Nendaz
Slope Breakdown
Nendaz at a glance
Nendaz is a ski resort in Switzerland, part of the 4 Vallées ski area. It offers 410 km of slopes served by 82 lifts, with skiing between 1,365 m and 3,330 m (1,965 m vertical). That makes it the 2nd largest of the 30 ski resorts in Switzerland listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Nendaz offers a balanced mix: 26% easy, 49% intermediate and 25% expert slopes.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 26 cm of new snow at the top (3,330 m) in the next 3 days, 9 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
Email me when it snows
An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Nendaz, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Geneva (GVA) — about 92 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 89 CHF (2025/26 season). Nendaz / 4 Vallées day pass, high season rate.
About €0.23 per km of piste the pass covers (410 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Nendaz
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)
Nendaz resort facts
These figures cover the whole 4 Vallées area, which Nendaz shares with 2 other resorts on Intski, not Nendaz's own sector. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Nendaz
Nendaz is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Wikipedia says little more than that, and in one sense little more needs saying: Nendaz is a municipality first, a place with its own civic life, and a ski resort second.
Resort Highlights
A Valais municipality with a very big pass
Nendaz is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Wikipedia says little more than that, and in one sense little more needs saying: Nendaz is a municipality first, a place with its own civic life, and a ski resort second. The site tags it for traditional character, which fits a settlement of that kind, along with scenic views and modern lifts.
410 km on the 4 Vallées
The number that matters is 410. That is the total of pistes in the 4 Vallées, the ski area to which Nendaz belongs, served by 82 lifts. Few places in the Alps put that much terrain on one pass, and Nendaz’s role in the system is that of an access point: a base from which the whole area can be reached. The lifts are tagged as modern, and with 82 of them the network is extensive rather than intensive; expect a day’s skiing to take you a long way from where you started. The difficulty split for the area is not recorded in our data.
The vertical is the other headline. The base is at 1,365 m and the top lifts reach 3,330 m, a difference of almost 2,000 m. A top station above 3,300 m is about as high as lift-served skiing gets in the Alps, and it means the upper part of the 4 Vallées has altitude firmly on its side for snow. The base is moderate, so the runs down to Nendaz itself are the part of the day most dependent on the season, but the height of the top makes the December to April season a dependable one overall.
Who it suits
Nendaz suits skiers who want the whole 4 Vallées on their pass but prefer to sleep in a traditional Valais municipality rather than a resort built around the lifts. The absence of an après-ski tag is a fair signal that evenings are quiet. For families and groups who ski hard by day and want a village rather than a scene at night, that balance is the point. The scenic-views tag comes with the territory: this is high Valais country, and a lift system that climbs to 3,330 m puts a lot of it in front of you.
Practical
Geneva is the nearest major airport in our data, roughly 92 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. The resort’s official website is the place to check for passes and lift status.
Frequently asked questions about Nendaz
Nendaz is part of the 4 Vallées, which totals 410 km of pistes served by 82 lifts, tagged on this site for modern lifts.
The top lifts reach 3,330 m, with the base at 1,365 m, giving almost 2,000 m of vertical. The top station is among the highest in lift-served skiing.
No. Nendaz is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais, and the site tags it for traditional character.
The site does not tag Nendaz for après-ski. Its tags are traditional character, scenic views and modern lifts, so expect quiet evenings.
The top station at 3,330 m gives the upper 4 Vallées strong snow reliability. The 1,365 m base is moderate, so the runs down to the village depend more on the season.
Nendaz has 410 km of marked slopes: 106 km easy (blue), 201 km intermediate (red), 103 km expert (black), served by 82 ski lifts.
The skiing in Nendaz ranges from 1,365 m at the base to 3,330 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,965 m.
The ski season in Nendaz typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Nendaz works for beginners, though it is not a dedicated beginner resort: about 26% of the slopes (106 km) are easy blue runs.
Nendaz has 103 km of expert (black) slopes — about 25% of the total.
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