Klosters

[4] The village's ski resort lies 150 km (93 mi) from Zürich, the nearest international airport.

Klosters is 10 km (6.2 mi) north from Davos and part of its extended ski area.

The Landquart River flows northwesterly through the village of Klosters and, along with various side streams, defines the geography of this region.

Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by 14 ha (35 acres) and is now about 0.08% of the total area.

It consists of the villages of Klosters and Serneus and is made up of the sections of Platz, Dorf, Selfranga, Äuja and Monbiel.

The Jöriseen, a group of Alpine lakes located west of the Jörifless Pass and north of the Flüela Wisshorn, are within the village.

The Reformierte Kirche am Platz is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[23] In 2015 the average cantonal, municipal and church tax rate in the municipality for a couple with two children making SFr 80,000 was 3.5% while the rate for a single person making SFr 150,000 was 15%, both of which are close to the average for the canton and nationally.

[25] Kloster Platz has cable car lift service to the top of Gotschnagrat at 2,281 m (7,484 ft).

Klosters lies 150 km (93 mi) southeast from Zürich, the nearest international airport.

Near Serneus this local line passes the 525 m long award-winning Sunniberg Bridge, which was completed 1998 as the centerpiece of the Klosters bypass and the Lanquart valley that lies south of the railway.

[26] The Klosters ski resort has been the winter destination for the British royal family, notably Prince Charles, for over three decades.

[26] Klosters takes pride in what Tom Robbins refers to as "Discreet luxury yes, pomposity just for show, no", it warns; here "understatement is written in capital letters".

[28] Other notables include Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Yul Brynner, Lauren Bacall, Juliette Gréco, Irwin Shaw, Charles Korvin, Robert Capa, Greta Garbo and Gene Kelly, who famously danced on the tables in the hotel bar of the legendary Hotel Chesa Grischuna where Rex Harrison discussed his musical notes for "My Fair Lady" with the hotel pianist.

[34] Other notables include Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Rupert Everett and Swiss movie producer Marc Forster.

[37] Nicholas Wheeler and Chrissie Rucker own the Haus Alpina chalet in Klosters.

The wettest month is August during which time Klosters received an average of 110 millimeters (4.3 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month is February during which time Klosters receives an average of 36 millimeters (1.4 in) of rain or snow.

The creek Stützbach between Klosters and Davos Laret
Aerial view (1954)
Klosters
Interior of the Reformed church
Cable car from Klosters Platz to the Gotschna summit, which is part of one of Davos' ski arena
Panoramic view from Gotschnagrat: Casanna (2557m, left), Serneus (center), Madrisahorn (2826m), and Klosters Dorf (right).
Sunniberg Bridge from the Rhaetian train near Serneus