Switzerland’s best Ski Resorts for this Winter

Skiing has always been a Swiss specialty. British summer tourists were persuaded to return to St Moritz in winter by hotelier Johannes Badrutt in 1864.

With furs tucked under their arms, they crossed the Julier Pass to discover rifts of snow, crowds of ivory summits, and an air filled with sparkles. Soon, ski tourism spread beyond Graubünden to the Alps.

Skiers have been captivated by the country’s limestone and gneiss peaks ever since. Though the Alpine ski landscape exemplifies the likes of Jungfrau and Matterhorn, so much else has changed.

Skiing here now comes with cogwheel railways and open-top gondolas, eerie hotels, and a sense of escape.

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Now what? Switzerland is always one step ahead of a world-famous ski resort when it comes to doing something new.

A newcomer appears to be a blessing to the resorts where they arrive, and historic hotels are being upgraded.

Europe’s capital of gravity-defying hijinks, Laax, has a reborn freestyle academy, while the 2025 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships return to the Swiss Alps.

Corvatsch and Corviglia ski areas are home to the world’s best skiers between 17 and 30 March 2025.

Wengen’s Grand Hôtel Belvédère will open this season, along with the hotel Mürren Palace being revamped. Saas-Fee’s Revier Hotel brings cabin chic to the glitzy town.

It’s the same with Mario Botta’s reimagined restaurant at Glacier 3000. It may surprise those familiar with the Swiss Alps to discover a less recognizable landscape. Switzerland seems a wonderful place to begin a love affair Over and over.

Swiss cuisine is often portrayed as a carb-heavy stereotype, fueled by classics like fondue, raclette, rösti, and spätzle. In Gstaad, the Alpina Gstaad is more refined.

A Michelin-starred restaurant, Sommet by Martin Göschel, and Megu, led by chef Martin Göschel and sushi master Tsutomu Kugota, offers tasting menus with lake perch, quail, and Swiss shrimp.

Gstaad offers four mountain ranges – and the Wasserngrat offers steep slopes and deep powder.

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Jungfrau, Mönch, and Eiger dominate this region, providing Switzerland’s most dramatic scenery. The original VIP hotspot – now tastefully modernized – Hotel Mürren Palace and Wengen’s Grand Hotel Belvédère serve it up best this season.

Both indoor and outdoor pools are available along with saunas, hammams, and new-school Swiss hospitality.

This season’s dominant feeling is one of exhilaration following the opening of the first-ever freestyle academy. Until half-pipes and parks, downhill was all there was, now slopestyle is everything.

Thus, a vertical ramp, trampoline with 360-degree cameras, and a kingsize skate bowl return to the indoor training campus. Hence, ski bums can practice their skills before graduating to the world’s biggest superpipe.

As Vail Resorts takes over this beloved resort in its debut season, swift changes are expected. A carousel of activities will remain, however.

Visit the Ycoor rink in February, ice skate on the south pistes, go tubing or experience the Men’s Alpine Ski World Cup.

Switzerland’s Four Vallées has some of the best ski slopes, plus slopes that stay open in summer.

April will feature T-shirt powder days, an art summit, a street festival, and sports events. Don’t forget to apply sunscreen on those half-empty slopes amid soaring ridges.

Skiers in Obwalden expect a seismic shift. Over the next few years, the resort’s signature peak will get a fresh makeover with a new Herzog & de Meuron tower, party-piece top station, and an additional cable car connecting Stand to Titlis. Experiences at the peak from new perspectives.

Swiss cities are increasingly attracting British tourists. Stunning lakeside views, the charm of the Old Town, and the train schedule make it easy to reach a handful of resorts.

Just 55 minutes away from Zurich’s station are the starch-white ski slopes of Atzmänning, or you can get more thrills at Flumserberg, only 70 minutes away.

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Mario Botta’s design palace overlooks the Col du Pillon mountain pass and is designed for skiers.

One of the most sustainable buildings in the Alps, Glacier 3000 replaces a venue that was ravaged by fire in September 2023.

Here you can ride Europe’s steepest groomed run, the Black Wall, or work off lunch with easier blue and red runs in the Alps.

Skiers in the Saas Valley this season will experience new horizons thanks to new lifts. As well as the new Hanning cableway, the world’s highest metro offers access to high-altitude glaciers beneath the Allalinhorn.

Also featuring 13,000ft peaks as a backdrop, the rest of the 62-mile ski area is ideal for intermediates

Zermatt and St Mortiz are too crowded with tourists? Consider Pizol instead, in eastern Switzerland’s yodel-echoed Rhine Valley.

Spyri’s Heidi was inspired by the Tamina Gorge, while Bad Ragaz’s mineral-rich bathing waters and thermal springs are world-renowned. Ski and spa in one blissful combo at Pizol, with 30 skiable miles, a freeride park, and a freeride park.

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