Caspar Badrutt some Englishmen adapted a type of delivery sled for daring dashes down twisting narrow streets of St. Moritz. Subsequently, other tourists wanted a Victorian ride, and larger steerable devices were contrived: the early luge/skeleton individual sleds, and the bobsleigh (or bobsled). Careening around the town's streets became increasingly popular, but the incidence and frequency of pedestrian collisions and risk to life grew proportionately. Therefore, Badrutt stepped in and created the first purpose-built half-pipe track, now familiar from the Winter Olympic Games. This track later became the model for the Cresta Run skeleton racing track, built in 1884. Caspar Badrutt Swiss
St. Moritz Ice Rink the world's largest dance halls, designed by architects Beaver & Purnell. It was the venue for the first all-Australian dance championship, and featured some of the best dance bands of Australia and America, and closed during the great depression. In 1933, the building became a film studio, Efftee Studios, for Frank W. Thring, who made some half-dozen movies in the cavernous building before abandoning the project in 1937. In 1939, businessman Henry Hans "Harry" Kleiner and his wife transformed the "Wattle Path" to an ice rink, and the St. Moritz was born. The grand opening of the St. Moritz Ice-skating