Glacier 3000

About the area

Glacier 3000 in Valais is a compact area — 22 km of marked pistes — with an unusual mix: 8 km blue, 5 km red and 9 km black or freeride terrain, so 39% of the skiing is at the hard end and only 38% counts as green or blue. That is not enough easy ground for a first-timer, since the beginner terrain comes down to three short runs by a lift base. Nor is it a full expert destination: 9 km of black and freeride is quickly skied. Confident intermediates who want a glacier day will get the most out of it.

Skiing runs from 1,544 m up to 2,931 m, with 955 m of vertical on one run and a longest descent of 4,545 m. Seventeen lifts serve the area, including three cable cars, four chairlifts, six drag lifts, three T-bars and a rope tow. Families with small children should note the cable-car access rather than easy chairlift loading.