Lenzerheide
Slope Breakdown
Lenzerheide at a glance
Lenzerheide is a ski resort in Switzerland, part of the Arosa-Lenzerheide area. It offers 225 km of slopes served by 43 lifts, with skiing between 1,476 m and 2,865 m (1,389 m vertical). That makes it the 9th largest of the 30 ski resorts in Switzerland listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Lenzerheide is particularly beginner-friendly: about 49% of its slopes are easy blue runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 4 cm of new snow at the top (2,865 m) in the next 3 days, 3 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Lenzerheide, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Friedrichshafen (FDH) — about 105 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 89 CHF (2026/27 season). Arosa Lenzerheide day pass.
About €0.43 per km of piste the pass covers (225 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Lenzerheide
Rules for a car in Switzerland, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Vignette, CHF 40 for the year. Motorway vignette 2026 (e-vignette or sticker) CHF 40.00, Vignette for a trailer or caravan up to 3.5 t CHF 40.00
Winter tyres
No legal requirement
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Nov to 30 Apr (banned on motorways, 80 km/h, rear 80 disc)
Lenzerheide resort facts
These figures cover the whole Arosa-Lenzerheide area, which Lenzerheide shares with 1 other resort on Intski, not Lenzerheide's own sector. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide, Lai in Romansh, is a mountain resort in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, lying at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn in the municipality of Vaz/Obervaz.
Resort Highlights
A high valley between Chur and the Julier Pass
Lenzerheide, Lai in Romansh, is a mountain resort in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, lying at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn in the municipality of Vaz/Obervaz. The village occupies a broadened section of a high valley on the road between Chur, the cantonal capital to the north, and Tiefencastel to the south, beyond which lie the Julier Pass and St Moritz. The valley itself forms a pass, usually called the Lenzerheide pass, whose high point is about 5 km north of the village. In winter the village lake, the Heidsee, freezes over.
Four sectors and a link to Arosa
The Lenzerheide Bergbahnen lifts open up four sectors: Stätzerhorn, Danis, Scalottas and Rothorn. At the end of 2013 a cable-car link to Arosa created the combined Arosa Lenzerheide ski area, and passes have covered both resorts since. That is where the headline figures come from: 225 km of pistes and 43 lifts, with the lifts spanning 1,476 m to 2,865 m.
What the slopes offer
Nearly 1,400 m of vertical and a top station well above 2,200 m give the high sectors a snow advantage across the December-to-April season, and the village base at 1,476 m is itself relatively high. The site’s modern-lifts rating fits a resort that added a whole new cable-car connection a little over a decade ago. There is no published easy, intermediate and expert breakdown in our data, but the slopes are approved for every FIS Alpine Ski World Cup discipline for both men and women, which requires steep, sustained racing terrain alongside the broader pistes that make up most of any area this size. Forty-three lifts for 225 km, a little over 5 km per lift, suggests longer lifts and longer runs rather than a dense grid.
The scenery rating is earned by the setting: a resort built around a lake, in a high valley with the Parpaner Rothorn above it.
On foot as well as on skis
Lenzerheide connects to two other Graubünden resorts by hiking route as well as by lift: Arosa can be reached in a day’s walk and Davos in two, an old link between valleys that the cable-car has made instant for skiers.
Practical
The nearest airport in our data is Friedrichshafen (FDH), roughly 105 km away as the crow flies. By road the village lies on the route between Chur and Tiefencastel. The season runs from December to April. Lift and pass details for Arosa Lenzerheide are on the resort’s official website.
Frequently asked questions about Lenzerheide
Stätzerhorn, Danis, Scalottas and Rothorn, all served by the Lenzerheide Bergbahnen, plus Arosa via the cable-car link.
At the end of 2013, by cable-car. Since then passes have been valid for both resorts as Arosa Lenzerheide.
Its slopes are approved for all FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races for women and men.
The lake at Lenzerheide, which freezes in winter and is one of the reasons the resort is popular.
In a high valley in Graubünden between Chur and Tiefencastel, at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The valley forms a pass known as the Lenzerheide pass, with its high point about 5 km north of the village.
Lenzerheide has 225 km of marked slopes: 110 km easy (blue), 87 km intermediate (red), 28 km expert (black), served by 43 ski lifts.
The skiing in Lenzerheide ranges from 1,476 m at the base to 2,865 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,389 m.
The ski season in Lenzerheide typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Yes — Lenzerheide is well suited to beginners. About 49% of the slopes (110 km) are easy blue runs.
Lenzerheide has 28 km of expert (black) slopes — about 12% of the total.
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