Saas Grund piste & lift map, slopes and snow forecast

Saas Grund: piste map and stats

Saas Grund is a ski resort in Saas-Grund, Valais, Switzerland. It has 23 km of pistes across 18 named runs and 7 lifts. The ski area goes from 1,553 to 3,142 m of altitude, with 1,589 m of vertical. Its steepest runs (steepest 50 m stretch) are Weissmiespiste (45%, 24°), Gletscher rot (38%, 21°) and Tälli (36%, 20°). The longest run is Schlittelweg Kreuzboden–Saas-Grund, Talabfahrt Saas-Grund (3.2 km). The nearest ski resort is Saas Fee, 7 km away. Here you'll find every run with its gradient profile, the lifts and the on-mountain services; the interactive map shows them on satellite imagery.

Snow and weather at Saas Grund

Snow forecast for the next 7 days (summit, 3,142 m): 48 cm (updated 14 November).

Terrain by difficulty

Green

0.2 km · 2

Blue

2.2 km · 6

Red

17.2 km · 27

Freeride

2.8 km · 2

Unclassified

0.2 km · 5

Lifts by type

Gondola

4.3 km · 2

T-bar

0.9 km · 1

J-bar

0.8 km · 1

Platter lift

0.3 km · 1

Rope tow

0.2 km · 1

Magic carpet

0.1 km · 1

Runs, lifts and services

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4 · Sandiger Bodenmax 24% · 14°

1,358 m · 219 m vertical · avg. gradient 16.1% · 2,399–2,600 m altitude · 3 sections

10 · Bodumax 19% · 11°

304 m · 37 m vertical · avg. gradient 12.3% · 1,473–1,510 m altitude

171, 7 · Schlittelweg Kreuzboden–Saas-Grund, Talabfahrt Saas-Grundmax 21% · 12°

3,162 m · 330 m vertical · avg. gradient 10.4% · 1,553–2,070 m altitude · 6 sectionsFloodlit

2 · Weissmiespistemax 45% · 24°

2,877 m · 631 m vertical · avg. gradient 21.9% · 2,580–3,142 m altitude · 3 sections

1a · Gletscher Hohkrautmax 34% · 19°

2,827 m · 565 m vertical · avg. gradient 20.0% · 2,545–3,110 m altitude · 2 sections

8 · Heimfahrtpiste Saas-Balenmax 26% · 15°

2,194 m · 241 m vertical · avg. gradient 11.0% · 1,504–1,745 m altitude · Classic track · 2 sections

6 · Triftmax 33% · 18°

1,570 m · 377 m vertical · avg. gradient 24.0% · 2,082–2,416 m altitude · 2 sections

1 · Gletscher rotmax 38% · 21°

1,382 m · 310 m vertical · avg. gradient 22.4% · 2,792–3,138 m altitude · 2 sections

3 · Kreuzbodenmax 30% · 17°

954 m · 201 m vertical · avg. gradient 21.1% · 2,399–2,600 m altitude

7 · Talabfahrt Saas-Grundmax 33% · 18°

798 m · 174 m vertical · avg. gradient 21.8% · 1,557–1,982 m altitude · 2 sections

2a · Tällimax 36% · 20°

575 m · 142 m vertical · avg. gradient 24.7% · 2,922–3,064 m altitude

171, 7 · Schlittelweg Kreuzboden–Saas-Grund, Börterstrassemax 7% · 4°

128 m · 11 m vertical · avg. gradient 8.6% · 1,582–1,593 m altitudeFloodlit

171, 6 · Schlittelweg Kreuzboden–Saas-Grund, Triftmax 8% · 5°

98 m · 9 m vertical · avg. gradient 9.4% · 2,073–2,082 m altitudeFloodlit

Heimfahrtpiste Saas-Grundmax 5% · 3°

51 m · 6 m vertical · avg. gradient 12.5% · 1,772–1,779 m altitude

171 · Schlittelweg Kreuzboden–Saas-Grund, Heimfahrtpiste Saas-Grundmax 1% · 0°

48 m · 4 m vertical · avg. gradient 8.4% · 2,013–2,073 m altitude · 2 sectionsFloodlit

Hohkraut gelbmax 58% · 30°

2,805 m · 784 m vertical · avg. gradient 28.0% · 2,260–2,934 m altitude · Backcountry · 2 sections

5 · Snowlandmax 14% · 8°

310 m · 30 m vertical · avg. gradient 9.7% · 2,402–2,432 m altitude · 2 sections

Gsponer Höhenwegmax 2% · 1°

67 m · 3 m vertical · avg. gradient 3.9% · 2,399–2,402 m altitude

Frequently asked questions

How many kilometres of pistes does Saas Grund have?

Saas Grund has 23 km of pistes, measured run by run on the map: 18 named runs and 7 lifts.

What altitude is Saas Grund at?

Its runs and lifts go from 1,553 to 3,142 m of altitude, with 1,589 m of vertical.

What is the steepest run at Saas Grund?

Weissmiespiste, with a 45% gradient on its steepest 50 m stretch.

What is the longest run at Saas Grund?

Schlittelweg Kreuzboden–Saas-Grund, Talabfahrt Saas-Grund, at 3.2 km.

What runs does Saas Grund have by difficulty?

Blue: 1.7 km (2 runs); Red: 16.7 km (13 runs); Freeride: 2.8 km (1 runs); Unclassified: 0.4 km (2 runs).

About this data

Piste km: the length of each piste, measured once along its line on the map. Resorts usually advertise more, as they add itineraries, variants or wide pistes counted as several runs; and sometimes a piste is still missing from OpenStreetMap.

Data quality

Named runs35 / 42

Difficulty tagged88%

Lighting tagged24%

Snowmaking tagged55%

Lift capacity tagged71%

Grip type tagged0%

Snowmaking and ski patrol are rarely tagged in OpenStreetMap — it doesn't mean they don't exist, just that hardly anyone maps them yet.