SCHLOSS WINTER SEASON 2024 OPENING

The 'SPECIALE Ski School' offers individual and group ski lessons with live connection through radio links, with a Ski Team reserved for children and adults who have workouts on the ski slopes but also have the ability to make live videos during the descents to improve their style and also to preserve the memory of the experience.
The Academy then not only teaches skiing and improving on style but offers engaging and educational experiences for adults and children as well, with fun and highly technological training sessions. Participants can also try freeriding, snowboarding, ski mountaineering and snowshoes.

Pontresina is just 5 minutes from St. Moritz, one of the world's most famous mountain tourist destinations. At an altitude of 1856 meters, this picturesque village is right in the center of the magnificent landscape of the Engadine Lakes and, together with neighboring St. Moritz, it is one of the most popular destinations of the world jet set.
This charming ski region offers 55 ski lifts with 350 km of slopes, a halfpipe and snowboard enthusiast park, 180 km of cross-country ski trails, 150 km of winter walking trails, high-altitude trekking trails, mountain skiing on glaciers, thrilling descents on the bobsled track, and hang-gliding and paragliding flights. Furthermore, thanks to the altitude and modern artificial snowmaking systems at Engadin St. Moritz, snow is always insured.
That these places are the privileged destinations of international winter tourism also demonstrates the fact St. Moritz is the only town in Switzerland to host the Olympics. It is here that Olympic champions come to train as the destination offers incredible opportunities for skiing in the Swiss Alps.
In addition to Alpine skiing and off-piste skiing, Pontresina is also ideal for cross-country skiing, with over 200 km of trails crossing lovely forests and valleys. You will also find the oldest bobsled track in the world here dating back to 1890. There are always a series of high-level sports events, such as the "Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow", which takes place every January on the frozen lakes.
From Pontresina, the most easily reachable slopes are those of the Languard Alp, with a total of 9 km of downhill slopes with two ski lifts, perfect for children as well. The trip to Languard Alp runs smoothly with the chair lift leaving from the center of Pontresina.
Despite its close proximity, the slopes are exotically scenic and very impressive.
In addition to the Languard Alp, Pontresina's ski slopes include such impressive descents such as Diavolezza, Muottas Muragl, Corvatsch and Corviglia, and all can be easily reached from Pontresina, which all together offer 350 km of perfect slopes for every kind of skier and to satisfy a wide variety of tastes.

At the bottom of the majestic ski areas of Engadin St. Moritz, there are over 200 kilometers of Nordic skiing trails.
The Upper Engadine is well-known for its famous cross-country ski runs, a true treasure for those who practice this sport. On the 30 different slopes, for both classical and skating equipment, extending over 220 km, there is no danger of traveling the same route twice. Here in Engadin this sport can also be enjoyed on the 3 ice lakes of Maloja-Sils, Sils-Silvaplana, Surlej and Silvaplana, even at night.
A perfect trail to choose for those who love scenic landscapes is one that crosses the fairy-tale forest of Val Bever, where the track slopes gently down to the Gasthaus Spinas and then finishes with a wonderful steep descent. For sportsmen, there is the Marathonloipe marathon track or the more difficult slopes like Zuoz Zernez.
There are also high-altitude crossings, such as the Bondo Alp or the Morteratsch glacier. The first one is right on the Bernina Pass, a circular track that is always snow-covered even in the off-season at 2,300 meters of altitude leading to the Glacier-Express of the Rhaetian Railway. The one on the Morteratsch glacier is best suitable for the most experienced skiers.

From Pontresina you can easily reach the top 3 areas of the Upper Engadine Alpine skiing and are all beautiful to discover and to ski. Corviglia, Corvatsch, Diavolezza are the cradle of winter sports lovers.
The location is easily reached from Milan via the SS 36 highway which leads to Chiavenna in a short time. Once you reach this location, you must turn right and follow the signs. The extensive network of facilities is functional and fast, with chair lifts, cable cars, fast telecabiners, rail and ski bus.
Corviglia and Corvatsch arise on two opposite sides, the first is almost always exposed to the sun, while the latter rises to the north and remains predominantly shaded, and is particularly suitable for seasonal skiing.
There are illuminated slopes at night on weekends for night skiing. There is the Olympic Bobsled Run, the oldest bobsled track in the world, and the only natural ice canal still used for international competitions and there is also the legendary skeleton track at Cresta Run. After four Alpine Ski World Championships and two Winter Olympics, St. Moritz hosted the World Skiing Championships in 2017.
Pontresina is a well-known destination not only for alpine skiing and mountaineering. There are more than 200 kilometers of cross-country ski trails on the Maloja Lakes, Sils, Silvaplana, St. Moritz, which also include the 42 km for the famous annual marathon between Maloja and S-chanf.
There are plenty of opportunities on every level, such as Sils from the Laret forest to the lake of the same name, where many competitions take place, while the mountain paths climb up and down the many winter trails. Among the best known, the so-called Philosophenweg, the "Path of the Philosophers", a closed path that leads from Muottas Muragl to Val Muragl.

Do not miss the Team Building and Incentive programs that can be customized to those already proposed by the resort. SPECIALE SKI SCHOOL manages to create unique, engaging, personalized training moments aimed at increasing personal motivation with a view to continuous improvement. From the slopes following the tracks of the slopes where great champions are challenged during important competitive events. 

Towards the beginning of the 1900s, with the growing interest of mountaineers coming from all over Europe who came to Pontresina to climb the peaks of the glaciers, this quaint village of the Canton of Grisons is in fact an international tourist destination. With its more than 4,000 meters in altitude, the Bernina Massif is one of the highest mountain ranges in the Western Rhineland Alps. Its perennial glacial rocky walls are ideal for mountaineering lovers; and at the same time, to facilitate connections, tourism and trade, the Rhaetian Railway is now being built, and today is already a UNESCO heritage site. The Bernina Express, the renowned “Red Train” runs on the railway, which crosses massive glaciers, fabulous lakes, with breathtaking views and unites Tirano at 429 meters altitude at the Bernina Pass, at an altitude of 2,253, then go back to Coira. The line exceeds 1,824-m altitude in only 22 km and faces 70° slopes without racks. Today, the red train is the undisputed icon of this destination and allows you to reach many ski slopes. From the windows of the Schloss castle you can see it as it passes, a fascinating red silhouette that cuts the white of the snow and you can also hear it as it "snorts and salutes" at each station, and stops right in front of the hotel at the Pontresina station .