Europe’s cheapest day pass in our data belongs to Vrátna in Slovakia, at €39 for 2025/26. Two Polish resorts, Zakopane and Białka Tatrzańska, are close behind at 170 PLN each, worth €39.31. Across the 193 European resorts in our database with a published adult day pass, the median price is €71.28, and twenty resorts undercut €50. Those twenty span six countries, from small local hills of 10 to 40 km to shares of 600 km linked areas such as Chamonix and Le Corbier. The single best value per kilometre of piste is Avoriaz, in the Portes du Soleil, at €0.12 for each of the 600 km its pass covers. Georgia and Turkey have cheaper passes again, from about €18 to €35, but sit outside this European ranking.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest overall: Vrátna, Slovakia, €39 (2025/26). Cheapest in the Alps: Puy-Saint-Vincent, France, €41.50 (2025/26).
- Fifteen of the 20 cheapest resorts still show a 2025/26 price. Their 2026/27 price has not been published and is likely to rise.
- Cheapest large area of 100 km or more: Isola 2000, France, 120 km for €44 (2025/26).
- Best value once passes under 40 km or a wide “network” pass are excluded: Avoriaz, €0.12 per km on the 600 km Portes du Soleil pass.
- Cheapest country median: Poland, €39.31 (3 priced resorts). Priciest: Switzerland, €86.76 (30 priced resorts). European median: €71.28.
The 20 cheapest ski resorts in Europe for 2026/27
| # | Resort | Country | Day pass | In EUR | Slopes | Top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vrátna | Slovakia | €39 (2025/26) | €39.00 | 14 km | 1,520 m |
| 2 | Zakopane | Poland | 170 PLN (2025/26) | €39.31 | 16 km | 1,987 m |
| 3 | Białka Tatrzańska | Poland | 170 PLN (2025/26) | €39.31 | 17 km | 1,140 m |
| 4 | Puy-Saint-Vincent | France | €41.50 (2025/26) | €41.50 | 75 km | 2,700 m |
| 5 | Feldberg | Germany | €42 (2026/27) | €42.00 | 30 km | 1,450 m |
| 6 | Szklarska Poręba | Poland | 185 PLN (2025/26) | €42.77 | 10 km | 1,362 m |
| 7 | Isola 2000 | France | €44 (2025/26) | €44.00 | 120 km | 2,610 m |
| 8 | Vogel | Slovenia | €45 (2025/26) | €45.00 | 22 km | 1,800 m |
| 9 | Krvavec | Slovenia | €45 (2026/27) | €45.00 | 30 km | 1,971 m |
| 10 | Balderschwang | Germany | €45 (2025/26) | €45.00 | 40 km | 1,450 m |
| 11 | Harrachov | Czech Republic | 1,100 CZK (2025/26) | €45.33 | 10 km | 1,020 m |
| 12 | Cairngorm | United Kingdom | £39 (2025/26) | €45.45 | 30 km | 1,097 m |
| 13 | Les Orres | France | €45.50 (2026/27) | €45.50 | 100 km | 2,720 m |
| 14 | Cauterets | France | €46 (2026/27) | €46.00 | 36 km | 2,415 m |
| 15 | Riksgränsen | Sweden | 520 SEK (2025/26) | €46.27 | 21 km | 909 m |
| 16 | Le Corbier | France | €46.50 (2025/26) | €46.50 | 310 km | 2,620 m |
| 17 | Nevis Range | United Kingdom | £39.95 (2025/26) | €46.55 | 20 km | 1,221 m |
| 18 | Glenshee | United Kingdom | £40 (2025/26) | €46.61 | 36 km | 1,068 m |
| 19 | Berchtesgaden | Germany | €47 (2026/27) | €47.00 | 22 km | 1,874 m |
| 20 | Chamonix | France | €47 (2025/26) | €47.00 | 152 km | 3,842 m |
Source: Intski resort database and lift pass price index, checked 19 September 2026. Local currency and season are as published by each resort; the EUR column is an ECB-rate conversion, not a resort-published euro price.
Fifteen of these 20 prices are still labelled 2025/26 because the resort has not yet published its 2026/27 tariff. Only Feldberg, Krvavec, Les Orres, Cauterets and Berchtesgaden have a confirmed 2026/27 price. Krvavec’s pass was €45 in 2025/26 and is unchanged for 2026/27, but treat every 2025/26 figure here as a floor, not a forecast.
Cheapest in the Alps
Restricting the comparison to six Alpine countries, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Slovenia, splits them into two groups. France, Germany and Slovenia have resorts under €45; Italy, Austria and Switzerland do not go below €52 in our data.
- France: Puy-Saint-Vincent, €41.50 (2025/26), 75 km.
- Germany: Feldberg, €42 (2026/27), 30 km.
- Slovenia: Vogel, €45 (2025/26), 22 km, tied with Krvavec at €45 (2026/27), 30 km.
- Italy: Bardonecchia, €52 (2026/27), 100 km.
- Austria: Ramsau am Dachstein, €54 (2026/27), 12.9 km.
- Switzerland: Bellwald, CHF 52 (2026/27), worth €55.02, 20 km.
No Austrian or Swiss resort in our data gets close to the French, German or Slovenian floor. Austria’s own median day pass is €79.50 and Switzerland’s is €86.76, both well above the €71.28 European median, so a cheap Austrian or Swiss day is the exception, not the pattern.
Cheapest large ski areas: what matters more for a week
A single cheap day pass means little on 10 km of local hill. For a full week, size matters more, so here we filter to resorts with 100 km or more of connected slopes and rank by price.
- Isola 2000, France, 120 km, €44 (2025/26).
- Les Orres, France, 100 km, €45.50 (2026/27).
- Le Corbier, France, 310 km (Les Sybelles), €46.50 (2025/26).
- Chamonix, France, 152 km, €47 (2025/26).
- Vaujany, France, 250 km, €48 (2025/26).
- Pra Loup, France, 180 km, €48.50 (2025/26).
- Bardonecchia, Italy, 100 km, €52 (2026/27).
Every one of the seven cheapest large areas is French or Italian. Le Corbier stands out: 310 km for €46.50 is a bigger area than St. Anton’s Ski Arlberg for roughly half the price. Two of Europe’s biggest areas, Châtel and Les Gets, give access to the 600 km Portes du Soleil for €55 and €56 (2026/27), still under the €71.28 European median.
Best value per kilometre of piste
Price alone rewards small resorts and price per kilometre alone rewards huge ones on a cheap ticket, so this is a fairer cut: price divided by kilometres the pass covers, keeping only passes of 40 km or more and excluding any pass whose scope is a wider “network” rather than one linked area.
All the resorts below quote a 2026/27 price.
- Avoriaz, France (Portes du Soleil), €69 for 600 km, €0.12 per km.
- Morzine, France (Portes du Soleil), €72 for 600 km, €0.12 per km.
- Champéry, Switzerland (Portes du Soleil), €73 for 600 km, €0.12 per km.
- The five Les 3 Vallées resorts, Courchevel, Méribel, Val Thorens, Les Menuires and Saint Martin de Belleville, all charge €84.20 for the same 600 km pass, €0.14 per km each, because they share one lift network and one price.
- Megève and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (Evasion Mont-Blanc), €65 for 445 km, €0.15 per km.
- Sauze d’Oulx and Sestriere (Via Lattea), €58.50 for 400 km, €0.15 per km.
Avoriaz and Morzine share the same 600 km Portes du Soleil pass as the pricier Châtel and Les Gets: the area is identical, only the base village’s own price differs. The same is true of the Trois Vallées quintet, whose numbers are identical because it is one pass over one area, not five separate deals.
Median day pass by country
Averaging by resort favours whichever country has the most listings, so here we take the median adult day pass in each country with at least three priced resorts in our data. Sample sizes vary widely, from 3 resorts in Poland, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden and the Czech Republic, to 49 in Austria and 40 in France, so the smaller medians are indicative rather than definitive.
- Poland: €39.31 (3 resorts).
- Slovenia: €45 (3 resorts).
- United Kingdom: €46.55 (3 resorts).
- Bulgaria: €51.13 (3 resorts).
- France: €58 (40 resorts). Finland: €58 (3 resorts).
- Germany: €59 (8 resorts).
- Spain: €60.90 (4 resorts).
- Sweden: €61.05 (3 resorts).
- Czech Republic: €61.41 (3 resorts).
- Norway: €68.74 (4 resorts).
- Italy: €72 (30 resorts). Andorra: €72 (5 resorts).
- Austria: €79.50 (49 resorts).
- Switzerland: €86.76 (30 resorts), the highest median in our data.
The European median across all 193 priced resorts is €71.28. France’s large sample sits well below that at €58, which is one reason French resorts fill most of this article’s rankings: there are simply more cheap French resorts in our database than cheap resorts anywhere else. Our guide to ski resorts in Finland covers Finland’s three resorts, whose €58 median matches France almost exactly despite a completely different kind of mountain.
What a cheap pass does not tell you
A low headline price can hide three things this table does not show on its own.
Size. Vrátna, the outright cheapest at €39, has 14 km of slopes. Szklarska Poręba and Harrachov, both under €46, have 10 km each. That is a day out, not a week’s skiing. Cross-check the Slopes column before booking a full trip on price alone, and see our rankings for area size specifically.
Altitude. Several of the cheapest resorts sit low: Riksgränsen tops out at 909 m, Cairngorm at 1,097 m, Glenshee at 1,068 m, Nevis Range at 1,221 m and Harrachov at 1,020 m. Low altitude is not automatically bad snow (Riksgränsen’s Arctic latitude compensates), but our data scores elevation, not snow reliability, so check that separately.
Season labels. Fifteen of the 20 prices in the main table are still 2025/26. Where a 2026/27 figure exists in our data, such as Krvavec’s unchanged €45, it shows prices can hold flat, but a resort with no published 2026/27 price yet gives no guarantee either way. Check each resort’s own page and the opening dates page before you commit to a season that has not been priced yet.
Whichever resort you shortlist, run the full week, not just the lift pass, through the ski trip cost calculator, and check current and historical prices for any resort in the lift pass price index. The compare tool puts any two resorts from this list side by side on slopes, lifts and price together.
Quick answers
What is the cheapest ski resort in Europe?
Vrátna in Slovakia, at €39 for 2025/26. Zakopane and Białka Tatrzańska in Poland are next, both 170 PLN, worth €39.31, for 2025/26.
What is the cheapest ski resort in the Alps?
Puy-Saint-Vincent in France, at €41.50 for 2025/26, ahead of Feldberg in Germany at €42 for 2026/27. No Austrian or Swiss resort in our data gets under €52.
What is the average price of a ski day pass in Europe?
The median adult day pass across the 193 priced European resorts in our data is €71.28. By country, Poland is cheapest at €39.31 and Switzerland priciest at €86.76.
Which large ski area is the cheapest?
Isola 2000 in France, 120 km for €44 (2025/26), among resorts with 100 km or more of slopes. Le Corbier is the best-value big area, 310 km for €46.50 (2025/26).
Which resort gives the most skiing for the price?
Avoriaz, on the 600 km Portes du Soleil pass, at €69 (2026/27), works out at €0.12 per km, the best ratio in our data among passes covering 40 km or more of a single linked area.
Are these prices for the 2026/27 season?
Not all of them. Fifteen of the 20 cheapest resorts in our table still show a 2025/26 price because their 2026/27 tariff has not been published. Only Feldberg, Krvavec, Les Orres, Cauterets and Berchtesgaden have a confirmed 2026/27 price in this list.
