Whereas Corviglia and Corvatsch are directly above St. Moritz, Diavolezza and the connected mountain Lagalb are located in a sparsely inhabited valley. You can drive there (free parking) or take the train that's included in the local transport system. I wanted to take the train but figured that it'd take triple the 15-20 minutes in a car. There are no base villages or lodging at the bottom of either ski area; each has a tram building with modest cafeterias. There is a hotel at the summit at the Diavolezza tram area.
The train was just pulling in as I parked:
The tram is the only way up Diavolezza's 2,900 vertical feet:
From this point on, my TR echoes Tony's; however, it appears that he and Liz scored a better day, especially on the Lagalb side. Diavolezza seemed to have a bit of a Snowbird demographic in the fellow tram riders I saw, who were there to ski its chutes along the ridge (as opposed to the predominantly retired demographic you see at the two in-town ski areas). On the way up:
As you leave the tram, the Morteratsch Glacier is on your right side with one of the Alps most well-known peaks, the Piz Palü, towering above. The signature Glacier Route noted on the sign wraps around the back of the mountain and ends at a train station about two miles down from the base area. Reportedly, the bottom of the glacier is receding; however, the top appeared to be buried this season.
The glacier route reportedly had been open the previous day but the morning's poor visibility caused them to put a rope across the entrance:
Heading down from the summit.
And down the skier's left to the Schwarzer Hang (the Black Slope).
This piste deserved its rating with a nice steep pitch. Conditions across the entire mountain were really smooth and the offpiste was bootcuff-deep. Similar to Corvatsch, you had to keep an eye out for boulders and rock gardens; however, there was a fair amount of low-hanging fruit right alongside the groomed trails.
Below treeline at the very bottom:
Here's the connecting trail to Lagalb; you can see the tram building in the lower right. Unfortunately, when I made it across the road, a big fog bank moved in and the light went flat for an hour = no pix.
I skied right through 4 pm and left as the sun was going behind the mountain. A nice bit of low-glam variety to the St. Moritz experience:
