Find your next ski day.

Mont-Gibloux

Mont-Gibloux has a local learn-to-ski tradition. Young skiers from the surrounding region are central to its character.

Moosalpregion

The ski area crosses the Moosalp pass, with views towards the Bietschhorn and the Mischabel group with the Dom. Bodmen has a children's ski area and a large playground suited to young children and beginners.

START HEREAccess from the ski lift at Z’Niwu in Törbel.

Pistes

25 km

Mörlialp

Mörlialp offers downhill pistes across all difficulty levels. Its Kinderland provides a learning area with several practice lifts.

Münster-Geschinen

Münster-Geschinen offers gentle downhill slopes for skiing and snowboarding in Goms. The ski area caters to families with children and newcomers to skiing, as well as visitors getting back onto snow at the start of the season, with a focus on approachable terrain.

Pistes

3 km

Ski-area elevation

1,363–1,645 m

Lifts

2

Mürren/Schilthorn

Maulerhubel and Winteregg offer gentle descents for less experienced skiers and snowboarders. Schiltgrat offers more challenging slopes, while Birg-Schilthorn has often-steep descents for proficient skiers.

START HEREThe Schilthorn Cableway connects Stechelberg directly with Mürren.

Pistes

50 km

Nara – Leontica

Nara is a downhill ski area above Leontica in the Blenio Valley, with pistes catering to families with children, keen skiers and snowboarders. Its upper lift area reaches Bassa di Nara, on the ridge separating the Blenio Valley from Leventina, with views towards the Gotthard massif and Rheinwaldhorn.

Pistes

30 km

Ski-area elevation

850–2,200 m

Nax

Nax Télé Mont-Noble is a family-oriented downhill ski and snowboard area at Nax in Valais, welcoming families with very young children as well as mountain enthusiasts. Three chairlifts and a drag lift serve the pistes, giving the resort a straightforward four-lift layout.

Pistes

35 km

Lifts

4

Nollen – Unterägeri

Nollen is a family-friendly downhill ski area in Unterägeri. It has welcomed local skiers for more than 50 years.

START HEREA 1,507 m drag lift serves the slopes, with a separate 245 m pony lift for children and beginners.

Oberegg-St. Anton

Oberegg–St. Anton offers compact downhill skiing across three descents on the slopes of St. Anton. Its Garaventa lift dates from 1965 and is included in the Swiss Federal Office of Culture’s inventory of technical cultural monuments of national importance.

Pistes

3.5 km

Oberhelfenschwil

Skilift Oberhelfenschwil is a family-focused downhill ski area for young children learning to ski and use a ski lift from scratch. Beginner snowboarders are also part of its audience, giving the area a clear emphasis on first experiences on snow with the family.

START HEREThe ski lift has a sloping length of 350 metres and a vertical rise of 68 metres.

Oberwangen

Skilift Oberwangen is a small, family-oriented downhill ski area with a main drag lift and separate facilities for children's first turns. The Zauberteppich conveyor and Ponylift support gradual learning, while Snowli ski school offers children's lessons and the piste-side Arosastübli provides a place for a break.

Ovronnaz

Ovronnaz’s downhill skiing offers a choice of blue, red and black pistes. Red runs form the largest group in its published piste classification, giving intermediate skiers several options alongside easier descents and black pistes for more experienced visitors.

Ski-area elevation

1,400–2,500 m

Pany

Pany is a family-oriented downhill ski area. Its pistes cater to beginners as well as experienced skiers and snowboarders.

Pistes

7 km

Parsenn

Parsenn offers high alpine skiing with a funicular dating to the early days of the sport. The Parsennbahn provides access from Davos, while the Gotschnabahn brings skiers up from Klosters.

START HEREGotschnabahn from Klosters Platz.

Pistes

97 km

Pian Cales / San Bernardino

Pian Cales offers blue and red downhill pistes in the heart of San Bernardino village. Its learning facilities make it particularly suited to first experiences on skis.

Pistes

5 km

Pontresina

Languard is a family ski area in central Pontresina, with varied slopes for beginners and experienced skiers seeking a relaxed ski day. Ski and snowboard lessons are available, while more confident visitors can use the area's drag and disc lifts.

Pradaschier

Pradaschier offers downhill skiing and snowboarding directly above Churwalden, with sunny slopes and room for wide turns. The slopes suit first turns as well as more sporting carving, making it an option for learners and skiers practising their technique.

START HEREThe chairlift connects Churwalden with the Pradaschier mountain station.

Prato Leventina

Prato Leventina offers red and black downhill pistes for more experienced skiers. Beginners can ski a blue piste through the forest.

Raten

Raten offers an introduction to skiing for adults and children on its Mega-Star platter lift. The Pinocchio rope lift serves young children skiing a slalom through tunnels.

Rathvel

Rathvel offers downhill skiing for all abilities in the Fribourg Pre-Alps. Its ski terrain is served by rope tows and drag lifts.

Ratzi – Spiringen

Ratzi is a winter recreation area above Spiringen in Uri. Visitors can ski, snowboard, walk or snowshoe here.

START HEREThe Spiringen–Ratzi access cable car has eight-person cabins; a one-kilometre ski lift serves the downhill skiing.

Regensberg

Skilift Regensberg offers local downhill skiing in Regensberg, with an association continuing the lift's operation. The association grew from a community initiative to save the ski lift, allowing visitors to keep enjoying skiing at this small village venue.

Rigi-Seebodenalp

Seebodenalp is a compact downhill ski area with easy descents served by Skilift Seebodenalp and the children's lift at Holderen. Winter walking and cross-country skiing also form part of its character, making it a useful choice for groups combining downhill skiing with other winter activities.

Pistes

5 km

Rossberg - Oberwil

Rossberg–Oberwil is a family-oriented downhill ski area with a relaxed character and varied pistes that are easy to survey. It suits families and recreational snow-sports visitors who enjoy skiing together and spending time in natural surroundings around Oberwil im Simmental.

Pistes

7 km