Saas-Fee
… 🧊 Glacier area ✓ Checked by the lift company, October 2026 🛹 Snow park 9/10, our rating
Which pistes and lifts are open today: at the lift company →
Photo: Paolo Gamba from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Autumn on the glacier, winter season from 31 October
Until the end of October Saas-Fee runs a limited offer on the glacier, since 3 October with the upper drag lifts. According to Saastal Tourismus, the winter season with 100 km of piste and 22 lifts runs from 31 October 2026 to 18 April 2027. The figures on this page refer to winter.
As of 18 October 2026. Always check the current situation with the resort.Saas-Fee lies in Valais and is a mid-sized ski area: 100 kilometres of piste served by 22 lifts.
The area runs from 1800 to 3600 metres above sea level, giving around 1,800 metres of vertical. That takes the terrain above the 3,000-metre mark, which markedly improves snow reliability on the upper slopes.
Saas-Fee is one of the few areas in the Alps with skiing in summer: the season runs winter 31 Oct – 18 April, summer July – Oct (glacier), carried by the glacier.
The snow park is among the best in Europe, an adult day pass costs CHF 87.
Of note: Figures for winter (31 October to 18 April); limited offer on the glacier in summer and autumn. A training mecca.
Pistes by difficulty
- Easy (blue)39 km39%
- Intermediate (red)57 km57%
- Difficult (black)4 km4%
Distribution calculated from OpenStreetMap and applied to the 100 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.
saas-fee.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.
Getting there by public transport
Destination stop: Saas-Fee Chalbermatten. 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 Saas-Fee
How high is Saas-Fee?
The ski area runs from 1,800 to 3,600 metres above sea level, a vertical range of 1,800 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 Saas-Fee have?
100 kilometres on 22 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 Saas-Fee cost?
CHF 87 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 Saas-Fee open?
The usual season window is winter 31 Oct – 18 April, summer July – Oct (glacier). For winter 2026/27 the resort has announced 3 October 2026 as its starting date (Gletscher, zunächst die beiden oberen Skilifte). Every announced date depends on enough snow and cold.
How do I get to Saas-Fee by train?
The destination stop is Saas-Fee Chalbermatten. From Zürich HB the fastest connection on a Saturday morning takes 3 h 17, changing 1 time; from Bern 2 h 12. A guide value, not a timetable.
Does Saas-Fee 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.
Is there a snowpark at Saas-Fee?
Yes, and a good one: we rate it 9 out of 10. That rating is our own assessment, based on the size and number of features, how regularly the park is shaped, and whether it runs all season. It does not come from the lift company.
Saas-Fee in the magazine
Weekend of 7/8 November: Glacier 3000, Verbier and Cervinia start, and from Tuesday the freezing level climbs to almost 3000 metres
What the lift companies themselves confirm for the weekend, what they do not, and what the official MeteoSwiss forecast says for next week: dry until Monday, then rain up into high terrain, with snow returning only on Friday.
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.
Where this resort stands
In our rankings of all Swiss ski areas:
- Number 2 among the highest resorts
- Number 2 by weighted altitude, our snow-reliability measure
- Number 3 among the snowparks
Saas-Fee is one of 24 ski areas in the canton of Valais, and it is quickest reached from Bern by train, in 2 h 12.
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
- Valais
- Season
- winter 31 Oct – 18 April, summer July – Oct (glacier)
- Kilometres of piste
- 100 km
- Elevation
- 1800 to 3600 m (1,800 m of vertical)
- Lifts
- 22
- Adult day pass
- around CHF 87 (guide value)
- Summer skiing
- yes
- Glacier
- yes
- Snow park
- 9/10, our editorial rating
- Coordinates
- 46.109, 7.929
- Official website
- saas-fee.ch
All values are guide figures still being verified. For day-to-day information, use the resort’s official website.