Davos

Davos sits at 1,560 metres and is the highest town in Europe, which is why endurance athletes have trained here for a century — the altitude does real physiological work, and the valley floor is flat and long enough to use it. The cross-country network running the length of the valley is among the largest in the Alps.

The climate is dry and cold, and the snow is reliable from December into April. Outside winter it becomes hiking and climbing country, with the Jakobshorn and the Parsenn accessible by lift and the Flüela and Sertig valleys leading straight into serious terrain.