As we raced along in his Subaru the three-and-a-half hour drive, I hit that jetlag fog and was grateful for the ride, plus it felt good to be mask-free. Luckily, an expat friend who I often travel with and call “The Viking” is currently based just a couple of hours away and picked me up curbside at the airport. If I’d arrived with a group, I’d probably have taken it, or shared a pricey – but easy – snow-limo. I’d flown to Zurich alone but had extra luggage including a new Dakine Fall Line ski bag, so I was dreading the train transits. Swissair also flies directly from JFK to Zurich and the train with connections to Zermatt is located inside the airport. Swissair is a Star Alliance partner for United connections and Milan, Geneva and Zurich are the closest airports. Usually, the worst part of skiing outside our Aspen bubble is the getting there, and I’d heard Zermatt was a trek, not unlike Aspen.
Skiing Zermatt costs around 80 Swiss francs (CHF) a day (about $90) so once this chore is done, you can truly relax! I’d been told the European resorts were not equipped with scanners, so I’d brought a printed copy of my confirmation email and ID as backup, but it was smooth and a paper ticket was created from my pass. Sign their waiver, upload a photo and select “receive in the mail” (it can take two weeks) or “pick up your pass,” (Copper Mountain is the closest place to do so). Hit up a ticket office at one of our mountains, register by signing electronically so the Ikon people can email you directly. Want to ski European resorts on your Ikon pass?
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