Scherer Tours

Name: Scherer Tours
Address: FriedrichStr. 13a, Würzburg, 97082, DE
Telephone: +49931409046
Price range: ££

Scherer Tours veranstaltet Reisen für Gruppen seit 1978. Since 1978, we are a tour operator for gr Unsere Spezialität sind Skiurlaub und Golfreisen.

Bereits über 40 Jahre ist Scherer Tours bekannt für günstige Gruppenreisen mit Qualität. Schulen, Ski Clubs und Firmen zählen seit mehreren Jahrzehnten zu unserem Kundenstamm. Mit jährlich über 100 Fahrten, und 3000 Kunden, können Sie sich auf uns verlassen. Im Vorfeld testen wir alle Hotels und Anlagen auf die Ansprüche der jeweiligen Gruppen. For over 35 years, Scherer Tours has stood for quality trips at affordable prices. We specialize in group travel, particularly ski and golf trips. Our customers include schools, ski clubs, and companies who continue to use our services, year after year. We organize approximately 100 trips annually, servicing over 3000 customers. Our extensive knowledge of our hotels and resorts enables us to provide the best value to our clients.

13/09/2026

Ski Pass Pricing is expensive, bordering on ridiculous, but may make more sense than you think.

The adoption of “Dynamic Pricing” has made it more difficult to calculate rates. Ski passes continue to cost more than the inflation index suggests they should.

Well, what is dynamic pricing? Dynamic pricing means the price of something changes depending on specific conditions, rather than staying fixed.
For example, an Uber taxi might cost $12 in the morning, but during a rush hour period it could rise to $20 as demand exceeds supply.
For skiers, this means that the if you buy your ski pass far in advance, you may pay less than if you buy it when you arrive in the resort. And, sometimes, this rate can be even cheaper than the group price. But, there are disadvantages. First, you must know exactly when you will be traveling. Second, there are stricter cancellation fees if you are not able to take your ski pass on the exact dates you have booked, and you could lose ther entire amount.

There are many reasons for the ski pass price increases, but first and foremost is climate change, which accounts for roughly 20% of the ski pass rate. Artificial snow is both necessary and expensive. Second, ski lift improvements have enabled resorts to reduce lift lines with faster lifts that can carry more people. This means more “bang for the buck” (more runs per day, less waiting), but also higher prices.

Day tickets in the Alps can cost over € 100.- at big name resorts like Zermatt. Fortunately, most of us buy multi-day ski passes, which, for a 3 day skipass, can drop the price up to 20% on a per day basis, or, with a six day ski pass, up to 40%.

On average, your ski pass will cost 25% more than in 2019, and double what you paid for it since 2005. These years are now known as "the good old days"!

We all want to ski the "bucket list" resorts in the Alps. These usually are ski areas with high elevations, guaranteed snow, massive interconnected lift systems, and exciting apres ski hangouts. They also require digging deeper into your pockets.

But wait a minute…exact prices can be very misleading. What "enjoyment" do you get from skiing an area with five lifts, low elevation, and long lift lines. The answer may be frustration, bad snow, short tempers, and skis that get totally scratched up. This is not what most of us would call enjoyment, whatever the savings.

Here are two graphs to consider. First, the average price for a 6 day all area ski pass in many Alpine countries. (Rates subject to change)
Cheapest → most expensive
1. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic — ~€100–170
2. 🇵🇱 Poland — ~€110–170
3. 🇩🇪 Germany- €214–383
4. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria- € 259-270
5. 🇮🇹 Italy — ~€270–430
6. 🇫🇷 France — ~€320–420
7. 🇦🇹 Austria — ~€315–450
8. 🇨🇭 Switzerland — ~€430–530

Now, consider number of lifts, as well as the size of the resort, range of difficulty, and snow reliability. A €220 pass for 50 km of pistes is not necessarily better value than a €400 pass for 400–600 km.

With these metrics, you can get different results. By dividing the 6 days rate by the number of prepared km. of slopes, you get a rate per km. of runs. See this table:

Rank Ski area Country 6-day pass Piste km Approx. €/km
1 Dolomiti Superski 🇮🇹 Italy ~€432 1,200 €0.36
2 Portes du Soleil 🇫🇷/🇨🇭 ~€318 580 €0.55
3 Les 3 Vallées 🇫🇷 France ~€421 600 €0.70
4 Via Lattea 🇮🇹/🇫🇷 ~€273 400 €0.68
5 Paradiski 🇫🇷 France ~€360 425 €0.85
6 Wilder Kaiser🇦🇹 Austria ~€414 288 €1.44
7 4 Vallées 🇨🇭 Switzerland ~€432 410 €1.05
8 Espace Killy 🇫🇷 France ~€348 300 €1.16
9 Ski Arlberg 🇦🇹 Austria ~€366 305 €1.20
10 Saalbach-Hinterglemm- 🇦🇹 ~€339 270 €1.26
11 Cervinia–Zermatt 🇮🇹/🇨🇭 ~€504 360 €1.40
12 Grandvalira 🇦🇩 Andorra ~€312 210 €1.49
13 Davos–Klosters 🇨🇭 Switz ~€456 300 €1.52
14 KitzSki 🇦🇹 Austria ~€360 233 €1.55
15 Baqueira Beret 🇪🇸 Spain ~€330 165 €2.00
16 Jungfrau Ski Region🇨🇭 Switz ~€456 211 €2.16
17 Mayrhofen 🇦🇹 Austria ~€324 142 €2.28
18 Sölden 🇦🇹 Austria ~€348 144 €2.42
19 Bardonecchia 🇮🇹 Italy ~€252 100 €2.52
20 Bansko 🇧🇬 Bulgaria ~€250 75 €3.33

Finally, consider the Rockies in the USA. Since the Epic and Icon Season Skipasses have been introduced, almost no one buys a day ticket. Why? The rates are ski high.

Top-name Rocky Mountain resorts — approx.2026/27 rates
Resort State 1-day peak 6-day approx.
Vail Colo up to $374 ~$1,300
Beaver Creek Colo up to $392 ~$1,250
Aspen Snowmass Colo $279 ~$1,200
Deer Valley Utah up to $349 ~$1,150
Telluride Colo up to $369 ~$1,150

To summarize, skiing the Alps is expensive, but you get more value for your money than elsewhere. Consider driving a car on a road filled with potholes and traffic that take you 6 hours to reach your destination. You arrive totally exhausted after a shouting match of road rage and destroying your tires. Now consider taking a highway toll road to the same destination that allows you to cruise at 130 km per hour with no traffic jams, well-paved roads, and a duration of 3 hours to get there. Here, you pay a toll of €30.- to access this route. Which option would you prefer?

Wherever you go this season, Scherer Tours wishes you a safe journey, good times, and hard laughs, on mountains that Rock…and Roar!

09/09/2026

Are You Ready?
Westlife, the Irish pop music boyband, will open up the ski season in Ischgl on November 28 in Ischgl. It will be the 25th anniversary of the band. Their hits include „You Raise Me Up“, „Uptown Girl“ und „Flying Without Wings“ Surprisingly, although Ischgl does not have a glacier, it boasts super early season snow. That is due to the fact that 90% of the runs and slopes are above 2000m in elevation. If you want to “Relax, if you can”, contact us for more details.

05/09/2026

The Disaster in the Himalayas: precursor of things to come for us?

What happened last week in Nepal concerns all of us. In comparison to the 2025 alpine mountain collapse in Blatten, Switzerland, which wiped out a small village in seconds, the human toll in Nepal was far worse. In Blatten, no one died. In Bidur, Nepal thousands of corpses have been washed away, even as far as 80 km. to India. Worse than a bomb, the landslide blew up a glacier and, like a runaway train, gathering “steam”, ravishing everything in its path, converting buildings and buses into weapons of mass destruction as they catapulted down the river valley. The damage and scope of this catastrophe created two lakes that overflowed above the Trishuli River. It threatens to destroy the tourist industry of a nation. What does this mean for us?

Most of us take climate change for granted. But the heating of the planet means that our mountains are becoming more unsafe. The cohesive materials that bind the rocks together at higher elevations have been compromised.

What can we do?
First of all, we can contribute donations to help with the rescue and rebuilding effort. Scherer Tours has given a four figure amount in this regard. If you are able to, here is a good charity to consider: Aktionsbündnis Katastrophenhilfe. IBAN DE65 100 400 600 100 400 600. Keyword ZDF Nothilfe Nepal.

Second, we must recognize that the higher alpine regions are becoming more dangerous. This does not mean we should avoid the mountains, nor does it mean we should avoid going off piste. It does mean we need to increase our awareness of climate change and educate ourselves about the physical changes affecting our environment.

Third, take warnings seriously. Even hikers need to know weather forecasts. Frivolous preparations are a recipe for bad outcomes.

Scherer Tours will continue to use our forum to help educate skiers and boarders. It can happen here. In fact, it did last week: A large rockfall occurred on the “Steinkönig” above Monviso in the Italian Dolomites.

We are always looking for the perfect line. We just need to remember that the inherent risk finding it has increased.

03/09/2026

Tonight on VOX at 20:15, you can see perhaps the greatest Bond film of all time. Made a decade ago, SPECTRE features the usual mix of dames and destruction. Best of all, the ski resort of Sölden is the site of many scenes, many of which skiers will remember. It's Daniel Craig and Christopher Waltz at their best. Next time you visit the Gaisloch summit restaurant, remember to order your martin cocktail shaken, not stirred.

25/08/2026

OK Folks, September is coming. This means it is time to get your body ready to meet your mountains. Start your training three months before you buckle up to maximize your thrills and minimize your injuries. And, it only take 25 minutes -max-per workout. No gym, no special gear, just a committment. So, Go For It!
Here is the link: https://vimeo.com/232246507

10/08/2026

This post could get us into trouble, but what the heck-we have more skiers and boarders as clients.

Golfer vs.
Skiers/Boarders
Some of us do just one, some do the other, some do neither one, some do both.
Here are our impressions for those considering greener slopes.

Pre season preparation
The Golfer -watching the pros play on the Golf Channel
The Skier - gym workouts, bike riding, and cardio work

Environment:
Golf – uses less natural resources than Data Centers, more fun to leave next door to.
Ski - uses less natural resources than Data Centers, EVEN more fun to leave next door to.

The Golfer - the better you play, the more often you are on the piste, golfers call them fairways.
The Skier - the better you ski, the less often you are on the “fairways” or piste.

The Golfer- If you hit a ball out of bounds, you are usually toast.
The Skier- If you find yourself out of bounds you are usually ecstatic.

Lunch for the golfers: pasta, or a behemoth burger, two beers or an Aperol Spritz
Lunch for skiers: What is that?

The Rules:
Golf:The bad news: There are almost more rules to follow than there are blades of grass on a golf course.
And, each golf course has some rules unique only to its own course.
The good news: Some of them are helpful. Many of them are complicated. Most of them are not necessary.

Skiing: The bad news: There are very few rules
The good news: There are very few rules.

The Golfer- Waiting for the flight in front of you can ruin your day.
The Skier – Waiting in a liftlines can (amost but not quite) ruin your day.

Apres Golf – consists of hanging out with your golf group and discussing every hole you played, whether your flight partners want to hear it or not.
Apres Ski – consists of hanging out with people more drunk than you are. And, nobody cares how your ski day was, because everyone loved theirs.

Gerontology:
The Golfer - Age Benefits for green fees-Golf: none.
The Skier - Age Benefits- for ski passes-Skiing: The older you are, the cheaper it gets. After age 75, it is almost free. Trouble is, you still have to buckle your boots.

Equipment
The Golfer: A good club can cost as much as a good pair of skis…but you need 12 or 13 of them.
The Skier: 3 Pairs will suffice: for the deep stuff, for the groomed stuff, and for the rocky stuff.

Clothing:
Golfers dress for success. They have matching outifts in every color and always buy golf logo shirts whenever they go on vacation.
The skiers wear winter outfits that keep them warm below 10 °C, and they are so expensive that they even wear them when it warms up to over plus 10 ° C .

The Elements:
The Golfer: If it’s cold, cancel your T-Time, If it’s raining, cancel your T-Time, If it’s snowing, cancel your T-Time, If it’s too hot: cancel your T-Time.
The Skier: If it’s cold, add another layer and ski. If it’s raining, take the lifts up to higher elevations and ski. If it’s snowing, get up early to ski the first powder. If it’s too hot: take off a layer and ski.

Lessons:
The Golfer: to learn how to play, do the following simultaneously: take a square stance, slightly bend over with your weight equally placed on each leg, dragging the club back along the swing path, rotating the hips without tilting the waist, turning the shoulders as you extend your arms hoisting the club, keeping your left arm straight on the takeaway, holding your wrists cocked until the last moment then releasing as your club strikes the ball, while keeping your head down through the swing and following through with your chest pointed at the target as your club wraps around your body like a pretzel, with your weight now on the front foot and your back foot on its toes. Do this ten times and then throw your club on the turf in disgust.

The Skier: to learn how to ski, just point ‘em downhill and go. Choose terrain that does not put you in your fear zone.

S*x
The Golfer: emotionally possible but physically not probable.
The Skier: “Just because I slept with you last night does not mean I will ski with you today.”

So folks, Just Do It!

06/08/2026

Here it is, the most viral post in the history of Scherer Tours. It featured some famous ski crashes, so I guess you could say "bad news sells". The post was called up over a quarter of a million times-258,201-to be exact. This is a record that we will never top.

04/08/2026

Happy Summer everybody! Most of the upcoming ski season is in the books, with only a few trips still tentative. Most impressive is that we already have over 100 participants signed up for the two Club Med St. Moritz Revival December trips, and half of the March 2027 Val Thorens Epic has been booked. The entire Fab Five Ski Team (pictured below) will also be returning. Most of us will not be able to keep up with them. All of these folks have taken advantage of the early booking rates. And, now, a question with a surprising answer. How many views has our most popular Facebook post received? You might be surprised at the answer. We will provide the answer later this week. Hint-it went viral.

15/07/2026

Ever wish you could get all the advantages of a cruise ship vacation…in the middle of the Swiss Alps? Well, with us, you can. We offer two “Revival” ski tours from 09.-13.12 and 16-20.12.2026. You get the “ all-in” cruise experience because all meals and drinks are included, with a wellness area and indoor pool on the lower level. The restaurants are on the ground floor. For entertainment, there is a theatre, a bar open from morning till night and live music. All land transportation on site-think ski passes- is included, as well as three daily excursions with expert ski instruction from the Swiss Ski School. Best of all, your cruise takes you to Club Med in the Engadin resort of St. Moritz, where you will “cruise” all day on perfectly manicured ski runs from 3400m down to 1800m. And, for a price you cannot beat. Contact us for more details.

25/06/2026

Why Summer Sucks
As all off piste freaks know, we skiers and boarders suffer from the disease they call summer. Summer-itis can usually last several months, until we buckle up and point ’em downhill. Inhaling that cold fuel of oxygen and getting that adrenaline kick of freedom and excitement:
Just aint gonna happen on a golf course, or hiking, or even biking. With the arrival of summer and the first winter snows still months away, it’s time to explain why summer sucks.
Here is a list, not exhaustive.
1. People stink more in summer. Try riding some public transportation for proof. And, admit it, even when you shower twice and day and double down on deo, well, we all stink more in summer.
2. Skin rashes and peeling skin from the sun – these things just don’t happen in winter. (except maybe on your face). How often do you apply lotion to most of your body parts in summer – and how seldom in winter?
3. Venues and shopping are more crowded in summer. The lines are longer and then, reason number 1 comes into play as well.
4. Bummer-with the start of summer, the days actually start getting shorter.
5. Getting warm in winter has to be one of the top 3 feelings the human body can enjoy. Who even thinks about a sauna when it is 30 degrees C. outside? And, getting hot in the summer is no pleasure to your body, especially when you start sweating right after you shower.
6. Ever try eating a Lindt Lindor chocolate bar in the summer? Well, you eat them in the winter but you wear them in the summer.
7. There’s no NCAA b-ball, no NBA, no Bundesliga and all the „Tatorts“ are re-runs.
8. Then there are the traffic jams...sure we get hit with them in the winter, but nothing like in the summer.
9. Most of our bodies look more sexy-or at least more aesthetic-with ski clothes on than stripped down.
10. Mosquitos and insect bites-not as bad in central Europe as in the States, but still a royal pain. How often do you wake up itching from a bug bite in winter? Never happens.
11. To top it off, there is the risk of skin cancer.

Only 5 months to go, folks!

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Würzburg
97082

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