Posthotel Rossle

Gaschurn is a touristic place, a ”paradise of the winter sports”. It is a magnificent mounain area. It offers splendid hiking routes, and exciting gliding sessions in summer, and a lot of attractive winter sport activities in winter. I did not live in the hotel ”Posthotel Roessle”, but I could see it from outside every day (I stayed nearby, to some friends). But I was delighted to hear that the great American writer, Ernest Hemingway was the guest of this hotel for a while. He also lived in Schruns, a village in the neighbourhood, famous for its winter sports, too. ”Though I admire Hemingway’s writing, I did not come to Schruns to chase his legend. At least not intentionally. But Hemingway helped put Ketchum/Sun Valley on the map, and after the ski tour below Piz Buin and down Jamtal Ferner into Galtur was described to me, I could not say no. First I wanted to ski the massive Silvretta Nova–the vast interconnect which fills the high peaks above Schruns, St. Gallenkirch and Gaschurn. If the Silvretta Nova’s twenty eight lifts and hundred kilometers of marked pistes existed when Hemingway wintered here, he might never have settled in Ketchum. Here steep bump runs roll, dive and twist down forested gulleys while perfectly groomed boulevards lead to empty quad lifts. A deep winter storm, however, has buried the Silvretta Nova beneath two feet of cold powder and only a fool would risk the passes that lead to Switzerland. With the visibility alternating between murky and opaque, the trees offered superb skiing and on the last run of the day, I followed “Zigjam’s” untracked terrain back to Gaschurn.” Winters are heavy in Gaschurn, but either winter or other seasons, passionate photographers have the opportunity to develop their photography art here.