Ski Resorts with Extensive Ski Areas

Built in 1934 by the founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, Sestriere was Europe's first officially purpose-built ski resort. Agnelli chose a good spot - located high up at 2,035m altitude at the base of Mt Sises the pistes of Sestriere ensure good snow coverage on the north-west facing slopes and so...

Adelboden is a classic Swiss mountain village where old chalets line the quiet main street. The skiing is unhurried and the atmosphere relaxed which makes it perfect for intermediates and those looking for a quiet and relaxed ski holiday. The nightlife is fairly low key but there are good restaur...

Arosa is frequently described as the classic all-round winter resort. Think an isolated, snowy Swiss village, with skating on a frozen lake, horse-drawn sleighs jingling along and people strolling around in fur coats and you have Arosa! At 1800 metres it is certainly snow-sure, high and remot...

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...

Proclaimed as Europe's highest town at 1,560 metres, Davos is also the birthplace of Alpine downhill skiing, with plenty of very snow-sure slopes to enjoy and mountain restaurants to refuel at. There is terrain to suit all grades, from experts to motorway cruisers, and even nervous beginners. How...

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 ...

Gstaad attracts visitors all year round with its superb Alpine setting and a wealth of leisure activities. It's a car-free resort and its main street is lined with smart shops, cafes, galleries and for non-skiers numerous facilities, including fitness centre, sport centre, walking paths, curling...

Klosters is a comfortable, quiet, picturesque village with a very upmarket image. Klosters hotels tend to be beautiful, traditional and upmarket - the pace of life here is slow and a ski holiday in Klosters is therefore relaxing. The ski area (linked with Davos) provides a wide variety of skiing ...

Laax is one of Switzerland's largest and most snow sure ski areas and includes the skiing above the resorts of Flims and Falera. Laax was one of the first to embrace the freestyle skiing and snowboarding movement and today is considered the Granddaddy of the sport. The old town of Laax is a bu...