Saas Fee switzerland
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Saas Fee Switzerland.
Saas Fee Ski Holiday Facts
Established in ? the Swiss ski resort Saas Fee lies at 3600 metres altitude in the Valais region of the Swiss Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Saas Fee ski area is snow sure. Over 62 snow cannons ensure artificial Saas Fee snow making covers 24km of ski trails, which equates to around 18 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Saas Fee (Switzerland) is Geneva / Geneve at a distance of 234km or approximately 210 minutes driving time. Saas Fee ski season runs from October to May.
SNO-man says
One of the world's top resorts, picturesque, car free, excellent facilities. Year round glacier skiing accessed by underground funicular and other modern, efficient lifts, including the 3-S-Bahn, a 30-person gondola. Sister resort is Steamboat Springs/Colorado.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Saas Fee Switzerland
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 13 runs 25km |
37% |
Advanced Trails
 14 runs 50km |
40% |
Expert Trails
 5 runs 5km |
14% |
Saas Fee Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | CHF336 - CHF336 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Oct 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | May 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Saas Fee Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 100km |
| total length of Saas Fee trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 9km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N |
| direction Saas Fee ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 3600m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1800m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1800m |
| centre of Saas Fee ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1800m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1800m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Saas Fee
Skiing Saas Fee you'll enjoy 35 pistes and trails and that means approximately 100km of ski runs. Saas Fee lifts number 22 with the capacity to uplift 23490 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Swiss ski resort of Saas Fee is over 9km long. Ski Saas Fee summer or winter as there is also glacier skiing in Saas Fee.
Saas Fee Ski Area
Saas Fee ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 37% intermediate, 40% advanced ski slopes and 14% for expert skiers - the most difficult Saas Fee piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Saas Fee after dark.
Saas Fee for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Saas Fee Apres Ski
The apres ski Saas Fee scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
0 apres ski bars 60 restaurants 0 bowling 0 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool ? games room ? concert 0 indoor swimming ? outdoor heated pools 0 saunas ? hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs ? indoor ice skating 0 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis ? squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides ? ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf ? fishing 0 museum ? library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Curling, Ice Cave.
SNO-man says
Among Saas-Fee's unique attractions is the Ice pavilion at the top station of the Metro - Alpin. It is the largest ice pavilion in the world and houses a comprehensive exhibition on the subject of glaciers. The modern Bielen leisure centre, to which Saas-Fee's visitors obtain discounted entry with their guest card (available free to visitors booked in to Saas Fee's accommodation). It includes large indoor pool with whirlpool, children's pool, solarium, sauna, table tennis, two indoor tennis courts and a games room. Massage and reflexology treatments are also available at the Centre.
Other facilities in the village include a local museum (which particularly records the history of the area and of the German writer Carl Zuckmayer who made a second home in the village), an art gallery in the Bergkristall chalet, a ceramics workshop, games arcade, natural ice rink at the Kalbermatten for skating and occasional hockey and curling and a 5.5km( 3 mile) toboggan run down from the Hannig mountain (open for night tobogganing twice a week).
There are 30km(nearly 20 miles ) of marked winter hiking tracks and mountaineering schools are operating.
Saas Fee for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Saas Fee Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Saas Fee resort - ski Saas Fee by any other name
The Swiss ski resort of Saas Fee ski resort is also known as Saas Fee Plattjen, Felskinn, Mittelallalin, Längfluh, Morenia, Spielboden and has the following common misspellings:
Saas Fee ski area has ski slopes which face N
The direction which the various Saas Fee ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Saas Fee ski resort has ski slopes facing N.
Saas Fee for snow gets 5 stars out of 5 overall