3rd Smuggler Trophy

Review of the 3rd «Smugglers-Trophy»

The history of smugglers takes us back to the past: the people of Samnaun traded coffee, sugar, nylon stockings, flour and tobacco for butter, cheese, furs and fabric from the Paznaun Valley. 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 in the footsteps of the legendary smugglers of yesteryear. The teams smuggled goods between Alp Trida and the Paznaun Thaya. Tricky tasks awaited the smugglers, they had to prove their coordination skills and had a lot of fun on the slopes. The teams repeatedly encountered customs officers who wanted to take the smuggled goods and accomplices who helped with the smuggling.