Summer Activities

Davos, Europe's largest mountain resort, offers an unforgettable natural landscape combined with a vast array of leisure activities. Davos has something for everybody. Those who prefer the quiet to the exciting city life will be pleased by the calmness of the Davos area. The region of Davos can be explored on 450 km of well-preserved and marked hiking trails. Whether you are interested in mountaineering, hiking or strolling on comfortable walks - in Davos ou will find your personal hiking paradise.

Hiking
We call hiking in Davos "Wanderplausch" - the complete enjoyment of nature and mountains you will find here.

The landscape around Davos and its beautiful meadows, woods, pastures and above all mountains is accessible by 450 km of signed and maintained hiking trails.

Comfortable paths for stolling or narrow mountain tracks through steep terrain above the tree line - delve into the true hiking country! Explore the old settlements of the Walser, and move through distant valleys of the Davos region.

Water sports
Lake Davos, with its 3.77 km shore, reaches the 20°C mark in summer and offers many possibilities for water sport enthusiasts. The open-air swimming pool provides additional refreshment.

Be it sailing, surfing, swimming, diving, fishing, or simply splashing around - in Davos, you do not only have the mountains but water to boot.

Water Sports Centre at Lake Davos
Spend your holidays in the mountains and dally in beach activities and relaxation. The Water Sports Centre provides a recreation lawn, restaurant, sun terrace, volleyball field and all the equipment for water sports. Tel. +41 (0)81 416 15 05

Sailing
Trial courses or individual lessons. Yachts and yawls for hire. You may even make the Swiss (D category) or international sailing licence. Open season from mid June to approximately the end of August.

Windsurfing
Feel the mountain breeze in your sail. Trial courses, individual and group lessons are available to adolescents and adults from late June to late August.

Hydrospeed
Under expert guidance you will literally surf down the river yourself as you hold on to your hydrospeed. What better way to immerse yourself in the water element?

Canyoning
Follow a clear mountain brook down cliffs, along deep and narrow beds and through deep forests until you reach the valley and discover a New World!

As mentioned earlier, the village is divided into two parts, Davos Dorf and Davos Platz. The latter boasts the magnificent Schatzalp with its extensive intermediate skiing area and its connection to the Parsenn. The Jakobshorn lift is just a short walk away. The Parsenn is more toward the "dorf" end of town, while the other areas are reachec by some sort of wheeled transport. They are very short rides away.
 

Our advice, if you can ski at all, is to buy an all area pass and sample the lot. You'll enjoy the diversity of the skiing terrain, and the normally good snow conditions found at these altitudes.

Lift pass prices are as varied as the terrain, and the combinations are too numerous to mention here. There is also a big bonus for those of you who opt for the all-encompassing pass.  This ticket includes all of the skiing to and in the village of Klosters.

Cross country skiers will get a kick and glide out of Davos as high altitude trails are ideal for the purpose. Davos too, is a major snowboarder's hangout, and,  to encourage them,  the resort has provided not only first class, specially prepared areas, but world class snowboard events too.

When the sun goes down in Davos, the neon lights take over. There is a large selection of night spots with an equally large variation of atmospheres and prices.