Parsenn
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Parsenn, renowned ski area near Davos, Switzerland, offering 35 ski runs.
The recently updated Parsenn "red railway" funicular
covers the difference of 1100 meters to the Weissfluhjoch
ridge. You can also get from Klosters
to Gotschna/Parsenn with a large cable car. Ski runs from here run up to 17 kilometres into the Prättigau
valley, one of them used in the Parsenn Derby Race. The Parsenn area is the largest and most modern of Davos' five mountains.
On Fridays from mid-December to mid-March the slope is also open until 11pm offering flood lit night skiing.
Funicular
A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...
covers the difference of 1100 meters to the Weissfluhjoch
Weissfluhjoch
The Weissfluhjoch is a minor summit southeast of the Weissfluh situated in the Plessur Range in Graubünden. Since 1932 a cable car leads to the summit from Davos.-Weather:-References:...
ridge. You can also get from Klosters
Klosters
Klosters-Serneus is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.Its well-known ski resort lies from Zurich, the nearest international airport. Transfer time is about 1.5 hours. Klosters is from Davos...
to Gotschna/Parsenn with a large cable car. Ski runs from here run up to 17 kilometres into the Prättigau
Prättigau
The Prättigau Valley, in the canton of Graubünden , Switzerland, is home to the world famous ski resorts of Klosters and neighbouring Davos in the Landwasser Valley....
valley, one of them used in the Parsenn Derby Race. The Parsenn area is the largest and most modern of Davos' five mountains.
On Fridays from mid-December to mid-March the slope is also open until 11pm offering flood lit night skiing.