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Saas-Fee has some of the world's best skiing, guaranteed winter and summer because of its glacier. The ski area is one of Europe's highest and the full vertical of 1760m (5,774 feet) is skiable throughout the winter season given normal snow fall and temperatures, because of the high altitude of the resort and the bottom of the lifts. Some of the other European resorts which claim bigger verticals can only offer them for short periods as they are based at perhaps half the height of Saas-Fee so that the lower slopes get snow later and thaw sooner. The area's skiing is particularly well suited to intermediate and advanced level skiers with 75% of the terrain and 60km ( 37 miles ) of the trails suited to good or better skiers. However beginners do have a large plateau right next to the village on which to learn or improve technique, and because of Saas-Fee's high altitude snow-cover on these slopes is far more likely throughout the season than at village level nursery slopes at many other resorts in the Alps, where the snow may only last for a month or two mid-Winter. There are three main ski areas, the Felskinn, the Plattjen and the Längfluh. The Felskinn is served by the Alpine Express, Saas-Fee's most recent hi-tec lift, a gondola with cabins each capable of holding up to 30 passengers. The regional SAAS lift ticket covers the smaller and lower neighbouring ski areas of Saas-Almagell, Saas-Balen and Saas-Grund which you pass by en route up to Saas-Fee. It also covers use of the normal post bus service between the villages although there is no special ski bus. Saas-Almagell and Saas-Balen have little to interest skiers much above beginner standard (although you may wish to visit the former just to pay homage to the mightly Zurbriggens) but Saas-Grund's ski area is quite large and possibly worth taking a day down the mountain for. Its seven lifts include a gondola going up to 3100 metres (10,170 feet) from the village base at 1560 metres (5118 feet) giving a vertical of 1540 metres ( 5052 feet ) which is after all only beaten by Whistler on the entire North American continent so shouldn't be sniffed at! The 25km(16 miles) of trails are almost entirely of 'intermediate' standard. Cross country skiers will find 8km( 5 miles ) of trails around Saas-Fee, with a further 26km of trails in the Saas valley below.
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Country:
Switzerland
Resort height:
1800m
Top lift:
3600m
Bottom lift:
1800m
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