6 great events to keep you entertained on and off piste this winter
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St. Moritz City Race - 6 December
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A dazzling event where skiing comes down from the slopes and into town – visitors and celebrities taking place in slalom and cross-country races though the centre of the village.
Snow Polo, Davos - 25-28 February
This new event will achieve something remarkable at the very heart of sophisticated Davos - taking the noble sport of polo, with its thundering hooves, and playing it on snow.
Festival International de Ballons, Chateau d’Oex - 23-30 January
This aviation extravaganza has been held at Chateau d’Oex since 1979: more than 100 hot-air balloons soar over a snowbound land- scape in fine fashion.
On-piste events
Rock The Pistes, Champery - 13-19 March
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This much-feted Valais ski resort dons its dancing shoes every March for a week of live music and DJ sets - some performed on the slopes, some back in town for apres-ski fun.
Lauberhorn Downhill Race - 15-17 January
The Ski World Cup reaches one of its regular heights of excitement as the globe’s best male skiers pit their wits and tech- nique against the notorious Lauberhorn Run in Wengen.
Gstaad Ride On Music - 10-13 March
On-piste activity of a different sort – this noble ski resort in the Bernese Oberland tuning in for four noisy days of live bands and loud music, played at a sound- stage on the snow.
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