Switzerland was the home of ski holidays and there are many that will tell you that it is still the place to go if you want to enjoy skiing and traditional Swiss hospitality for your ski holiday, with some great ski deals which can often include a free ski pass.
Saas Fee has lots of gentle blue runs to progress to up the mountain, including on the glacier, where the snow is usually excellent, the best time to ski is usually March or April as the lower slopes can be in the shade in the earlier part of the year, Geneva is 140 miles away.
Verbier is a great chalet style resort for the more advanced skier, with extensive but challenging slopes and plenty of off piste and long bump runs. This is one of the few Swiss resorts to boast a seriously lively après-ski scene, starting on the mountain, which includes a pay-as-you-soak hot tub at Chalet Carlsberg and ending next morning at places such as Pub Mont Fort and the Farm Club, 100 miles from Geneva airport.
Laax is a snowboarder’s paradise with a huge terrain park and pipe here, which are among Europe’s best and often stage high-profile competitions. Snow boarders enjoy great free riding too, with lively bars and a clubs for that important après ski, 93 miles from Zurich airport.
Zermatt started life as a simple farming village, but developed from a mountaineering centre to the top class ski resort that we know today. A car free village, unless you are resident, with electric buggies operating from the hotels to collect you from the transfer transport. There are excellent terrains beneath the shadow of the Matterhorn better suited to good skiers and accessed from Sion 50 miles, or 150 miles from Geneva airport.
St Moritz home to the famous Cresta Run toboggan course and is full of upmarket shops, gourmet chefs, and other after ski activity. There are lots of long, wide, well-groomed runs with varied terrain with 350 Km of pistes in three separate areas, most are on open slopes above the trees, 137 miles from Zurich airport.
