Diavolezza-Lagalb
… 🧊 Glacier area
Which pistes and lifts are open today: at the lift company →
Photo: Capricorn4049 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Season start moved to 24 October
The lift company wrote on 13 October that the start of the ski season has been postponed because of high temperatures, probably to Saturday, 24 October 2026. The Diavolezza cable car and the mountain inn stay open throughout until 15 November 2026. The start had been planned for 17 October.
As of 13 October 2026. Always check the current situation with the resort.Diavolezza-Lagalb lies in Grisons and is a small, family-run ski area: 35 kilometres of piste served by 5 lifts.
The area runs from 2093 to 2978 metres above sea level, giving around 885 metres of vertical. The upper slopes therefore sit at an altitude that usually holds snow reliably even in weaker winters.
The ski terrain reaches up to a glacier, and the season runs Oct – May. There is no summer skiing here any more, but the state of the glacier remains a live issue.
An adult day pass costs CHF 88.
Of note: Longest season in Grisons; summer skiing (Diavolezza) ended in 1998
Pistes by difficulty
- Easy (blue)0 km0%
- Intermediate (red)27 km76%
- Difficult (black)8 km24%
Distribution calculated from OpenStreetMap and applied to the 35 official kilometres of piste. An approximation, not a figure from the lift company.
Snow report
SLF measuring stationWe only show readings from the last seven days, and the most recent one we have is older. Current snow depths are available from the SLF and from the resort itself.
Source: SLF / WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research. A single measuring station, not the resort’s official piste report.
Piste map, map & webcams
Interactive piste map
Every piste and lift colour-coded by difficulty, zoomable, built on OpenStreetMap. Community-maintained data; where it differs, the official piste map next to it is authoritative.
Open on OpenSkiMap →Official piste map
The lift company’s drawn piste map, plus lift status and tickets.
corvatsch-diavolezza.ch →Webcams
Live images from the mountain on the resort’s official site, usually several locations.
View webcams →Piste maps and webcam images belong to the lift companies and are protected by copyright. That is why we link directly to the original instead of copying it.
What sets this ski area apart
Diavolezza means she-devil in Romansh. The col lies at 2958 metres in the Bernina Alps and is served year-round by a cable car from the Val Bernina. The valley station itself already sits at 2093 metres, right beside the Bernina Diavolezza stop on the Bernina railway. So you arrive by train and step straight into the cable car.
The best-known descent runs ten kilometres across the Pers and Morteratsch glaciers down to the terrace of the Morteratsch restaurant, again directly at a railway stop. A connecting piste links Diavolezza to the Lagalb on the other side of the valley.
And then there is something no other Swiss ski area offers in the same way: the night descent by full moon, Glüna Plaina in Romansh, with no floodlights at all, because moonlight on the glacier is enough to ski by. At most five dates per winter.
Sources: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diavolezza
Getting there by public transport
Destination stop: Diavolezza. Fastest connection on a Saturday morning in the currently published timetable, from the open Swiss timetable interface, retrieved 10 August 2026. A guide value, not a timetable: the real journey time depends on when you leave and what you connect to, and winter-only bus services are not yet included.
Frequently asked about Diavolezza-Lagalb
How high is Diavolezza-Lagalb?
The ski area runs from 2,093 to 2,978 metres above sea level, a vertical range of 885 metres. For snow reliability the lower figure matters more: that is where the snow disappears first, and where a mild December is felt before it is felt at the top.
How many kilometres of piste does Diavolezza-Lagalb have?
35 kilometres on 5 lifts, according to the operator. There is no binding standard for measuring piste kilometres, so the figure is comparable between resorts only to a point. The lift count says at least as much about how big a place feels.
What does a day pass at Diavolezza-Lagalb cost?
CHF 88 for an adult day pass at the standard rate, as of summer 2026. Booked early it is often less; on a peak Saturday it is not.
When does Diavolezza-Lagalb open?
The usual season window is Oct – May. For winter 2026/27 the resort has announced 24 October 2026 as its starting date (Gletscherpiste, am 19. Oktober bestätigt; bis 15. November nur Mi, Sa, So). Every announced date depends on enough snow and cold.
How do I get to Diavolezza-Lagalb by train?
The destination stop is Diavolezza. From Zürich HB the fastest connection on a Saturday morning takes 3 h 45, changing 3 times; from Bern 4 h 50. A guide value, not a timetable.
Does Diavolezza-Lagalb have a glacier?
Yes. Glacier terrain makes the early season more reliable, because the snow layer is supported from below by ice. The summers since 2022 have shown that this is no longer a guarantee either: several Alpine glacier areas have given up summer skiing altogether.
Diavolezza-Lagalb in the magazine
The big opening weekend: Titlis, Diavolezza, Cervinia and the World Cup in Sölden, and on Wednesday it snows everywhere
On 24 October Diavolezza, Cervinia and Adelboden start and the World Cup season begins in Sölden. The Titlis (29 October) opens later, and the Mölltal Glacier names no date. Who opens when, what is already running and what the weather brought.
Where to ski this weekend: eleven resorts compared, and Zermatt gets 30 centimetres
Zermatt is skiing again, Kaunertal opens, Sölden moves to the Tiefenbach glacier. Every open resort in the Alps with open piste kilometres, lifts and price per kilometre, plus the weather: on Sunday it snows heavily in the south.
Dry first, then it turns: the weather up to the Titlis opening and the World Cup in Sölden
The next two weeks in 51 weather runs: dry and cold until Friday, ideal for the snow guns. From 17 October it turns unsettled, and in one run in four the south gets half a metre or more.
A cold snap for the season start: Sölden, Stubai and the Kitzsteinhorn open this weekend
On Thursday it snows on the glaciers, in all 51 model runs. On Friday Sölden and Stubai start, on Saturday the Kitzsteinhorn. How much snow falls where, who is already running and who is still waiting.
Where this resort stands
In our rankings of all Swiss ski areas:
Diavolezza-Lagalb is one of 23 ski areas in the canton of Grisons, and it is quickest reached from Zurich by train, in 3 h 45.
Nearby ski areas
Distances are straight-line, not driving time. In the Alps a ridge between two valleys can turn 12 km into a two-hour drive.
Key figures
- Region
- Grisons
- Season
- Oct – May
- Kilometres of piste
- 35 km
- Elevation
- 2093 to 2978 m (885 m of vertical)
- Lifts
- 5
- Adult day pass
- around CHF 88 (guide value)
- Summer skiing
- no
- Glacier
- yes
- Snow park
- 3/10, our editorial rating
- Coordinates
- 46.427, 9.967
- Official website
- corvatsch-diavolezza.ch
All values are guide figures still being verified. For day-to-day information, use the resort’s official website.