Skiing in Switzerland

​I de Bärge het s scho vil gschneit.
It has already snowed in the mountains.

Jo, aber bi üs uf 1500m het s nur no schtellewiis Schnee.
Yes, but here on 1500m altitude, there is only snow here and there.

Cha-mer eigentlich jetz scho Schii fahre?
Can one really ski already now?

Jo scho, aber mer mues i di höchere Schiigebiet goh.
Yes, one can, but one has to go to the higher ski resorts.

Z Andermatt-Sedrun het s jetz es grosses Schiigebiet.
In Andermatt-Sedrun there is now a big ski resort.

Es het schiinbar 16 Schiilift und mer cha 30 Abfahrte mache.
It seems there are 16 ski lifts and one can ski on more than 30 ski runs.

Das sind im ganze guet 100km Piste!
These are in total more than 100km of ski slopes!

Bisch scho einisch det gsi?
Have you been there already?

Nei, aber vilicht chö-mer dä Winter einisch goh?
No, but maybe we can go once this winter?

Jo. Denn mü-mer aber rächtziitig d Tagescharte bueche. 
Yes. But then we’ll have to book the day pass on time.

Das chunt chli billiger.
This will be a bit cheaper.

Useful phrases and vocabulary:

i de Bärge 
in the mountains

Schii fahre
ski 

s Schiigebiet
Ski resort

d Abfahrt
descent

d Schiipischte
the ski slope / ski run

Bisch scho einisch det gsi?
Have you been there already?