Skiing in Saas-Fee - with 145km of marked pistes, Saas Fee has a reasonable amount of terrain to keep most people fully occupied for a week or two...

However, once glance at the Saas Fee piste map shows the extent of the back country terrain - a whole new world of off-piste fun and best explored with a local guide.

For beginners, young and old, the ski schools in Saas Fee meet are at Staffelwald’s nursery slopes next to the resort centre. This area builds up the skills necessary to start exploring the blues further up the mountain.

The Saas Fee ski area also includes the neighbouring ski resorts of...

• Saas-Grund
• Saas-Bale, and
• Saas-Almagell

You will need to take the local bus as these ski resorts are not linked by piste or lifts.

Also, with a 6 day lift pass, it gives you a days skiing in the international resort of Zermatt with it's iconic Matterhorn mountain.

During the summer, Saas Fee offers extensive summer skiing on the glacier up to 3500m which is a real treat if you are visiting on your summer holidays!