Badrutt's Palace
VIP Village access
on Corviglia
concierge throughout
The Sport of Kings on Ice
Every January the frozen Lake St. Moritz becomes a polo field. What started in 1985 as an odd idea is now one of winter's most exclusive sporting events, the Snow Polo World Cup, international teams playing at 1,800 metres with the Alps behind them. It is polo rebuilt for ice: faster, more physical, more spectacular, the horses in studded shoes, the falls dramatic.
The base is Badrutt's Palace, five minutes from the lake and directly above it. From the suite you watch the VIP Village and the sponsor chalets going up on the ice. Mornings can be skiing on Corviglia; afternoons are the polo, champagne in the heated hospitality tent, prime viewing over the field, and the particular social scene where European wealth treats a frozen alpine lake as a perfectly normal sporting venue.
Around the sport, the weekend leaves room for what St. Moritz does the rest of the time: world-class skiing, a two-Michelin-star dinner, the spa, and a horse-drawn carriage across the same ice the polo runs on. Four nights built around one event, at the hotel that has defined St. Moritz since the idea of a winter season was invented.
This is not spectator seating. It is a heated hospitality tent with champagne service and prime positions over the field, close enough to hear the impact of mallets on ball and hooves on ice. Snow polo is three-on-three, four seven-minute chukkas, a larger lighter ball, a smaller field, and between matches the tent is its own event: fur coats, champagne, the international set treating the lake as a normal afternoon out.
The tournament's social peak. Larger crowds, higher stakes, and a final that ends with the trophy presented and champagne poured directly on the ice. For the people who come every year, this is as much about who is there as who wins, networking and spectacle on a frozen lake at altitude.
The address that defined St. Moritz.
Two of the most storied hotels in the Alps sit at opposite ends of the same frozen lake. Badrutt's Palace is the base, five minutes from the polo and directly above it; the Kulm, the hotel that invented the winter season, is the alternative for guests who want something less formal and more sporting.
Badrutt's Palace defines St. Moritz as much as the frozen lake or the surrounding peaks. Opened in 1896, it has hosted European royalty, Hollywood, and the kind of wealth that does not require announcement, its tower visible across the valley. The Junior Suite with Lake View, around 50 square metres, looks straight down at the lake and the polo field below, with antique furnishings and a marble bathroom with separate tub and shower. The Palace Wellness spa runs to 2,000 square metres.
Suite Junior Suite Lake View. Approximately 50 sqm. Floor-to-ceiling lake views, antique furnishings, marble bathroom with separate tub and shower.
The Kulm opened in 1856 and quite literally invented alpine winter tourism: owner Johannes Badrutt challenged his summer guests to return in winter, they did, and the world followed. It sits at the opposite end of the lake, equally prestigious but less formal, more athletic, deeply rooted in sporting tradition. The Piz Nair Suite is a 47 square metre corner with wraparound windows across the lake to the Engadin and Piz Nair beyond.
Suite Piz Nair Suite. 47 sqm. Corner position, wraparound windows, marble bathroom with deep soaking tub.Helicopter skiing
Off-piste terrain unreachable by lift, with a professional guide, safety equipment and helicopter charter included. Weather dependent, half or full day.
Glacier Express
The scenic train from St. Moritz to Zermatt via Chur, Andermatt and Brig: eight hours, 91 tunnels, 291 bridges, in Excellence Class with a five-course lunch and wine pairings. Can replace the departure transfer.
Cresta Run
The historic skeleton toboggan run dating to 1884: a coaching session, then supervised runs down the 1,212-metre ice track at speeds past 130 km/h. Genuinely demanding and not for the faint-hearted.
Segantini Museum
A private viewing of Giovanni Segantini's alpine landscape paintings, outside public hours, with an art historian guide.
Event Access
Snow Polo World Cup dates are announced roughly six months ahead, and VIP packages, particularly sponsor chalet access, sell out quickly. The event depends on lake-ice thickness and weather; cancellations are rare but possible, and alternative activities are arranged if conditions affect the programme.
Altitude & Cold
St. Moritz sits at 1,856 metres and some guests feel mild altitude effects on the first day, which is why the arrival evening is kept light. January temperatures run from -15°C to -2°C with real wind chill on the lake; the VIP Village is heated, but warm cold-weather gear is needed for the moves between tent and field.
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