After two-plus weeks skiing in Switzerland, we pointed ourselves toward Colorado — Zurich to Chicago on Swiss Airlines, then United into Denver.
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Verbier: Where the Mountains are Big, the Prices are Bigger, and the Snow is… Heavy
The next stop on our Swiss ski adventure was Verbier, a town I had heard about for many years but never visited. Getting from Andermatt to Verbier should have been straightforward. It was not.
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Andermatt: Small Town, Big Mountains, One Bad Fall
We had been skiing on our Epic Local passes for a few years, but somehow, Switzerland had never made the itinerary. This past winter, that changed. We added Andermatt to our roving retirement ski tour, and it turned out to be an education in more ways than one.
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Traveling Through Zurich and Lucerne on Our Way to Skiing
The way to skiing this year took us from Playa del Carmen to Cancun and through to Zurich and Lucerne. We actually planned a four-day break between when we arrived in Switzerland and when our rental in the ski town started. We try to leave extra time in case some…
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The Latest Installment of Our Vail and Beaver Creek Experiences
Last week, Diana wrote about our two weeks in Frisco and Breckenridge. This week, I share our experiences in Beaver Creek and Vail, where we spent the other two weeks of our month-long ski time in Colorado.