25 November 2023

3rd Smuggler Trophy

The season-opening event «Smuggler Trophy» take place for the third time on 25 November 2023. The participating teams have to smuggle «smuggler bags» on skis between Switzerland and Austria in the Silvretta Ski Arena Samnaun/Ischgl.

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Registration

Here you can find the registration for the «3rd Smuggler Trophy» 2023.

To the registration

Reglement

Das Reglement der 3. Schmuggler-Trophy (Änderungen vorbehalten).

Prize money

Prize money Smugglers Trophy	Amount Samnaun voucher in CHF*
1st place	2000 per Team
2nd place	1000 per Team
3rd place	500 per Team
Best Post	500 per Team
Best Story	500 per Team

* The prize money is paid out exclusively in Samnaun vouchers, valid at over 180 points of sale - samnaun.ch/gutschein

Program

Saturday 25 November 2023
08:45	Briefing	Alp Trider Sattel
10.00 to 15.00	Smuggler-Trophy	Silvretta Arena Samnaun/Ischgl
17.30	Award ceremony	Concert Stage Samnaun Village
18.00 to 19.30	Opening-concert	Concert Stage Samnaun Village

Impressions 2nd Smugglers Trophy

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Review of the 2nd «Smuggler Trophy»

The history of smugglers takes us back to the past: in exchange for butter, cheese, furs and cloth from the Paznaun valley, the people of Samnaun traded coffee, sugar, nylon stockings, flour and tobacco. Sugar (saccharin) was smuggled from Switzerland to Austria and Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The participating smuggling teams, consisting of 2 to 4 people, followed the tracks of the legendary smugglers of yesteryear. The teams smuggled goods between Alp Trida and Paznauner Thaya. Tricky tasks, coordination skills and lots of fun on the slopes awaited the teams. In the process, the teams repeatedly encountered customs officers who wanted to confiscate the smuggled goods, and accomplices who assisted in the smuggling.

Information

Information about the history can be found on our website.