after the founding of the swiss ski federation on 20 november 1904, on 21 and 22 january 1905 the first swiss ski championships ("erstes grosses skirennen der schweiz") were held in glarus. steuri was the swiss champion in endurance. on the 20-kilometer route over the pragel pass with 560 meters slope and 1160 meters down, he came in first of 32 participants in a time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 7 seconds. in 1906 in zweisimmen and 1907 in davos steuri was again the swiss champion in endurance, whereupon he was asked not to participate in this race to offer other athletes a chance to win.