Spotting Ski Resorts

The ranking of my favorite ski resorts

4Vallées - Mont Fort

• Rank: 1 of 10
  
• More than 400km piste
  
• demanding descents: Mont-Fort,Mont-Gelé,Plan-du-Fou and Chassoure
  
• Non prepared ski routes
  
• Infrastructure could be better
  
• Poor entertainment
  

Sellaronda Dolomiten

• Rank: 2 of 10
  
• 1200km piste
  
• Takes 3.5hrs to do the Sellaronda (one way)
  
• Scenic
  
• Good infrastructure
  
• Hardly any piste without descent
  
• No skiroutes, just prepared piste
  

Ischgl - Samnaun (Silveretta)

• Rank: 3 of 10
  
• More than 200km piste
  
• Many mogul pistes
  
• Variety of pistes
  
• Non prepared ski routes
  
• Hardly any piste without descent
  
• Hardly any bottlenecks (piste to Ischgl)
  
• Powerful infrastructure (hardly any waiting queues)
  

St.Anton (Arlberg)

• Rank: 4 of 10
  
• More than 200km piste
  
• Demanding mogul pistes
  
• Non prepared ski routes
  
• Après Ski
  

Jakobshorn (Davos)

• Rank: 5 of 10
  
• Good entertainment / Snow bars / music / après Ski / hip
  
• Variety of food (kebab available)
  
• Mogul pistes
  
• More than 50km piste
  
• Hardly any piste without descent
  
• Hardly any bottlenecks
  

Zermatt

• Rank: 6 of 10
  
• Sightskiing
  
• Scenic
  
• More than 150km piste
  
• Some bottlenecks
  
• Split into different areas
  

Silvretta Montafon

• Rank: 7 of 10
  
• Lots of non prepared ski routes
  
• Off-piste skiing
  
• More than 150km piste
  
• Some bottlenecks
  
• Split into two areas
  

Arosa Lenzerheide

• Rank: 8 of 10
  
• More than 200km piste
  
• Good entertainment / Snow bars / music
  
• Poor off-piste skiing
  

Grindelwald Männlichen und Kleine Scheidegg

• Rank: 9 of 10
  
• Scenic
  
• Off-piste skiing
  
• More than 100km piste
  
• Poor entertainment
  

Flumser Berg

• Rank: 10 of 10
  
• Mogul pistes
  
• More than 50km piste
  
• Close to Zurich
  

Saas Fee

• Up to 3600m
  
• More than 50km piste
  
• Scenic
  

Engelberg - Titlis

• Up to 3200m
  
• Steep mogul pistes
  
• Scenic
  
• Split into two areas with a tow lift
  

Flims Laax Falera

• More than 200km piste
  

Andermatt Gemsstock and Oberalp-Sedrun

• All day sun at Oberalp even in December and early January
  
• Off-piste skiing
  
• Split into different areas
  

Parsenn (Davos)

• More than 100km piste
  
• Long downhill piste (Weissfluhjoch - Küblis)
  
• Cablecar to Parsenn is a bottleneck
  
• Many segments without inclination
  

Elm

• Wide pistes in the upper part
  
• Snow bar
  
• Off-piste skiing
  
• Reasonable prices
  

Toggenburg

• Scenic
  
• Cable car to Chäserrugg is bottleneck
  
• Split into three areas
  

Grächen

• Snow bars
  
• Family-friendly
  

Hoch-Ybrig

• Close to Zurich
  
• Off-piste skiing
  

Grindelwald First

• Same Skipass can be used as for Männlichen and Kleine Scheidegg
  

Pizol

• Split into two areas
  

Belalp

• Sunny
  
• Up to 3100m
  

Rinerhorn Pischa Madrisa Braunwald Hasliberg

• Long time not been
  

Melchsee Frutt

• Long time not been
  

Sörenberg

• Long time not been
  

Kleewenalp

• Long time not been
  

Airolo

• Long time not been
  

Lungern-Schönbühl

• Long time not been
  
• Small
  

Cari

• Long time not been
  
• Small
  

Mörlialp

• Long time not been
  
• Small
  

Stoos

• Long time not been
  
• Small