They have a wonderful curve over at St. Moritz known as the "CRESTA Run," 1320 yards long and abounding in hair-raising thrills from start to finish.
"Old Plymouth Trails"
Winthrop Packard
By this time he may be going seventy miles an hour, but "CRESTA leap" is before him, after which he has only to go up the steep hill which is supposed to arrest his speed at the finish.
"Old Plymouth Trails"
Winthrop Packard
One thing I'm perfectly sure about: if you go and look at the CRESTA, you'll go down it, you're such a careless man, and then you'll be killed.
"The Dark Tower"
Phyllis Bottome