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Key facts
Altitude
1620–3883 m
Vertical drop
2,263 m
Pistes advertised
360 km (Matterhorn Ski Paradise)
Pistes mapped on OSM
237.9 km (whole area)
Lifts (mapped near village)
26 · 96% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
CHF 95
Passes
Ikon
Avg snowfall (mid)
4.7 m / season
Nearest airport
GVA · 225 min
Brochure vs map. Matterhorn Ski Paradise advertises 360 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 237.9 km of piste centrelines.
The brochure is 51% longer than the map. Resorts often measure the widest line down a slope or count ski routes and linked areas.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
0 cm
Fresh 72 h
0 cm
Next 7 days
12 cm
Snow depth top (model)
2 cm
Now at 3733 m
☁️ -3°
Now at 1620 m
13°
Gusts at top
11 km/h
Freezing level
3,150 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
☁️
·
-7° / -3°
💨 14
Fri
☀️
·
-7° / -5°
💨 29
Sat
☀️
·
-8° / -5°
💨 48
Sun
⛅
·
-15° / -8°
💨 57
Mon
🌤️
·
-14° / -7°
💨 54
Tue
🌨️
3 cm
-14° / -10°
💨 47
Wed
🌨️
5 cm
-12° / -10°
💨 46
Thu
🌨️
4 cm
-19° / -10°
💨 52
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3733 m (summit) and 1620 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2752 m
Avg snowfall / season
4.7 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
7
Snowy days
66
Avg temp at base
-0.8°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
73
Dec
78
Jan
54
Feb
31
Mar
128
Apr
103
By season: 2022/23: 3.0 m · 4 powder days2023/24: 6.5 m · 13 powder days2024/25: 4.5 m · 5 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Nov
73 cm
~2.4 min
~2.9 min
Dec
78 cm
~2.6 min
~3.3 min
Jan
54 cm
~2.9 min
~3.8 min
Feb
31 cm
~4.9 min
~6.6 min
Mar
128 cm
~3.3 min
~4.4 min
SWEET SPOT
Apr
103 cm
~2.6 min
~3.3 min
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, 16:57 local). Use the simulator to see a busy day.
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 120 places mapped · 17 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
0.6 km · 0%
Easy (blue / green)
45.2 km · 19%
Intermediate (red / blue)
149.4 km · 63%
Advanced (black)
15.9 km · 7%
Freeride / ski route
26.7 km · 11%
Longest named runs
Stafelalp
7.4 km
Theodulgletscher
6.6 km
Matterhorn
5.4 km
Tuftern
4.3 km
Gran Pista di Valtournenche
3.9 km
Kelle
3.6 km
Fluhalp
3.4 km
Hohtälli
3.1 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
18
Clubs
0
Restaurants
103
Mountain huts
4
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Nearest major airport: GVA, about 225 min away by road. Directions · Flights
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