Gstaad (inkl. Glacier 3000)
… 🧊 Glacier area
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Gstaad (inkl. Glacier 3000) lies between the Bernese Oberland and Vaud and is one of the larger Swiss ski areas: 200 kilometres of piste served by 50 lifts.
The area runs from 1000 to 2971 metres above sea level, giving around 1,971 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 Nov – May (Glacier 3000). There is no summer skiing here any more, but the state of the glacier remains a live issue.
There is a snow park, an adult day pass costs around CHF 82.
Of note: Glacier 3000: summer skiing ended in 2004, long autumn and spring season
Pistes by difficulty
- Leicht (blau)122 km61%
- Mittel (rot)52 km26%
- Schwer (schwarz)26 km13%
Distribution calculated from OpenStreetMap and applied to the 200 official kilometres of piste. An approximation, not a figure from the lift company.
Snow report
SLF measuring stationSource: 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.
Open on OpenSkiMap →Official piste map
The lift company’s drawn piste map, plus lift status and tickets.
gstaad.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.
Key figures
- Region
- Bern / Vaud
- Season
- Nov – May (Glacier 3000)
- Kilometres of piste
- 200 km
- Elevation
- 1000 to 2971 m (1,971 m of vertical)
- Lifts
- 50
- Adult day pass
- around CHF 82 (guide value)
- Summer skiing
- no
- Glacier
- yes
- Snow park
- rated 6/10
- Coordinates
- 46.472, 7.286
- Official website
- gstaad.ch
All values are guide figures still being verified. For day-to-day information, use the resort’s official website.