Ski-running by Katharine Symonds Furse
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Skis can be hired locally. DAVOS, 5,015 feet above the sea, was one of the first places at which Winter sports began, and it still offers almost everything desired by the Ski runner. The fact that Davos is much visited by invalids deters a great many people from going there, for fear of infection. As a matter of fact they are probably a good deal safer there than in some other places where there may be a few invalids, but where the same precautions regarding disinfection may not be taken. Two or three hotels are kept open for sports people only, and at these the life is just the same as in all the other well-known centres. Davos is within very easy reach by the Rhaetische Railway of all the Parsenn runs. The side valleys, Fluela, Dischma and Sertig, all offer innumerable good runs to the energetic runner who does not object to climbing, and there are endless Nursery slopes. It is one of the few places whence tours can still be planned over almost unlimited snow-fields when a track is a rare sight except on the few ordinary short runs or on the Parsenn. The local club organizes the Ski-ing, and good Ski Instructors and Guides are available. The rinks are excellent and the Schatzalp and Klosters runs are maintained for bobbing and tobogganing. There is a good Ski map showing all the runs round Davos, but the Ordnance Map should be used as well. |
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