Grächen

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Location

Visp
Switzerland
46° 11' 45.24" N, 7° 50' 20.04" E
CH
General info: 

The Valaisian winter-sports paradise of Grächen-St. Niklaus is ideal for anyone who loves snow. Perched on a magnificent sunwashed plateau (1,620 m above sea level) just short of Zermatt, it offers fantastic views of the highest Alpine peaks in Valais.

BASE: 5311ft
SUMMIT: 9409ft
VERTICAL DROP: 4094ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 12
Gondolas: 1
Chairs: 5
Surface: 6

Costs: 

DAY PASS ADULTS weekday: CHF54.00
DAY PASS CHILDREN weekday: CHF32.00
6 DAYS ADULTS: CHF340.00
6 DAYS CHILDREN: CHF161.00

We recommend to confirm the latest prices from the resorts website as the prices might have changed after last update.

Interesting places nearby

Far from the factories, to ski the traditional way, the villages of CREST-VOLAND and COHENNOZ offer you their typical and traditional French chalets situated within an amazing local panorama.

In the heart of the Parpaillon mountain, Crévoux is a Ski Resort which has the private://Mountain Villageprivate:// label. It's domain covers the heights from 1550m to 2400m.

The ski resort private://Czarna Góraprivate:// is one of most modern complex of lifts and slopes. Ski resort was built according to the best alpine standards. Trails are mostly artificially snowed. Snowboarders can use modern snowpark.

The villages Gosau, Russbach and Annaberg are located in the ski area Dachstein West Lammertal in the Dachstein Mountains. The ski area has slopes for all levels of difficulty available.

The Dachstein is actually better known in summer than in winter. No surprise being the first glacier in the eastern Alps.

The ski area Damüls is popular with families. The broad slopes range from easy to difficult and almost all of the pistes can be prepared with artificial snowmaking equipment.