\tThere’s a bit of trouble threatening my picture-perfect Christmas in the Swiss Alps. The road to the resort.<\/p>\n
\tI spent hours…. make that days…. searching the web for a resort that is both family and non-expert skier friendly. Luckily, Switzerland rates its family friendly resorts and puts the information online. After doing lots of reading and fussing, I booked our week in Arosa. It isn’t big. Heck, no one has even heard of it.. including a woman I know who is from Switzerland. But it met all my criteria. Family friendly (the kids ski school is affiliated with Disney). Lots of intermediate runs. Picturesque. One of the highest resorts in Switzerland (there’s already snow). Not too expensive. Places to stay on-piste. (In Zermatt… where you ski the Matterhorn… it’s not family or beginner friendly. You also have to take a bus to the lifts no matter where you stay in town. And I read that the buses get very crowded.) Our hotel owner is taking great care of us already, arranging for ski passes and ski school and answering all my questions.<\/p>\n
\tHere’s the thing. The latest answer to a question he sent me has me a little worried. About just getting there. Read what he wrote, and you’ll understand: <\/p>\n
Hello Mandy<\/p>\n
it’s true. The road leading to Arosa takes 30 km with 360 turns. Some say it
\nis scary to drive on this road when there’s snow on the road. From Chur to
\nArosa it takes about an hour, same as the train.
\nI recommend you to wait till the last moment to decide driving to Arosa or
\nleave the car in Chur. If the road conditions are good I would drive with
\nthe car. If not, leave your car in Chur and head up with the train. Normally
\nthe road is being cleaned all day. And there are many cars driving on that
\nroad.<\/p>\n
\tTHREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TURNS. There isn’t a barf bag big enough or a motion sickness pill strong enough. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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