A winter camp full of memories and highlights

Skiing and snowboarding all day long. A trip to Zermatt. Seeing in the new year, Swiss style. The 2022/23 winter camp of the Youth Service of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad was packed full of highlights.

The 26 young Swiss Abroad attending the winter camp in Grächen (canton of Valais) from 28 December 2022 to 6 January 2023 came from 14 different countries. Participants were able to specify in advance whether they wanted to ski or snowboard. Two of the skiers and one of the snowboarders were absolute beginners. The three of them received expert tuition and plenty of encouragement from our qualified camp leaders.

We not only celebrated New Year’s Eve together, but also the birthday of one of the camp participants on 1 January – double reason to party. After a good sleep and delicious brunch, we took advantage of the beautiful New Year’s Day weather and travelled to Zermatt to catch a glimpse of the Matterhorn.

We spent the rest of the week on the piste again. Our camp participants decided to mix things up on the final day and switched from snowboarding to skiing or vice versa, enjoying an even broader winter sports experience as a result.