Saas Fee / Valais

Weather report

Snow alert Friday April 26

4cm settles on the upper slopes today

Avalanche risk level Friday April 26

5-day snow forecast

48cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow report Friday April 26

Snow condition new powder. Snow quality 9. 9cm of fresh snow during the last 48h

Average long-year snow depth in week 17 is 29 cm on the lower slopes and 303 cm on the upper slopes. Current snow depth is above long-term average.

days with snow depth (in %, 10-year avg)

050cm (96%)

100cm (96%)

150cm (85%)

200cm (64%)

250cm (41%)

Rank class based on 10yr average snow depth and temperature

The ski area of Saastal consists of 145.0 km of skiing slopes between 1483-3561m altitude. 22% is above 3000m. 64% is facing North.

There are 39.0 km of blue, 75.0 km of red, and 31.0 km of black slopes serviced by 39 lifts.

The ski region Saastal was voted an average of 7.3 by our visitors.

Saas Fees' glacier runs are far better than Zermatt's, yet the village lacks the charm and authenticity of its more popular sister. The only Walliser houses I saw were purely for tourist consumption..

FELIX RETSCHLAG BASEL

Closest transit point for ski destination Saas Fee is Bern airport. The travel distance is 126 km which equals an est. travel time of 2 hours 29 mins.