Selected by Peter Cowie, the author, most recently, of “God and the Devil: The Life and Work of Ingmar Bergman.” ...

Working farms dot the landscape ... The timing for a visit couldn't be better. While other Swiss resorts scramble for snow, Gstaad's high-altitude terrain (particularly Glacier 3000) guarantees ...

Andermatt, a village sequestered high in the Swiss Alps, has always attracted a cosmopolitan ... open powder bowls, and even yak farms on Gemstock mountain. Alternatively, board the gondola ...