Ski Resorts for Intermediates

Nendaz is an attractive village set on a large plateau above the town of Sion in the Rhone Valley. It is surprisingly large for a ski resort (17,000 holiday beds) that is relatively unknown by the British and its facilities are more in line with those of many much bigger ski stations. The ski...

Pontresina is small and sedate and an excellent base for the extensive cross-country skiing of the Engadine area. It is a sheltered, sunny village with one main street. The skiing is reached by road so unless you are OK with using local buses it's best to have a car in resort. Ski holidays in Pon...

Saas Fee is a charming Swiss village in the Valais area. It is high at 1,800m and surrounded by stunning mountains. The village is picturesque and traffic free, apart from horse-drawn sleighs and small electric vehicles. There are a variety of bars, restaurants and shops in the town. There is...

St Moritz is situated in the heart of the Engadine valley, on the southern side of the Alps near the Italian border and is probably one of the best-known resorts in the world. Its sparkling dry climate is famous and not only is St Moritz known as the birthplace of winter tourism and modern Alpine...

There is no doubt that Verbier offers some great skiing although this is mostly for advanced skiers looking for tough mogul runs and off-piste terrain. Those looking for gentle runs the piste skiing at the far end of the ski system around Les Collons, Veysonnaz and Nendaz is ideal. However, these...

La Tzoumaz (or Mayen de Riddes as it is also sometimes known) is a small ski village at the foot of the North facing slopes of the Savoleyres mountain of Verbier. There are modern lifts that access the Savoleyres ski area and from here you can ski across the top of Verbier, connecting to lifts th...

Veysonnaz is a small, family friendly resort only 15 minutes' drive from the old valley town of Sion (worth a visit on a bad weather day by the way). The resort faces mostly North (so holds snow on the home slopes well) across the wide and rather beautiful Rhone Valley. There are lift links to th...

Villars sits at an altitude of 1,300 metres and is located on a sunny plateau just to the south of Lake Geneva. This resort is a real suntrap. Villars (and adjoining Les Diablerets) is one of those resorts that is often and unfairly overlooked by British skiers when choosing a destination for ...

Wengen, which is set on a high shelf above the Lauterbrunnen valley, is a pretty, traditional, traffic free alpine village. The local scenery is some of the most beautiful in the entire Alps (the famous Eiger, Jungfrau and Monch mountains) and much of the skiing can only be reached by cog railway...

This resort guide to Zermatt gives an overview of the ski area, the restaurants (both on and off the mountain), the après ski scene and the many nightlife options available to those that choose to take their ski holiday in this fabulous Swiss ski resort. It's not hard to understand why this ub...