Ski Lifts in Davos
The separate Davos Klosters ski areas are not lift-linked, so you use buses and trains more than in other ski resorts, but they are free to skiers with a lift pass or a guest card. On the mountains there are lifts of every type, from fast modern gondolas and detachable chairlifts to older cable cars, funicular railways and T-bars.
Davos Klosters Ski Lifts
T-bars on Rinerhorn (c) DKM_Destination Davos Klosters
Buses and trains are an integrated part of the Davos Klosters lift system. You use them not only to reach the different ski areas but also to be picked up from the bottom of long runs that lead down to small villages without any ski lifts, like Serneus, Küblis, Wolfgang, Mühle, and Teufi. To get up the mountain, almost very type of lift is deployed: funicular railways, cable cars, drag lifts, T-Bars, chair lifts, and gondolas. Some are modern but some aren’t. Mid-week, there is enough spare capacity for lift queues to be rare, although you will occasionally have to wait for a cable car, if its operator doesn’t feel there are sufficient skiers hanging around to justify an immediate departure. At weekends and holidays, queues are much more common, particularly at the base stations of the most popular ski areas, such as Parsenn/Gotschnagrat, Joskobshorn and Madrisa.
Davos Klosters Ski Lift Pass
Most skiers coming to Davos for a week should buy the Regional ski pass which covers five of the six Davos Klosters ski areas (Parsenn, Jakobshorn, Rinerhorn, Pischa and Madrisa) and all the buses and train you need to get to and from them.
The Regional ski pass however does not cover Schatzalp-Strela. You have to pay extra to reach it on its private funicular railway and to use its ski lifts.
If you are staying for just a few days, there are cheaper lift passes which cover just one or two of the ski areas for one or two days. The most useful is the one that covers Parsenn and Jacobshorn for two days, which is probably all you will need if you are only coming to Davos for the weekend
Beginners don’t need to buy a full liftpass. Instead there are cheaper one day and half day passes covering the nursery slopes at Bolgen and Bünda, or they can pay per ride.
The season pass TOP CARD is also valid for other ski resorts including Arosa and Laax
Davos Klosters Ski Lift Company
For more information about ski lifts and lift passes in Davos Klosters contact the lift company:
Davos Klosters Bergbahnen AG
Brämabüelstrasse 11
7270 Davos Platz
Tel: +41 (0)81 417 62 22
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.davosklosters.ch