Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz

Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz takes place Jan 22 - 24, 2027 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The dress code is Alpine luxury: fur or shearling, cashmere layers, and flat rubber-soled boots with real grip - you are standing on a frozen lake all day. Typical cost ranges from 1800 to 4500 EUR per person.

Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Photograph by Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia.

Three days of high-goal polo played on the frozen surface of Lake St. Moritz, using a red ball and studded ponies with the Engadin peaks behind. Four teams contest the Cartier Trophy in front of grandstands and hospitality tents built directly on the ice. It is the original snow polo tournament and still the most glamorous.

When
Jan 22 - 24, 2027
Where
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Dress code
Alpine luxury: fur or shearling, cashmere layers, and flat rubber-soled boots with real grip - you are standing on a frozen lake all day
Cost
Typical cost ranges from 1800 to 4500 EUR per person.
Weather
-10 to 2C, cold with bright alpine sun
When to book
Standing access on the lake is free and needs no booking at all. Hospitality tents and VIP tables are released on the official site from around October and the Sunday final packages clear first. St. Moritz hotels for late January should be locked in six or more months out.
Getting there
ZRH (Zurich), around 3 h to St. Moritz by car or direct train
Where to stay
Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Kulm Hotel St. Moritz, Hotel Hauser St. Moritz
Official site
https://www.snowpolo-stmoritz.com

How to attend

Access to the lake and the standing rail around the pitch is free and open to anyone, so you can watch world-class polo for the price of getting to St. Moritz. Ticketed hospitality in the trackside tents and VIP marquees is sold through the official site from roughly October, running from a few hundred euros for a match-day lunch to the low thousands for all three days. There is no ballot - it is first come, first served, and the Sunday final goes first.

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Insider tip

The free standing areas along the boards give you closer sightlines to the play than most seated hospitality, so arrive early, dress for standing on ice, and use the tents only for warming up.

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Booking matters here: standing access on the lake is free and needs no booking at all. Hospitality tents and VIP tables are released on the official site from around October and the Sunday final packages clear first. St. Moritz hotels for late January should be locked in six or more months out. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.

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