Schnalstaler Gletscher (Val Senales)

About the area

Schnalstal has about 32 km of pistes and the balance leans clearly to the middle and upper grades: roughly 16 km red and 7 km black, which is 22% of the area. Only 28% (about 9 km) is green or blue, so beginners get a limited but usable share — six short easy runs sit next to a lift base, which works for first days, though the amount of steep terrain around them calls for care. Strong skiers will find the black share modest, and with a maximum vertical of 597 m on a single run there is little sustained descent for experts.

Eleven lifts serve the terrain: five chairlifts, four drag lifts, one gondola and one cable car. The two enclosed lifts help with small children, who cannot easily load a chairlift. Skiing runs from 2004 m to 3199 m, high enough to be reliable for snow, and the longest run measures 3094 m.