What's on in St. Moritz (St Moritz), Switzerland through the year

Peak crowds — Snow Polo World Cup, Christmas holidays in Switzerland

• Festival

  Snow Polo World Cup

  18–30 Jan · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  Three days of polo played on the frozen lake in late January, with the boards and the tents set up on the ice. Free to stand at the edge, expensive to sit down. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — White Turf horse racing, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  White Turf horse racing

  1–25 Feb · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  Thoroughbreds race on the frozen lake on three Sundays in February, skijoring included, which is a rider on skis behind a loose horse. It runs only if the ice measures thick enough. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Engadin Skimarathon, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Engadin Skimarathon

  5–16 Mar · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Thirteen thousand cross-country skiers cross the frozen lakes from Maloja to Zuoz on the second Sunday of March. Every bed in the valley is taken and the roads shut for the morning. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Easter holidays in Switzerland, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

• Closure

  Between-seasons shutdown

  15 Apr – 15 Jun · usually

  The valley shuts between the last ski day and the first walking one: hotels closed, lifts stopped, and the lakes half-thawed and unusable for either. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Spring holidays in Switzerland, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Between-seasons shutdown (15 Apr – 15 Jun (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Trail and hut season

  20 Jun – 15 Oct · usuallyTrail season

  The Engadin high paths and the huts run from about the summer solstice to mid-October, with the lift-served walking from Muottas Muragl the easy version of it.

Still on: Between-seasons shutdown (15 Apr – 15 Jun (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Switzerland, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Festival da Jazz

  5 Jul – 5 Aug · usuallyMajor festivalBook early

  A month of small-room jazz in July, much of it in the Dracula Club, which seats about a hundred. Tickets are the constraint, not the programme. Source ↗

Still on: Trail and hut season (20 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Switzerland, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Trail and hut season (20 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Festival da Jazz (5 Jul – 5 Aug (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Trail and hut season (20 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Busy — Autumn holidays in Switzerland, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Trail and hut season (20 Jun – 15 Oct (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Ski season

  25 Nov – 10 Apr · usually

  High, dry and sunny: Corviglia above the town and Diavolezza and Corvatsch down the valley, all on one pass, with cold powder that lasts because the sun is weak and the air is thin.

Busy — Christmas holidays in Switzerland, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))