We stopped skiing early on Saturday to wander around St Moritz a little bit. It's filled with expensive designer shops, just like Bahnhofstrasse in Zürich. Chanel, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, etc. The pedestrian area is not very large or unusually ritzy or upscale. Almost everybody there was wearing fur which I found somewhat disconcerting. Lots of long fur coats, fur hats, fur boots, and even big furry mittens. Ridiculous ... especially the big shaggy boots. I would have gotten a picture of some of them but I wasn't brave enough to take somebody else's picture on the street.
I got a picture of the back of the big 5-star hotel, Badrutt's Palace Hotel (I think there's a woman in a fur coat in this picture):
If you go to this website it shows you the "big 5" 5-star hotels in St Moritz:
http://www.stmoritz.ch/index.php?id=595&L=1
There's a big lake in front of Badrutt's Palace Hotel where there were lots of tents and people. Looks like there are horse races on the lake, which is different. There are also horse and buggy rides through the town ... we saw a few ... maybe people in St Moritz use those instead of cabs.
Here are a few other pics from around the pedestrian zone:
Anyway, I wasn't all that impressed with the town of St Moritz but the surrounding mountains and available outdoor activities were certainly impressive. There is a cross country skiing marathon that takes place there every year that looks quite popular. And there were countless people snowshoeing, ice climbing, skiing, xc skiing, and just wandering around on the big lake and on the streets. I hope to post some pics from skiing sometime over the next few days but our cell phone is currently refusing to speak to our computers so we'll see.
Here's a picture of the Engadin xc ski marathon:
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