swiss ski resorts: a proper town rather than a village, with a permanent population of 10,832 (2020) strung along the Landwasser valley in the canton of Grisons. Its centre is really two adjacent villages, Davos Dorf and Davos Platz, both at 1,560 m above sea level, which is a remarkable altitude for a settlement of this size. The town lies on the Landwasser river in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur and Albula ranges, and the municipality takes in almost the entire valley.
The skiing
Davos shares its ski area with neighbouring Klosters, and the combined Davos-Klosters network is one of Switzerland’s largest: 300 km of pistes and 57 lifts, climbing from the 1,560 m town to a top station at 2,844 m. That high point puts the upper slopes well into the altitude band where snow reliability improves, while the town’s own elevation means skiing starts high rather than after a long ride up from a low valley.
Three hundred kilometres over 57 lifts works out at more than 5 km of piste per lift, an unusually generous ratio that suggests long runs and a network built for covering ground rather than lapping short slopes. Our data does not split the pistes by difficulty, but on a network this size the practical question is less whether there is something for you than how far you are prepared to travel to reach it.
Health resort, forum, hockey
Davos first gained prominence in the 19th century as a mountain health resort, long before lifts. Its winter sports history is correspondingly long. Since 1971 the town has hosted the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering of global political and corporate leaders, and every December it stages the Spengler Cup, an international ice hockey tournament. Our data flags Davos for après-ski and scenic views, which fits a resort town with the infrastructure and the population to keep evenings busy.
Its size also gives Davos an unusual range of things to do when the weather closes in, from the everyday life of a real settlement to a December that doubles as a hockey festival. A ski trip here is a trip to a town that happens to have 300 km of pistes above it, not a trip to a lift station with a few hotels attached.
Practical
The nearest airport is Friedrichshafen, roughly 99 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. Practical details are on the official website.
Frequently asked questions about Davos
A town. It has a permanent population of 10,832 (2020), and its centre is formed by two adjacent villages, Davos Dorf and Davos Platz, at 1,560 m.
Davos-Klosters, shared with neighbouring Klosters: 300 km of pistes and 57 lifts, with a top station at 2,844 m.
It has hosted the World Economic Forum every year since 1971, stages the Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament each December, and first became famous in the 19th century as a mountain health resort.
Our data flags Davos for après-ski, and as a town of more than 10,000 residents it has the scale to support it.
Davos has 300 km of marked slopes: 92 km easy (blue), 157 km intermediate (red), 51 km expert (black), served by 57 ski lifts.
The skiing in Davos ranges from 1,560 m at the base to 2,844 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,284 m.
The ski season in Davos typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Davos works for beginners, though it is not a dedicated beginner resort: about 31% of the slopes (92 km) are easy blue runs.
Davos has 51 km of expert (black) slopes — about 17% of the total.
An adult day pass in Davos costs around 92 CHF (2026/27 season). Davos Klosters day pass.
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