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Klinik Gut is planning a new clinic for sports accidents and the human musculoskeletal system in the St. Moritz spa area. She has submitted a building application for an extension to the spa center. The spa center itself is to be partially renovated.

The 2029 World Winter Games for people with disabilities can take place in Switzerland in 2029. This was decided by the Board of Special Olympics International. The award is still subject to financing guarantees from the public sector. From March 6 to 17, 2029, 2,500 athletes from more than 100 countries will get to know all regions of Switzerland, compete in nine sports and thus promote the equal coexistence of all people in our society.

The Swiss Helicopter Association (SHA) welcomes the decision of the Council of States to create a national Swiss professional pilot license. Both houses of Parliament are thus reaffirming their will to put an end to the professional ban imposed by EASA on pilots aged 60 and over. The SHA demands that the new license be issued in 2021.

The Graubünden municipality of Albula/Alvra is looking for investors for the “Haus Laim” in Alvaneu Bad, known as the “schoolhouse”. Architecture students at the Graubünden University of Applied Sciences have developed six possible variants for new uses. The municipality would like to sell the house if this makes renovation and long-term use possible.

Klinik Gut has survived the Covid-19 pandemic well so far. The temporary closure of the clinic in Fläsch and the postponement of already planned procedures required a great deal of flexibility from patients and teams. Nevertheless, around the same number of interventions and consultations were carried out in 2020 as in 2019. The new Chairman of the Board of Directors is Thomas Grünenfelder, who succeeds Felix Ammann, who retired due to age.

Construction has begun in the Graubünden municipality of Albula/Alvra for an exploratory tunnel, which explores the possibility of technically renovating the “Brienz slide”. Numerous underground test holes are drilled out of the tunnel. The results of the tests are expected in spring 2023.

The Albula line of the Rhaetian Railway runs just under two kilometers across the Brienz slide area. This also pushes the train track downhill and can damage it. The cost of maintenance and additional measures is considerable, as Christian Florin from the Rhaetian Railway explains in an interview.

Holidays and leisure in the mountains will also be possible in summer 2021 under protection concepts. The Corona II Engadin Task Force” has described seven factors

The closure of the outdoor areas of take-away businesses in the Graubünden ski areas is counterproductive in every respect. The orderly operation of the terraces has made it possible to separate guests into groups of four and thus provide good protection against infections. Instead of groups of four, however, the guests will now come together in groups of up to 15 people.

The Swiss Helicopter Association (SHA) supports the political call for the creation of a new, national Swiss commercial pilot license. It appears to be the only way to put an end to the de facto professional ban imposed by EASA for pilots aged 60 and over.

Within just six months, a team of experts developed the exploratory tunnel project under Brienz slip. After numerous drilling, measurements and tests, it should show over the next one and a half years whether a longer drainage tunnel could slow down or even stop the Brienz slide. Daniel Figi is responsible for the geological studies.

The world-famous Italian soccer club AS Roma has started a medical partnership with Klinik Gut. The Bündner Special Clinic for Orthopedics will advise the club's medical team on the treatment and prevention of injuries and treat players. Other patients at Klinik Gut will also benefit from the new partnership.

A possible rock slide from Brienz slip could endanger larger areas than previously assumed. Based on an analysis in connection with possible secondary processes, the municipality of Albula/Alvra is issuing a new planning zone for parts of Vazerol, Surava and Tiefencastel. The project for a possible relocation of Brienz/Brinzauls is also affected by the new findings: Vazerol is therefore out of the question as a resettlement location.

The results of the hotel and area tests in St. Moritz prove that systematic testing is currently the best remedy against the spread of the coronavirus and its mutations. The testing strategy of the Canton of Grisons deserves everyone's support — including that of the federal government.

The Engadin ski marathon falls victim to the Covid-19 pandemic for the second time. Due to uncertainty about the development of the pandemic and future regulations for events, the biggest cross-country skiing festival in the Alps cannot take place this winter either. However, Engadin fans” can travel the distance from Maloja to S-chanf individually during the Engadin Marathon Week. The Engadin Ski Marathon provides a time measurement for this purpose.”

Triathlete Philipp Bosshard is training in Engadin for his first Ironman half-distance. Thanks to the “Home of Triathlon” association, he has joined a training group of professionals. For Philipp, sport is more than just a hobby. It is his way to get back to everyday life after a serious accident.

The Engadin and the South Valleys of Graubünden have so far received around 40 percent fewer guests over the holidays than in the previous year. The protection concepts of mountain railways and tourism companies work well. Sports accidents have fallen by half, but the cold is particularly affecting children.

Wild animals need rest in winter. Feeding by people harms their health and attracts them to the settlements. In this way, predators such as wolves can also reach the villages. If you want to help wild animals in winter, you should respect their rest areas in particular. This is especially true in a time of pandemic.

Olympic triathlon champion Nicola Spirig is preparing for her fifth Olympic Games. She could win her third Olympic medal in Tokyo. Although the pandemic has postponed the Tokyo games, the important things in her life have not changed, says the mother of three, who prefers to train in the Engadin.

When Gian Gilli takes to the streets somewhere in Engadin, he is recognized and greeted. Hardly any other Engadin is as widely accepted as the sports manager, project promoter and coach. Successes and failures shaped his life. The corona crisis makes him thoughtful — and optimistic at the same time.

Spital Oberengadin and Klinik Gut have decided not to establish a joint clinic for orthopedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system. Negotiations on a joint subsidiary, the relocation of Klinik Gut from St. Moritz to Samedan and the creation of a joint permanent practice in St. Moritz were broken off. The agreement between the two houses is still good — the existing cooperation will continue.

Portraits of personalities who make up Engadin today are at the center of the newly published magazine “Active Alpine Lifestyle”. Olympic champion Nicola Spirig, sports manager Gian Gilli, gallerist Gian Tumasch Appenzeller and butcher Ludwig Hatecke are four of the people portrayed. Everyone agrees that the Engadin is their place of inspiration, and the pandemic has not only changed their lives in a negative way. The magazine is published by Skiservice and is published for the 14th time.

General access restrictions for ski areas are not suitable to reduce the risk of infection during winter holidays. However, they would result in massive economic damage to winter tourism as a whole. In order to combat the pandemic, protection concepts must take effect at the individual locations of possible infections.

Helicopter companies in Switzerland have suffered significant revenue losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic in some cases. The spring lockdown left deep marks, particularly in emergency services and passenger flights. However, overregulation, which is barely manageable by companies anymore, is also particularly problematic.