Ski Resorts with Short Transfer Times

Voss Resort is one of Norway's premier ski resorts and is also home to world-renowned summer outdoor adventure activities such as kayaking, mountain biking and paragliding. Sitting at the north-east corner of the picturesque Vansvatnet Lake the views across the water to the surrounding mountains ...

Andermatt is currently transforming itself from a sleepy traditional Swiss alpine village into a modern resort with new accommodation of the highest standards being constructed. The ski area is also changing with new lifts which now link the ski area to the resorts of Sedrun up the valley (adding...

Champery offers access to the Portes du Soleil domain with 650km of pistes, 206 lifts, 243km of cross-country skiing, 7 funparks, 3 halfpipes, 2 countries and just one lift pass! Thanks to the unique location on the north-western slope of the alps, the Portes du Soleil ski area gets dumped upon w...

Engelberg lies only 36km South of Lucerne and was one of Switzerland's original mountain resorts, having been founded by Benedictine monks in 1120. Later it was a popular destination with Victorians looking for a resort where they could take in the mountain airs. Many of the hotels from this era...

Flims is a traditional Swiss village and has an extensive and varied number of slopes linking with the neighbouring resort of Laax. This area is Switzerland's second largest ski domain (Verbier being the largest) and offers high-altitude skiing of well over 3,000 metres, ensuring a snow-sure ski ...

Grimentz and neighbouring Zinal, St Luc and Chandolin are easily reached from Geneva in 2 hours either by train or road. These resorts lie as the crow flies between Verbier and Zermatt deep in the Swiss Alps and remain very much undiscovered gems. Grimentz is a TOTALLY charming, picture postcard ...

In December 2013 the new Hornli-Urdenfurggli gongola/cable car opened which linked the two ski resorts of Lenzerheide (155km) and Arosa (70km). This gives skiers a combined area of 225km making the combined resorts the largest ski area of the Graubunden canton of Switzerland. Lenzerheide is by...

Les Crosets is a very small resort set on the sunny plateau above Champery. At nearly 1,700 metres altitude it has a great snow record and being small just about all the accommodation in this micro-resort gives ski in ski out access to the gentle skiing of the surrounding area. This makes Les Cro...

Les Diablerets is a quiet resort that has not been spoilt by a mass flood of tourism. The village tries to ensure that guests receive a first-class service in all its establishments and attractions. There are two areas of local slopes and there is also a Glacier. The Meilleret side of Les ...

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...