Saas-Fee
About the area
Saas Fee in Valais offers about 48 km of pistes, split almost evenly between easy and intermediate terrain: 22 km of blue runs and 21 km of red. That makes it a good fit for beginners and confident intermediates, helped by a magic carpet for first turns and 14 short easy runs right next to a lift base. Families are well served too, with eight gondola and cable-car lifts, so small children never have to load a chairlift. Experts will find less: only about 5 km of black and freeride terrain (11%), including 3 km marked freeride.
Thirty lifts serve the area, from the valley at 1,779 m up to 3,555 m, so snow cover is reliable high up; 15 km of piste also have snowmaking. The longest single descent runs 2,629 m, with up to 395 m of vertical on one run. Cross-country skiers have 13 km of trails.
At a glance
- Pistes
- 48 km
- Lifts
- 30
- Altitude
- 1779–3555 m
- Vertical
- 1776 m
- Runs
- 85
- Longest run
- 2.6 km
- Biggest vertical on one run
- 395 m
- Snowmaking
- 15 km
- Night skiing
- 0.5 km
- Cross-country
- 13 km
- Magic carpets
- 1
- Gondolas & cable cars
- 8
- Bubble/heated lifts
- 9
- Nursery runs at lift bases
- 14
Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.
Official sitePistes by difficulty
- Blue21.5 km
- Red21.4 km
- Black2.3 km
- Freeride3.2 km
- Unclassified0.0 km
Lifts by type
- 8T-bar
- 6Gondola
- 4Button lift
- 4Funicular
- 3Drag lift
- 2Cable car
- 2Chairlift
- 1Magic carpet
Who should come here
Who should come here
Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.
Beginners
yes
- · 44% of pistes are green/blue (22 km)
- · 11% are black/expert/freeride
- · 1 magic carpet for first steps
- · 14 short easy runs next to a lift base
Families
yes
- · 1 magic carpet
- · 8 gondola/cable-car lifts (no chairlift loading for small kids)
- · 15 km with snowmaking
- · a base within walking distance of the lifts
Experts
not really
- · 5 km black/expert/freeride (11%)
- · longest vertical on one run 395 m
- · 3 km marked freeride
Best forbeginnersfamiliesintermediatessnow surehigh altitudecross country
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.