Skiing near Zurich?

[braindamage]

I’m in a job transition and am considering a position that would move me to Schaffhausen Switzerland which is 40mins north of Zurich.

 

I see lakes nearby, but can’t find anything online about skiing, courses, or private ski lakes. Does anyone have any information or contacts?

[skialex]

My son lives near Zurich, actually closer to Bern and I haven’t seen any courses or private lakes. As far as I know skiers drove to nearby countries for course skiing. You can ski in a course in Lac Léman in Geneva... but from Zurich best will be to search for ski clubs in Germany. If you find any course skiing around Zurich, I also want to know about it! ?

[braindamage]

@skialex i found this, but unfortunately I don’t (yet) speak German

 

https://www.wsc-cham.ch/

[braindamage]

And this. Not sure what language. Maybe French?

 

https://www.waterski.ch/index.html

[skialex]

@braindamage i don’t speak German either but I see no course and as far as I know it’s not allowed to put a course in most lakes. All skiers that I know and live in Switzerland, ski mainly in France. One girl I know skis in Lac léman and I think @chris55. He will probably give you the most accurate info.

I have found a ski club in Germany, 100km from where my son lives. I will search for it.

[DaveD]

Looks like it's only a 4 1/2 hour drive to ski with @Luzz. Good way to spend your weekends.

[ral]

@braindamage , on your second link you can find the affiliated clubs:

 

https://www.waterski.ch/index.php?page=23

[chris55]

@braindamage and @skialex yes I ski on Geneva lake or we should call it lac Léman....We have a slalom cours in Geneva and we have access through La Nautique from March to mid-November

http://www.nautique.ch/fr-ch/la-societe-nautique-de-geneve

There is no private slalom ski course in Switzerland because it is prohibited (don't know why..)

I think you might be able to ski at Cham on lake Zug, they have a waterski club but beside that we ski mostly in France nearby where we can have normal conditions which is not the case on the lake during summer time or windy conditions ..... to give you an idea, last year we had more than 35% cancellation due to weather. So from Zürich and the area, you have to go to Italy, or Austria maybe in Germany.

Go to https://waterskination.com/ and there is a map with a lot of places where you can ski and click on "find a waterski lake"

Good luck and if you need any infos .... don't hesitate to contact me through my email cholivet@gmail.com

[braindamage]

Thanks all!! I did receive a message back from the waterski.ch website and she says the same as @chris55. It looks like there is Cham on Lake Zug but the better plan is looking out of the country.

[Luzz]

@braindamage more than welcome to come ski with us anytime! We plan on putting the boat in mid-february (dry suit skiing). Shoot us an email once you are in the Old Continent ;)

[braindamage]

@Luzz I’m in the final list of candidates and interviewing next week so I expect I’ll be there mid to end January. I don’t have a dry suit, but I’ve skied in my wetsuit at 4deg C as long as we have some heaters and maybe a cooler full of hot water!!