Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
1800–3600 m
Vertical drop
1,800 m
Pistes advertised
100 km
Pistes mapped on OSM
86.4 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
37 · 43% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
CHF 79
Passes
none
Avg snowfall (mid)
5.2 m / season
Nearest airport
GVA · 210 min
Brochure vs map. Saas-Fee advertises 100 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 86.4 km of piste centrelines.
Brochure and map roughly agree.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
0 cm
Fresh 72 h
0 cm
Next 7 days
11 cm
Snow depth top (model)
39 cm
Now at 3450 m
☁️ -1°
Now at 1800 m
9°
Gusts at top
30 km/h
Freezing level
3,250 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
☁️
·
-3° / -1°
💨 30
Fri
☀️
·
-5° / -3°
💨 35
Sat
☀️
·
-6° / -4°
💨 48
Sun
⛅
·
-13° / -7°
💨 57
Mon
🌤️
·
-12° / -5°
💨 54
Tue
🌨️
3 cm
-12° / -8°
💨 47
Wed
🌨️
5 cm
-10° / -8°
💨 46
Thu
🌨️
4 cm
-17° / -8°
💨 52
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3450 m (summit) and 1800 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2700 m
Avg snowfall / season
5.2 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
7
Snowy days
71
Avg temp at base
-1.2°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
82
Dec
89
Jan
68
Feb
30
Mar
133
Apr
113
By season: 2022/23: 3.8 m · 3 powder days2023/24: 6.9 m · 11 powder days2024/25: 4.8 m · 6 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Nov
82 cm
~1 min
~1.4 min
Dec
89 cm
~1.1 min
~1.5 min
Jan
68 cm
~1.4 min
~1.8 min
Feb
30 cm
~2.4 min
~3.4 min
Mar
133 cm
~1.6 min
~2.1 min
Apr
113 cm
~0.7 min
~1 min
SWEET SPOT
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Lifts are closed right now (outside lift hours, 16:56 local). Use the simulator to see a busy day.
Simulate:
🚠 Alpin Express I
Gondola · 30-seater · 2,000 p/h · 2,834 m
Closed
🚠 Hannig
Gondola · 10-seater · 985 m
Closed
⤴️ Unnamed drag lift
Drag lift · 60 m
Closed
⤴️ Unnamed drag lift
Drag lift · 179 m
Closed
⤴️ Stafelwald 1
Button lift · 545 m
Closed
⤴️ Stafelwald 2
T-bar · 546 m
Closed
⤴️ Leeboden
Button lift · 612 m
Closed
🚠 Plattjen
Gondola · 6-seater · 1,845 m
Closed
⤴️ Bifig/Kalbermatten 1
Button lift · 501 m
Closed
⤴️ Bifig/Kalbermatten 2
T-bar · 500 m
Closed
🚠 Spielbodenbahn
Gondola · 10-seater · 1,400 p/h · 527 m
Closed
🚠 Spielbodenbahm
Gondola · 10-seater · 1,400 p/h · 1,810 m
Closed
🚡 Felskinn
Cable car · 100-seater · 3,446 m
Closed
🚠 Gondelbahn Saas-Grund - Kreuzboden
Gondola · 8-seater · 1,800 p/h · 2,264 m · bubble
Closed
⤴️ Mittaghorn
Button lift · 901 m
Closed
🪑 Morenia
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,412 m · bubble
Closed
🚡 Längfluh
Cable car · 60-seater · 874 m
Closed
🪑 Furggstalden
Chairlift · 2-seater · 800 p/h · 509 m
Closed
🚠 Alpin Express II
Gondola · 30-seater · 1,458 m
Closed
🪑 Längfluh Sessel
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,131 m
Closed
⤴️ Furggstalden
Button lift · 635 p/h · 253 m
Closed
🪑 Heidbodme
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,000 p/h · 1,235 m
Closed
⤴️ Mittelwald
Button lift · 800 p/h · 332 m
Closed
⤴️ Panoramalift
T-bar · 2,248 m
Closed
⤴️ Furggu
T-bar · 500 p/h · 496 m
Closed
⤴️ Egginerjoch
T-bar · 794 m
Closed
🚠 Gondelbahn Kreuzboden - Hohsaas
Gondola · 8-seater · 1,400 p/h · 2,058 m · bubble
Closed
⤴️ Sandiger Boden
J-bar · 720 p/h · 839 m
Closed
⤴️ Kreuzboden
T-bar · 1,000 p/h · 890 m
Closed
🚞 Metro Alpin
Funicular · 720 m
Closed
🚞 Metro Alpin
Funicular · 204 m
Closed
🚞 Metro Alpin
Funicular · 204 m
Closed
🚞 Metro Alpin
Funicular · 601 m
Closed
⤴️ Bodu
Button lift · 331 m
Closed
⤴️ Mittelallalin 4
T-bar · 653 m
Closed
⤴️ Mittelallalin 5
T-bar · 643 m
Closed
⤴️ Mittelallalin 2
T-bar · 783 m
Closed
Typical week
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Thu 29
Fri 30
Sat 31
Sun 01
Mon 02
Tue 03
Wed 04
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Where to sleep 90 places mapped · 9 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
Beginner
0.2 km · 0%
Easy (blue / green)
28.8 km · 33%
Intermediate (red / blue)
46.6 km · 54%
Advanced (black)
2.9 km · 3%
Freeride / ski route
7.8 km · 9%
Longest named runs
Talabfahrt Saas-Grund
4.0 km
Egginer
3.0 km
Weissmiespiste
2.9 km
Gletscher Hohkraut
2.8 km
Hohkraut gelb
2.8 km
Waldweg
2.6 km
Stafelwald
2.6 km
Metro
2.4 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
15
Clubs
0
Restaurants
49
Mountain huts
6
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Nearest major airport: GVA, about 210 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Saas-Fee is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village is situated on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 meters, surrounded by a total of 13 peaks above 4,000 meters which is the highest concentration in the Alps, giving the village the nickname the Pearl of the Alps. It is a classic ski resort characterised by well-preserved Swiss wood architecture and a car-free city centre. The villages in its neighbourhood are Saas-Almagell, Saas-Grund and Saas-Balen. Wikipedia