Saas Fee, Switzerland
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There is a boardercross course and half pipe here all year round. Good snow conditions and facilities in the summer although it does have a lot of ski teams training so the lifts are quite busy especially on the weekends. Starts getting very cold around the start of December through the winter.
Popcorn bar is good fun or for something more relaxed the living room upstairs is also good.
Saas-Fee has been a resort well known to snowboarders for many years. They have been building half-pipes, parks and other obstacles since way back and before many others areas had even heard of snowboarding. With its high altitude glacier, Saas-Fee also provides a mountain where you can ride fast and hard in the summer months, indeed for some, this is the only time worth visiting. Winter or summer, this is still a cool place that stages numerous competitions in both seasons and snowboard manufactures do a lot of product testing. Saas Fee is a resort with two faces. In summer the small glacier area has a snowboard park which boasts three half pipes, a boardercross course, and various hits. However, in winter the snowboard park shuts down and the resort focuses itself on family skiers. They do maintain a half-pipe, but that's the nearest you'll get to specialist snowboard terrain. Most of the mountain is geared to skiers and possibly hard-booters. There's a variety of red and black runs, as well as nursery slopes and top to bottom blue runs, but nothing to really test you (although the runs off the Hinterallalin - when open - are supposed to be more challenging). Pisting is somewhat haphazard away from the main stations at the mid point and top glacier, so expect moguls on red and black runs
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Resort Statistics
Resort Type:
Alpine
Winter: Nov to April
Summer: None
Lifts
Total Lifts: 22
Cable cars: 7
Chair lifts: 2
Drag lifts: 13
Other lifts: 1 Cable Railway
Max people per hour: 23,490
Board Leashes required: No
Mountain
Total pistes/trails: 40
Total ride area: 100km
Longest run: 9km
Top lift: 3600m
Vertical drop: 1800m
First lift: 1800m
Piste suitability
Green runs: 50%
Red runs: 25%
Black runs: 25%
Lift Passes
Lift Passes:
1/2 day 52 CHF
1 day pass 63 CHF
5 day pass 273 CHF
Lift times:8.30am to 4.30pm
Snowfall
Average annual snowfall: 2.7m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 5%
Facilities
Snowboard Schools:
Several options. www.skischule-saas-fee.ch runs group lessons for 53 CHF per day and private for 60 CHF per hour
Night Riding: :
Thursdays 8 to 10pm in Saas-Balen
Tuesdays 7 to 9:45pm in Furggstalden
Other activities
Heliboarding: :
Yes
Snowmobiles:
Not available
Further information
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Summary
Sass-Fee is a great summer snowboard destination, but because of it's extremely high altitude it can be sketchy in winter. Local services are great with a really good vibe in the town.
ON THE SLOPES: Okay
OFF THE SLOPES: Good
MONEY WISE: Very expensive resort but budget riders can get good deals.
Terrain & parks
HALFPIPE:
Yes - 1
TERRAIN PARK:
Yes - 1
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:Yes
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Snow update 15th August 09 15Aug09
>> more news on Saas Fee ...Weather & conditions
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6°C
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| Snow cover | ||
| Total | Last 24hrs | |
| Upper | 221cm | 0cm |
| Lower | 81cm | 0cm |
| Resort | 35cm | 0cm |
| Last Snowfall: 8 days ago - Thu 11 Mar 2010 | ||
| Runs | ||
| Runs Open: | 99KM | |
| Lifts Open: | 22 | |
| Piste Conditions: | hard | |
| Runs to resorts: | good | |
| Off Piste Conditions: | powder | |
| Comments: | ||
| Take the ALPIN EXPRESS and the METRO ALPIN. Visit the revolving restaurant and the biggest Ice-Pavilion at 11`482 feet | ||
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