4 Valleys, Valais

One of the largest ski areas in the world with 425km of linked pistes, the 4 Valleys links the resorts of Verbier, Nendaz, Bruson, Veysonnas, La Tzoumaz and Thyon - Les Collons. Geneva is the gateway to Valais with transfers to most ski resorts taking around 90 minutes.....read more

Portes du Soleil

The Swiss ski resorts of Morgins, Champery, Les Crosets and Champoussin combine with 8 French ones to make up the world famous Portes du Soleil system. An incredible ski area with beautiful valleys and home to some traditional, authentic, family friendly villages plus ski-in, ski-out purpose built resorts such as Avoriaz.....read more

Jungfrau ski area

With 213km of pistes, the area includes the pretty resorts of Grindelwald, Wengen and Mürren. Grindelwald sits in the shadow of the famous Eiger and boasts the longest tobaggan run in the ALps at 15km! Another record breaker is the Jungfraujoch - the highest train station in Europe at 3454m and the gateway to the incredible Aletsch glacier.....read more

Engadin

The Engadin Valley, on the Italian border, where Romansch is the official language, is home to perhaps the most famous ski resort in the world - St Moritz - with it's international jet setters and glitzy hotels. There are 4 main ski areas - Corviglia/Piz Nair, Corvatsch, Diavolezza/Lagalb and Zuoz and together, provide 350km of pistes....read more

Summer ski holidays

There are several ski resorts that offer summer skiing on the glaciers. The best terrain can be found at Zermatt and Saas Fee.

Zermatt is open throughout the year and even in the height of summer, you can still cruise around on 20km of pistes. Saas Fee is very similar offering 20km of pistes on the Allalin Glacier at 3600m where you will often find the Swiss ski team training.

Swiss Alps - summer holidays

Summer holidays in the Swiss Alps have never been so popular as the word gets out that the ski resorts have lots more to offer than snowy pistes. Fresh mountain air, stacks of outdoor activities and incredible views of the mountains and glaciers.

Not surprisingly, some of the ski resorts are busier during the summer than in winter. And, being so far south, the long sunny days regularly tip the thermometer north of 30 degrees and this is when the locals retreat to mountain lakes and rivers. Some of the most popular outdoor activities are...

• Mountain biking
• Hiking
• Fishing
• Swimming, sailing, kayaking
• White water rafting
• Canyoning
• Mountain climbing
• Via ferrata

The other major attraction is the Swiss lakes. Lake Geneva is probably the best known but there are many more such as Lake Thun and Lake Brienz near Interlaken. Here, you are very close to the ski resorts of Grindelwald and Wengen meaning you can combine a ski holiday with some time around the lakes. The Swiss lakes are a very popular summer holiday destination visited by people from all over the world - this is because of the magnificent mountain vistas, excellent service, top class international cuisine and first rate accommodation.