Corvatsch-Furtschellas
About the area
Corvatsch-Furtschellas is a red-run area: of 39 km of pistes, 28 km are red, with only 5 km of blue and 5 km of black. That mix makes it a place for confident intermediates who want to cover distance. Beginners are poorly served — just 14% easy terrain and no cluster of short easy runs at a lift base — and experts will run out of challenge with 5 km of black (14%). Families with small children should note that three of the lifts are cable cars or gondolas, so there is no easy chairlift loading.
The ski area runs from 1,799 m to 3,295 m, high enough for reliable cold, with 775 m of vertical on a single run and a longest descent of 3,231 m. Fifteen lifts serve it: 6 chairlifts, 3 cable cars, 3 T-bars and 3 platters. Nearby there are 251 km of cross-country trails and 13 km of floodlit skiing.
At a glance
- Pistes
- 40 km
- Lifts
- 15
- Altitude
- 1799–3295 m
- Vertical
- 1496 m
- Runs
- 70
- Longest run
- 3.2 km
- Biggest vertical on one run
- 775 m
- Night skiing
- 13.6 km
- Cross-country
- 252 km
- Gondolas & cable cars
- 3
- Bubble/heated lifts
- 6
- Nursery runs at lift bases
- 11
Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.
Official sitePistes by difficulty
- Blue5.6 km
- Red28.5 km
- Black5.4 km
Lifts by type
- 6Chairlift
- 3T-bar
- 3Button lift
- 3Cable car
Who should come here
Who should come here
Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.
Beginners
not really
- · 14% of pistes are green/blue (6 km)
- · 14% are black/expert/freeride
- · 11 short easy runs next to a lift base
Families
with caveats
- · 3 gondola/cable-car lifts (no chairlift loading for small kids)
- · a base right at the lifts
Experts
not really
- · 5 km black/expert/freeride (14%)
- · longest vertical on one run 775 m
Best forintermediateshigh altitudecross countrynight skiing
Where to stay
Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.
At the lifts
Cheaper, down the valley
Real towns with beds, food and shops, close enough to ski from.
Pontresina
bus connection17 min to SurlejOSM score 54
wide choice of places to staymost places to eat
Samedan
bus connection17 min to SurlejOSM score 52
Maloja
bus connection14 min to SurlejOSM score 38
La Punt Chamues-ch
bus connection23 min to SurlejOSM score 35
Madulain
bus connection23 min to SurlejOSM score 34
wide choice of places to stay
Included in passes
- Ikon Base
- Ikon