Resort height: 1200m
The mountains
Between them, Davos and Klosters offer over 300km of pistes, spread over five separate mountains. These mountains aren't interconnected, so don't expect to be able to get about between them as easily as you would in a purpose-built French resort like the Three Valleys.
Klosters is at the prettier, and the snowier end of the ski area. At 1190m it's low for a modern ski resort, even in eastern Switzerland, but it does get more than its fair share of snow, snagging many of the storms heading up the valley towards Davos. It also has better access to the area know as the Parsenn, which is the most complete of the five in the ski area, offering a satisfying combination of high, snowsure bowls, and pretty tree-lined pistes. It's also home to an unusually long run ideal for early intermediates. It rolls along for 12km and through 1700 vertical metres, from the summit of the 2665m Weissfluhjoch, all the way down to villages in the valley beneath Klosters, and offers the kind of top-to-bottom experience rarely available to skiers of this level (snowboarders shouldn't try it - it's too flat in places).
Getting there
Both Zurich and Friedrichshafen airports are within a 2 ½ hour drive. The rail service from Zurich to Klosters is also good.
Rating: 
7/10
Après-ski
Klosters isn't a resort for teens and twentysomethings, and most of the guests are happy to have a drink or two in Gaudi's at the bottom of the cable car before heading back to their hotels for dinner and a shower. After that, the resort grows quiet, except at on Friday and Saturday nights when weekenders from Zurich congregate the Casa Antica and Kir Royal nightclubs. If you're looking for a special meal in Klosters, book a table at the cosy Hotel Walserhof (which is the one in which Prince Charles used to stay). Chef Armin Armein (who was awarded 17/20 by the gastronomic Gault Millau guide in his last restaurant) is now cooking there.
Rating: 7/10
Non-skiers
Klosters is well-acquainted with non-skiing guests. All the usual winter activities - such as tobogganing, snow-shoeing and ice-skating - are present and correct, plus there's a riding school. If your hotel doesn't have a pool and spa, you can always jump on the train for the absurdly pretty, nine-mile journey up the valley to Davos, where there's a large public pool and wellness centre.
Rating: 
5/10
Cost of living
Klosters is not a resort for budget travellers. To enjoy it you need a comfortable three or four star hotel (ideally with its own pool) as a base.
Rating: 
8/10
Attractiveness of the resort
This is the Alps as you imagined them - pretty churches and farmhouses, traditionally-styled hotels, thick forests, and towering peaks.
