ENGLISH ENGLISH Engadin MAGAZINE NO . 5 W I N T E R –––––– 2 1 / 2 2 W I N T E R –––––– 2 1 / 2 2 HORIZONS HORIZONS 2 5 Germany Austria SWITZERLAND Engadin Winter — 21/22 France GRAUBÜNDEN OBERENGADIN Italy m m m m m m m m m m m m Piz Palü, 3,905 Palü, Piz Cover photograph by Seya Eggler Seya by photograph Cover Dear guest, m m m m m m m We are delighted to present to you the winter 2,978 m m Piz Bernina, 4,049 Bernina, Piz Piz Bernina, 4,049 Bernina, Piz Piz Roseg, 3,937 3,937 Roseg, Piz Roseg, Piz Piz Palü, 3,905 Palü, Piz Piz Scerscen, 3,971 Scerscen, Piz Piz Scerscen, 3,971 Scerscen, Piz m m Map: Rohweder Map: Rohweder edition of our Engadin magazine. It portrays Piz Cambrena, 3,604 Cambrena, Piz Piz Cambrena, 3,604 Cambrena, Piz Piz Tremoggla, 3,441 3,441 Tremoggla, Piz Tremoggla, Piz the many facets of the wide expanses and Piz Fora, 3,363 3,363 Fora, Piz Fora, Piz m m m m uplifting horizons for which the Engadin is so Diavolezza, Diavolezza, m m Piz Lagalb, 2,959 Lagalb, Piz Piz Lagalb, 2,959 Lagalb, Piz Cover photograph by Seya Eggler Seya by photograph Cover Diavolezza, 2,978 m Diavolezza, Piz Led, 3,088 3,088 Led, Piz Led, Piz Piz Corvatsch, 3,451 3,451 Corvatsch, Piz Corvatsch, Piz Piz Murtèl, 3,433 Murtèl, Piz Piz Murtèl, 3,433 Murtèl, Piz famous. In this edition, we reveal how the m Diavolezza m Lago Bianco view from Muottas Muragl of the lake-strewn Lagalb valley has long cast a spell on artists, how Italy 3,058 Lavirun, 3,058 Piz Lavirun, Piz Val Forno Punta Casana, 3,007 Casana, Punta 3,007 Casana, Punta Val Fex Corvatsch innovative entrepreneurs are producing a Punta Saliente, 3,048 Saliente, Punta Punta Saliente, 3,048 Saliente, Punta Bernina Pass Piz Surlej, 3,188 Surlej, Piz Piz Surlej, 3,188 Surlej, Piz Val Fedoz world-class product high on the Corvatsch, Maloja Pass and how the vast fields of powder snow in Val Roseg MALOJA the Engadin inspired freestyle skiing. No Lej da Segl wonder the finest exponents keep returning Swiss National Park Lej da Silvaplana SILS here to the birthplace of their sport – for SURLEJ ST. MORITZ BAD example, for the Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Lej da PONTRESINA Champfèr SILVAPLANA St.Moritzer World Championships 2025. See CHAMPFÈR ST. MORITZ DORF Julier Pass We wish you happy reading and look forward Corviglia to welcoming you here soon! ➞ ➞ ZERNEZ LA PUNT- CELERINA The people of the Engadin CHAMUES-CH SAMEDAN S-CHANF ZUOZ BEVER MADULAIN ENGADIN Magazin WINTER –––––– 19/20 Nord 4 5 06 INTRODUCTION 66 FAMILY 14 Vastezza Open horizons of the high valley 68 Luxury on runners 70 Back home in heaven Sledge outing ENGADIN 18 FREESTYLE with the TV presenter Annina Campell 78 Child’s play Dancing with the snowflakes p. 66 p. 98 20 Giant jumps 22 A family of high-flyers Nalu Nussbaum 82 PARAGLIDING Magazine is one of the up-and-coming stars of Switzerland’s freestyle scene 84 Artists of the air 30 Skiing for all From piste to snowpark 86 Touching the sky Enjoying a bird’s-eye view of the Engadin WINTER 34 CULINARIA 96 Gone with the wind Dancing with the forces of nature 36 The Angel’s share 38 High spirits up on the Corvatsch 98 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING A visit to the world’s highest whisky distillery 100 Fit from head to toe 48 Viva! Celebrating in style 102 Skating into spring With Nadine and Markus Fähndrich at the Bernina Pass 50 CULTURA 110 Gliding in style Classic and contemporary 52 Under nature’s spell 114 PINBOARD 54 Contents When heaven and earth meet Giovanni Segantini created his 114 A gallery of ideas for holidays in the Enga- p. 82 p. 18 p. 34 greatest work in the Engadin din, with even more activities, restaurants, 64 Pristine beauty A valley full of art accommodation and cultural attractions. Picture-perfect: Lake Sils is the largest of the Engadin lakes. Glarner Mathias Photo: 9 Twists and turns: the Maloja Pass links the Engadin with the Val Bregaglia. / Sysaworld Moiola Roberto Photo: Other-worldly: the surface of the Lago Bianco freezes over the course of winter. Walde Patrik Photo: Awe-inspiring: the Piz Trovat offers a thrilling experience of Photo: Federico Sette Federico Photo: mountain wilderness. 14 15 Vastezza Decisive encounter Mighty ice Two lake basins Open horizons of the high valley A collision between the African and Eurasian During an ice age 10,000 years ago, a vast river Over time, glacial action sculpted two basins in ← continental plates led to the creation of ice carved its way through the region, giving the valley floor: the precursors of a single long of the Engadin valley 35 million years ago. the Engadin valley its approximate current form. Upper Engadin lake and of Lake St. Moritz. What space! Captivating lake region Augmented reality experience The Upper Engadin extends for The vast expanses of the Engadin valley as For 60 years, the ibex up on the ← Piz Nair stood immobile on its high about 50 kilometres from Maloja far as the eye can see, framed on either side rock. But now it is coming to life – to S-chanf. While this high valley by towering mountains: anyone who walks is framed by towering peaks, the or cross-country skis across the frozen large ENGADIN thanks to digitalisation. mountains.ch exceptionally wide valley floor creates Engadin lakes will be bewitched by the views an uplifting sense of spaciousness. in all directions. Magazine Muottas Muragl: magical Samedan – Few views can be as breathtaking as those from Muottas WINTER Muragl, accessible to all by funicular: you feel as if the whole valley lies at your feet. engadin.ch/muottas-muragl/en Panoramic snowshoe walk Introduction The easy walk along the Corvatsch Lake Trail reveals breathtaking and ever-changing views over the valley and its string of frozen, snow-covered lakes. engadin.ch/snowshoeing Photo right: KMU Fotografie KMU right: Photo 17 Retreat One becomes three Unique landscape As the ice age ended, this glacier gradually While this ice, too, steadily melted, mountain rivers Today the four Upper Engadin lakes, sparkling like a began to melt. However, isolated masses carried rock debris down into the valley. This piled string of gems, appear on Switzerland’s list of of ice remained for a time in the two basins. up and divided the Upper Engadin lake into three parts. nationally important landscapes and natural monuments. The world in the Engadin Top 5: winter bucket list St.Moritz – Alfred Hitchcock, Friedrich Five things you simply have to Nietzsche, Farah Diba (the last empress experience in the Engadin winter: of Persia) and various British royals have all visited the Engadin. Some came for the peace and quiet, others for the glamour Watch the freestyle wizards and of course the skiing. These included in the snowpark. John Lennon (pictured), who spent a Page 22 10-day holiday in St. Moritz in the winter of 1965 with his first wife, Cynthia Powell Visit the whisky distillery Lennon, along with the Beatles’ music on the Corvatsch. producer, George Martin, and his wife, Judy. Page 38 i Even more celebrities Toboggan from Alp Es-cha Many famous names appear in the guest book Dadour to Madulain. of the Waldhaus hotel in Sils. waldhaus-sils.ch Page 70 Enjoy a bird’s-eye view A winter walk that promises a natural high of the landscape. Page 86 The easy walk from Chantarella across the Salastrains plateau to the stylish El Paradiso mountain restaurant rewards visitors with glorious views. Cross-country ski on “Firn” snow engadin.ch/winter-hiking at the Bernina Pass in spring. Photo right: Alamy Stock Photo, Mirrorpix Mirrorpix Photo, Stock Alamy right: Photo Page 102 Freestyle “People weren’t made to fly, that’s why we make kickers.” WARREN MILLER (1924–2018), US SKI AND SNOWBOARDING FILM-MAKER Photo: Willy Bogner Movie Bogner Willy Photo: 20 21 Giant jumps The Engadin is a leading freestyle destination, with two snowparks that offer world- class training opportunities. However, winter sports enthusiasts were performing 1995 to One of the first professional halfpipes is created anew each winter daredevil jumps and wild tricks in the region long before the snowparks opened. 2002 up on the Corviglia. The required shaping machine is imported specially from the USA. 1985 The film-maker Willy Bogner shoots scenes for his action ski film “Fire & Ice” in the Engadin. The movie also features 2006 The RLZ regional training group incorporates freestyle in its Nick and Sabrina Nussbaum as stunt doubles. programme and so begins ongoing support of young, up-and- coming freestyle talent in the Engadin. 1986 Hangloose Engadin, Switzerland’s oldest snowboard club, is founded. The same year, the first Swiss snowboard 2012 The FIS Freeski World Cup circus comes to the snowpark on the championships take place in the Engadin. Corvatsch for the first time. Since then, this has been one of the key events in the World Cup calendar for slopestyle freeskiers, 1987 The first snowboard world championships held in Europe held at the end of March each year. take place on the Corviglia. 2019 17-year-old Nalu Nussbaum, son of Nick and Sabrina, takes part 1994 Reto Lamm wins the first edition of the iconic Air & Style in the FIS Freeski World Cup on the Corvatsch. festival in Innsbruck in front of more than 5,000 spectators.