Saas Fee
Slope Breakdown
Saas Fee at a glance
Saas Fee is a ski resort in Switzerland, part of the Saas Fee area. It offers 100 km of slopes served by 22 lifts, with skiing between 1,800 m and 3,573 m (1,773 m vertical). That makes it the 22nd largest of the 30 ski resorts in Switzerland listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Saas Fee is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 60% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 9 cm of new snow at the top (3,573 m) in the next 3 days, 7 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 Saas Fee, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Milan Malpensa (MXP) — about 81 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 84 CHF (2026/27 season). Saas-Fee Pass (Saas-Fee & Saas-Almagell) day pass, high season rate.
2025/26: 83 CHF (+1.2%)
About €0.91 per km of piste the pass covers (100 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Saas Fee
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)
Lötschberg car train (BLS, Kandersteg to Goppenstein): CHF 28.00
Bern and the Bernese Oberland to Valais: Zermatt (via Täsch), Saas-Fee, Lötschental, Leukerbad and other Valais resorts Per vehicle incl. occupants, one way: CHF 28.00 Mon to Thu, CHF 31.00 Fri to Sun and public holidays; online CHF 2 cheaper (26.00 / 29.00). Motorhomes up to 5 t: same as cars; trailer or caravan up to 3.5 t: CHF 25.00. Large-vehicle trains (hourly): motorhome over 5 t CHF 87.00, bus 10 to 22 seats CHF 50.00 (heavy-vehicle prices valid until 3 Nov 2026). Ticket valid one month, either direction; buy each direction separately. No reservation.
Saas Fee resort facts
Difficulty shares from skiresort.info, applied to the area total.
About Saas Fee
Saas-Fee is the main village of the Saastal, the Saas Valley, and a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais.
Resort Highlights
The Pearl of the Alps
Saas-Fee is the main village of the Saastal, the Saas Valley, and a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais. It sits on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 m, surrounded by 13 peaks above 4,000 m, the highest concentration anywhere in the Alps, which is where its nickname, the Pearl of the Alps, comes from. It is a classic ski resort in the old sense: well-preserved Swiss wooden architecture and a car-free village centre. Its neighbours in the valley are Saas-Almagell, Saas-Grund and Saas-Balen.
The skiing
The lifts climb from the village plateau at 1,800 m to a top station at 3,573 m, a vertical of 1,773 m. That top height is extraordinary, well above the level at which altitude begins to help snow reliability, and it is the reason our data tags Saas-Fee as snow-sure. A resort where the skiing reaches past 3,500 m is largely insulated from the poor winters that hurt lower resorts, and the season runs from December to April. It suits anyone for whom snow certainty comes first: early-season and late-season bookings carry far less risk here than in resorts topping out at 2,000 m.
Our data lists 100 km of pistes and 22 lifts. The pistes are not graded in our figures, so use the piste map to judge the mix, but the vertical alone tells you the descents can be very long. Twenty-two lifts for 100 km is a moderate ratio, consistent with a mountain of long lifts serving high ground rather than a dense web of short ones. The 100 km should be read alongside the vertical: this is a tall, narrow area rather than a broad, low one.
Village
Our data flags Saas-Fee for traditional charm and scenic views, and the village earns both without trying. The car-free centre means the streets belong to walkers, the timber architecture has been kept rather than replaced, and 13 four-thousand-metre peaks on the skyline settle the scenic question by themselves. It is a village to stay in for its own sake, not simply a base for the lifts, and for those who want a traditional, car-free village rather than a purpose-built one it is hard to better.
Practicalities
The nearest airport in our data is Milan Malpensa (MXP), across the border in Italy, roughly 81 km away as the crow flies. The resort’s official website has lift and village information.
Frequently asked questions about Saas Fee
Yes, the village centre is car-free, which together with its well-preserved Swiss wooden architecture is a large part of its character.
Because it is surrounded by 13 peaks above 4,000 m, the highest concentration of four-thousand-metre summits anywhere in the Alps.
It sits on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 m, and the lifts climb from there to 3,573 m.
Saas-Almagell, Saas-Grund and Saas-Balen. Saas-Fee is the main village of the Saastal and a municipality in the district of Visp, canton of Valais.
Very. With a top station at 3,573 m and a village at 1,800 m, it is an exceptionally high resort and is tagged snow-sure in our data.
Saas Fee has 100 km of marked slopes: 20 km easy (blue), 60 km intermediate (red), 20 km expert (black), served by 22 ski lifts.
The skiing in Saas Fee ranges from 1,800 m at the base to 3,573 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,773 m.
The ski season in Saas Fee typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Saas Fee is better suited to confident skiers — only around 20% of the slopes are rated easy.
Saas Fee has 20 km of expert (black) slopes — about 20% of the total.
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