Saas Fee

Saas Fee: reviews

• Tony Gray (28 March 2011)

  A belated response to request for info on Saas Grund.
  There is a local bus every half hour and a ski bus in between at 15 minute intervals; you can get from the bus terminal to Bergbahn in Saas Grund is less than 10 mins. There's a series of three gondola's with most of the skiing on the top section of the mountain where it's not at all crowded. Wide open red carving pistes with the option of a blackish mogul route. Last week, after 6 days of glorious weather the final run down was closed due to lack of snow; hopefully that will change after this weeks snowfall.

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• Paul Hewitt (09 April 2009)

  Having spent a week in Saas-Fee in early March, I can only re-iterate some of the views already mentioned by previous reader reviews. Pros: It is high altitude and therefore snowsure. It is a beautiful village with plenty of (expensive) shops, cafes, restaurants and bars/nightclubs. There is some great skiing to be done, although I would suggest this is not the best resort for beginners or up and coming intermediates - more so for experienced/advanced skiers and boarders (but hey, boarders are crazy anyway!). Amazing scenery and some good off-piste and powder to ski. Cons: Extreme weather conditions and high winds will close the lifts and they seem reluctant to reopen once closed. There is always the beginners/nursery slopes but this becomes boring and tedious. The lifts seem antiquated and slow and you will queue to get on them. The lift pass also seems expensive for the area it covers. I stayed at Hotel Dom and the ski room is tiny, unheated and a steep climb up some steps to the outside whereupon there is a 10 - 15 minute walk to the ski lifts. I found the mountain restaurants to be rather crowded and as a regular to Austria, they are nowhere near as picturesque. Other points to mention: for an additional fee you can get a whole area lift pass which incorporates Saas-Grund and Saas-Almagell, however, I believe the lifts in these neighbouring villages are prone to closure in bad weather also so take your chances. I did a day excursion to Zermatt which is well worth a visit but unfortunately a day here is nowhere near long enough, still, worth it however. Summary: Beautiful village with some great skiing but the weather can result in 'no ski days'. I wouldn’t say I will never visit here again, but it’s not on my priority list. TIP: If you do experience lift closure(s) ask your rep to obtain a certificate of closure from the lift company and you will be able to claim back from your insurer!

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (15 March 2009)

  We spent a week in Saas Fee in early March 2009. The snow was very plentiful and our hosts, Crystal, gave us a wonderful week in Chalet Viktoria, with friendly staff and excellent food. The scenery is fabulous and the village is extremely picturesque. There are a couple of negatives though. The resort relies heavily on cables/bubbles to get you up the mountain, and so it takes a long time to get started in the morning. Also, they seem to close the lifts much more often than at other resorts, because of wind. The lifts were all closed because of wind for two days except for the nursery slopes, and partially closed on a third day. No refund was available. We found this totally unsatisfactory. The complete lack of chairs at the lower levels means that if the cables and bubbles are closed you can do no skiing at all in Saas Fee. The resort needs to put in some chairs at the lower levels so that it can offer at least some intermediate skiing when it is windy higher up. The second negative is the entirely inadequate bus service. If you are staying at the other end of the village from the ski lifts the bus service is not frequent enough, and nor does it provide enough places, so quite often we had to walk to the lifts (20-25 mins) and back. Also, they stop at about 5.15pm! On this basis, despite the incredibly picturesque surroundings and good skiing, we would not return.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (28 February 2009)

  My adult son and I skied Saas Fee for three days from February 23-25, 2009. We arrived in Zurich and took the two hour train to Visp and the forty five minute bus to Saas Fee. There is a train/ski pass deal for one, two or six days of skiing. We stayed at the Hotel Beau Site, a four star hotel that cost 490CHF per night, half board included. The hotel was quite nice and the staff were quite helpful. The room was a nice size for the two of us. Breakfast was just okay and the dinner was also just okay. We were just about the only English speaking family at the hotel, but the staff were all fluent in English. The hotel had a morning shuttle to the ski area. We only skied Saas Fee. The first day we arrived at the Alpin Express at eleven in the morning and it took more than an hour to get to the top of the mountain. Two cable cars and one funicular, with significant waits at each stop. The next two days we arrived before nine in the morning and there was no wait. The weather was okay the first day, with some low hanging clouds, and terrific the next two days, with lots of sun and temperatures approaching freezing (very warm). Sun block was necessary. As noted by others, this area is not blessed by sun, either early or late in the day. Many skiers spend their day chasing the sun. We skied all lifts and all runs. There really is not a lot of on piste skiing and there are lots of flat sections. We also took a three hour private lesson, which was taught by a woman from Great Britain. She was a good teacher, but it took one hour to reach the top of the mountain before the lesson began. My understanding was that she was not permitted to take us off piste during the lesson. The ski area has a number of choke points and is not well designed for large crowds. In some choke points there are multiple t-bars to reduce lines. One chair lift was high speed and the other was low speed. Please note that the ski school office is in the middle of town, not at the base of the ski area. There were many children at the hotel and there appears to be lots of children's activities available in the town. This was a child friendly resort. The town is small and easy to get around. Although the skiing was fine, the area was not one that I would quickly return to in the future. We have skied at six other Swiss ski areas and found Saas to be far less challenging than some other ski areas.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (10 January 2009)

  The last review seems to me (as a long time visitor to Saas Fee with plenty of experience of skiiing elsewhere) to be a fair summary. There are a fair few of us who have outgrown the uniquely British obsession with skiing an area where your skis never touch the same snow twice, and Saas Fee fits the bill. There is plenty to keep you occupied for a week or so. Yes the lift system doesn't offer the network of fast chairs that other places do, but then that's fairly clear from the website and brochures. And to get some perspective, unless you are out and about well before 0900 (tricky with kids or hangovers) then you can be waiting easily an hour before getting your skis on serious snow in the much lauded Trois Valles. There are indeed some grading issues in Saas Fee - the 'reds' down to the village can be blackish where they turn and fall away and you need to just take it easy when its busy. But then why not spend the day above 2500 metres and drop down in the Alpine Express? It is also fair to say though that after big snow they are not always as quick to get the pistes flat as the lift pass prices might lead one to expect. Raw beginners might initially struggle to get high but there really are some lovely easy blue runs between 2500 and 3000 metres that you can take a lift up to and take a lift down again. And as far as nursery areas go, Saas Fee offer some of the most extensive around in any case - there will be snow into April on the beginners' slopes next to the village in other than exceptional circumstances. You cannot say that about many resorts these days. My advice for Saas Fee would be to use their website to look for accommodation and do it yourself. The Swiss Travel Centre in the UK is excellent for train tickets etc. It is noticeable that with the exception of one or two top hotels (with prices to match) most of the package deal providers to SF use accomodation at the wrong end of the village for the lifts. That might account for one or two of the negative comments below. We have never failed to find self catering flats within a few minutes easy walk of the nursery slopes and lifts (the 'carrying kid's skis while egging them on' type of walk). Don't get me wrong, SF is far from perfect but there are plenty of us who go back year after year (without body armour :-), trust me). SB

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (08 January 2009)

  This was our second visit to Saas Fee in 08 - the first being in February. New Year week was excellent and with the addition of deep powder on New Years Day; superlative. I would not totally agree with the views of the other recent reviewer. We stayed right on the edge of the pistes and could be skiing within a matter of minutes. The hotel Bristol is a great place to stay (although not cheap), with views of the slopes and a very organised ski-room and great food. The lift system is dominated by slow drag lifts and this is an issue but is well known and I do not feel it detracts from the whole experience. The 2 chair lifts are not fast but they do give a bit of time to recover between runs. My son and I found enough to keep us occupied for the week and dont think that the limit to the area of skiable terrain is a problem; after all, how many of us can say that we ski a piste perfectly the first time? I think this is a great resort for improving skiers but not brilliant for absolute beginners or experts. The run down from Mittel Allalin to the village is long and can be varied in a number of ways giving good stimulation. My only real gripe was that the Black 17 "Alpin" did not receive any preparation all week and was hard work to ski.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (05 January 2009)

  We have just returned from Saas Fee, and had wonderful weather with fresh snow mid-week. and a very welcoming stay at the Mountain Inn. However, it took a minimum of 1hr to get from our hotel to a piste, standing in an electric bus then the Alpin Expres. We tried all alternative routes and all involved long periods standing or walking - some lifts are badly positioned so that you have to walk between them up hill. The pistes were challenging for us at the beginning of the week as early intermediates. There is a big jump between the nursery runs and the few blues up the mountain, some of which have hairpin bends with steep drops. Many pistes are more difficult than coded. In order of ease the blue pistes are: nursery runs, 4(above Mittel Station), 10(at the top from a short 18), blue Plattjen (have to start on a red though), 4b/c (below Mittel Station with lots of narrow haipins) - I wish someone had told us this. Then you have to go on to reds which are best at the top (19, 11, 12, 10), and Spielboden is probably the steepest red. Piste 5 from the Mittel Station down was so busy and steep that it lost the top covering of snow and became bumpy. The resort is fine for very beginners for a week and for confident intermediates for a few days. We did ski all blues and reds, and had good meals at the Mittel station and Langfruh restaurants, but I would not return. I will be looking for resorts with good fast chairlifts and more cruising blue/red runs in future to make the beginning of the week more enjoyable and maximise our time skiing.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (20 March 2008)

  First the good: The transfer from Zurich couldn't be easier with the train station in the airport and the new direct train to VISP. If you buy your passes before you get to Switzerland, the transfer pass covers both the train and the post bus to Saas Fee. If you are traveling at busy times, make sure to go to the Saas Fee post office and reserve your return bus or you may get stuck and miss your train. The village couldn't be nicer if you like quiet, peaceful and pretty. The restaurant huts on the mountain are charming and a nice change from slop food served cafeteria style.

  Now the bad.

  We're spoiled Rocky Mountain skiers -- get on the chair or gondola, sit down and enjoy the ride. You can have that at Saas Grund. At Saas Fee, you go up the mountain in trams, with a funicular to take you the last bit of the way. It's steep and icy once you get there -- that from someone who routinely skis groomed black runs in the Rockies. There are hairpin turns and if you go through a fence you will fall a good distance. The scenery is spectacular, but so are the accidents. Our instructor was skiing with body armor on his back because too many of his friends had been hit from behind. In fact, all the stores were selling body armor, an accessory unheard of in the Rockies. My family came home intact. My Swiss partner is still on crutches.

  This is the kind of terrain that caused me to give up skiing in Vermont all those years ago.

  Do I sound like a spoiled American? No question.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (13 January 2008)

  We stayed for 10 days in hotel Tenne in Saas Grund with my family including two pre-teen children. The people at the hotel could not have been any nicer. It is run by Susan, with her boyfriend Fabrizzio the chef. They made us feel incredibly welcome, the rooms were simple, but comfortable and the food was good.

  Saas Grund itself is incredibly quiet, though we managed to catch some sort of a festival that had local people and guests partying till 4am one night, with lots of high energy, but useless musically bands, dressed in costumes, belting out tunes with lots of leg stomping and cheering - great fun! This is a once a year party, so don't worry about being kept up all night by drunks.

  There is also a very nice ice rink and we saw Saas Grund beat Verbier at an ice hockey game there, also good fun. And that's it! There is practically nothing to do in Saas Grund in the evenings. Saas Fee looked much livelier.

  The skiing itself is quite limited, though you have a choice of Saas Grund (very good lift system, sunny but prone to lift closures due to wind and limited to just a few runs; we had a ball on the red from top of Kreuzbodden to the intermediate gondola station, as there are quite a few jump opportunities on the right of the piste), Saas Almagel (very pretty, always open, as it is in the trees, but antiquated lifts and once again very limited ski runs) and Saas Fee (much bigger, but still not huge; bits of it were closed due to wind or not enough snow; the lift system could do with updating; best runs are on the glacier right at the top, but nothing really testing, pretty much blues and reds with a few short easy blacks). You get between these resorts on frequent ski busses. It was not any hardship at all, though does mean you have to walk a bit.

  Another point worth mentioning is the hassle free transfer from the airport to the resort. We got the train from Zurich Airport to Visp (2h15mins direct) and then a 1/2 taxi ride from Visp to Saas Grund. There are also busses, if you need to save some money and you can buy a ticket at the Airport that covers both the train and the bus. The trains are incredible - they stop for literally just 3 or 4 minutes and leave exactly on time, so beware! My watch was a little slow and we nearly missed the connection.

  All in all we loved it! Skiing is skiing, after all...

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• Ian Christie (31 December 2007)

  Visited Saas Fee in Christmas 2007, with my wife and grown up kids. It is a resort best suited to intermediates as there are not many blue runs. We stayed at the Crystal Hotel La Collina, which had great facilites, and single rooms for the kids at no extra cost. Plus a swimming pool, jacuzzi and steam room. Although the food was a bit limited.

  The walk to the lifts was a ten minute slow walk or a 7 minute march, we left our gear at the new Ceasar sports shop at the bottom of the alpin express, about £20 for the week for three sets of skis/boots.

  The apres skis spots are best at the bottom of village near the nursery slops, note that the resort is north facing, so no need for sun cream unless on the glacier, which does get some sun. The best food on mountain is at 2500 feet at the main restaurant, the revolving one at the top is ok as well, and worth a visit. Other places were poor value for money.

  Skied the saas fee resort in 1 day, Grunb and the other place were limited skiing, so we did not bother, would suggest getting local lift pass only. We would definitely go to Switzerland again due to cleanliness, service and excellent hire equipment.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (28 December 2007)

  Saas Fee's strong point is the quiet village not ruined by discos. If you are expecting comfortable, modern lifts, watch out. It's 3 lifts to the top of the mountain, no matter how you go and you are standing, packed like a sardine the whole time. The mountain is North facing, which means you are nearly always skiing in the shade. The train to the top is not a pleasant experience, with lots of stair climbing. That said, once you are up on the glacier, the runs are nice, but you must get back on the t-bars to repeat them. The redeeming feature is nearby Saas Grund, with two modern 8 person gondolas to whisk you to the summit and lovely, sunlit runs. However, Saas Grund is basically a one-run mountain.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (22 March 2007)

  I have just come back from a 'perfect' week's skiing in Saas Fee, the weather was beautiful, Hotel Du Glacier, was lovely, and there had been a big dump of snow the week before, so the skiing was great. I have not been to this resort before and thought the scenery of the mountains with all the many glaciers there was incredible. I thought that as the resort was listed as very beginner and intermediate friendly that the skiing would not be that challenging or varied, however it was more challenging than I expected, with several very steep main runs. Good resort with great toboggan run too.

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• Andy (04 March 2007)

  Having spent several summers in Saas - climbing and walking - it was a revelation to return in winter for the first time last week. A lot of positives and a few negatives. On the positive side we stayed at the Beau Site - an excellent hotel in all respects with first class facilities,high quality food and attentive welcoming staff. It is a stunning resort in a unique setting of 4000m peaks, and if you want spectacular backdrops to your skiing this is up there with the best including Zermatt and Chamonix. I would not recommend this resort for beginners. Although there is one long blue run from Morenia I thought this was quite a challenging blue in sections. I agree with the comments others have made - beginners are likely to find themselves stuck on the resort's nursery slopes although these do allow quite long runs. The red and black runs were excellent but the grading at times between red and black seemed hard to justify. The ski areas are not well linked and you will find yourself lugging skies around or paying for every trip in the little bus service around the resort. We had impressive dumps of snow during our week especially late in the week. This gave some excellent skiing but there were some delays getting runs re-opened. Also disappointingly the high Allalin glacier area was open on only 1 day out of the 6 days covered by our ski passes. Early in the week closed due to high winds, and later in the week due to too much snow! Finally, we had always regarded Saas as a quiet resort overnight and it is advertised as such. Unfortunately, we discovered that the main road can become rather noisy during the small hours due to late opening hours at several of the resorts bars. Would we go again? Yes, probably, but not with a room overlooking the main street and hopefully next time with more days up on the glacier.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (07 January 2007)

  Saas Fee is a highly European oriented resort, catering significantly more for German and French speaking visitors than English than any other resort I've been to. The only advantage of this resort is the guaranteed snow due to it's high altitude, but the quantity of ski runs is poor, and the accesibility of the few runs that exist is similarly bad. There is little room for advancement from beginners to intermediate, and as a beginner you may find yourself completely confined to the nursery slopes for the duration of your visit.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (02 January 2007)

  Have just returned from Saas, my 6th visit here. Really love the atmosphere of the village, while the skiing is not to everyones liking as it is limited it is great for me.

  The reason for me posting here is I rent an apartment from one of the locals and have done so since my first visit. The rubbish is deposited in special sheds in bags purchase from the local shops (pay for the amount of rubbish you create - perhaps we should think about this in this country). While depositing my bag in the shed closest to me - just behind the church there was one large Dorothy Perkins plastic bag staring at me. Yes you know who you are, can pay loads of money to go to a beautiful resort to ski but too tight to pay £1 for rubbish bag.

  Was I embarrased to be British you bet.

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• skiclub.co.uk visitor (01 January 2007)

  Stayed at the Metropol for Christmas. The hotel was lovely and highly recommended. The resort had no snow whilst we were there but had had some the week before. We went as a family of 5 very different abilities. The 3 kids loved ski school and the 2 better kids were pushed to really move up a level. I managed, as the nervous skier, to ski all week on a lovely couple of wide long blues. The reds were getting a bit icy for me. My husband found the blacks a bit dangerous due to lack of snow but enjoyed good skiing everyday on the reds.

  Beautiful village full of charm and some good bars. Try the whiskey bar in the Metropol. Traffic free apart from the local taxis which ring bells to get you out of the way!

  All buildings seem to be very hot so don't dress up in jumpers for the evening

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• Robert Graham (23 March 2006)

  Stayed in Crystal Chalet Viktoria from 18th to 25th Feb. on a self-drive basis. The parking/transport to accommodation arrangements are expensive and time-consuming; better to stay in Saas-Grund and catch the bus to Saas-Fee, although the bus service left a lot to be desired. Chalet Viktoria is a long way from the slopes and the little electric skibus (included in lift pass) was very infrequent, often full and only went to 1 destination which still left a long walk to the nearest lift. Although I didn't use it, the nursery area looked extensive. Otherwise, I agree with previous remarks about blue runs, lots of walking and a lack of chairlifts (although a new one is planned). Also discovered that Saas-Grund was open when Saas-Fee was closed. Saas-Grund also has a much more modern lift system than Saas-Fee. Saas-Almagell is also worth a day out. All in all, not a very satisfactory experience, despite an excellent day spent with your rep. Avril.

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• Helen Thomas (10 March 2006)

  Visited Saas Fee, and Switzerland, for the first time at Feb half term with my husband and son 10yrs. Best suited to intermediates as not many blue runs. Stayed at the Crystal Hotel La Collina, which was excellent and although the walk to the lifts was around 20 minutes, there were plenty of places to store skis and boots close to the slopes overnight at a small cost. This then allowed the opportunity to sample the apres skis spots on the way back at the end of the day! La Ferme restaurant in the main street, although expensive was excellent, offering half portions from the main menu for children. Height of the resort does mean that it is more prone to closure in bad weather, with the nursery slopes being the only option on one day whilst we were there. However the short bus ride to Saas Grund as an alternative, lower down the valley, was well worth it with picture postcard ski-ing through the trees. Skied most of the resort in 3 days so not sure we'd go back to this resort, but would definitely go to Switzerland again due to cleanliness, service and excellent hire equipment.

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• Oli (03 March 2006)

  Went to Saas - Fee Feb half term, snow was ammazing, huge dump during the week, weather was great both sunny and snow. Ferienart Hotel is great, great food, great aptmosphere, great facilities. Night life was great with Popcorn, Nestis, and obviously the Happy Bar - great aptmospere, great music, great people working there and great drinks. Whole holiday was great.

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• Mark Bowling (29 January 2006)

  Just come back from Saas Fee, very icy, a local recommended (ex Olympic gold medalist) that you don’t go there until Feb or early March when it is more snow sure. I would only recommend it only for more advanced intermediate skiers as we only found 3 blue runs open, the nursery slopes and instruction did look quite good. We skied virtually every run in 2 days and there was no lift working in the winter park. Be prepared for a lot of walking, there are several long tunnels at the top of the lifts at top and middle sections. Haven't the Swiss heard of escalators? The night life really starts in Feb, although we had a few very good nights out. Try Nesti's Ski-Bar and the Metro-Bar. The views are stunning from the mountain restaurants however the food and drinks are expensive in Saas, £4 for a beer in the resort and £6 for a plate of chips on the slopes. Well worth the short bus journey to Saas Grund and Saas Amergell.

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• Simon Malster (08 January 2005)

  Saas Fee has it all; snow sure high altitude skiing, an authentic village atmosphere and good apres ski. It's a mini Zermatt but not at Zermatt prices!

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• Peter Healy (10 December 2004)

  Visited for a long weekend in Feb. '04. In a nutshell not the best resort for the serious / high mileage skier, BUT a charming alpine village and a spectacularly beautiful ski area amongst the glaciers. Plenty of good eating and drinking opportunities but quiet later on. Different and definitely worth a visit.

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• Nick Hart (18 July 2004)

  Took our kids for their 1st taste of skiing, couldn't have been happier with the ski school, hotel (Schweizerhoff) and the resort in general..

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• Duncan (13 April 2004)

  Visited Saas Fee for the first time at Easter (2004). Very impressed with the beautiful village and the Hotel Dom in which we stayed. Prices are extremely high for what you actually get... well over £100 for a ski pass which offers just 100km of fairly easy skiing. Beginners in our group found the transition from nursery slopes to the main mountain blues a little daunting probably due to the oppressive nature of the high peaks surrounding the ski area, and in part due to quite bad weather conditions for the timeof year. There are a couple of fairly tough unpisted ski routes for more advanced skiers, again particularly due to the conditions. Only real gripe was the ski school of which our groups experiences were poor. One instructor actually left a novce skier on the mountain because she was scared to come down a steepish part of a run (she had to phone for help from another group member who took 20 minutes to get to her. Another instructor took a group of early intermediates down a black mogul field on the first morning - quite ridiculous and totally unprofessional. Other gripe is the number of long drag lifts present due to the fact that manyof the runs are situated on glaciers so the lift supportsmove over the course of the season. I'd only really recommend the resort for intermediate skiers who aren't looking to go in ski school and don't feel the need for high mileage skiing. Resort is lively as soon as the lifts close but quiet at night.

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• elaine morten (26 March 2004)

  Just back from a long weekend in Saas. Great conditions, smashing resort and long runs that were not busy at all. Agree with other contributors that length and gradient of lower slopes makes this a challenging, place for intermediates (or perhaps I am getting old).

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• Peter Stockill (15 March 2004)

  I have just returned from here and whilst I spent enjoyable time with Graham of Ski Club would seriously argue that it has a state of the art lift system - its not easy to access pistes and has too many t bars and not enough chairs. I know there are plans for improvement over the next few years, it lags well behind and needs it soon.

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• Claire Caulfield (03 January 2004)

  A really good resort for mixed ability groups plenty to do in the evenings some great mountain restaraunts.Do hire ski lockers as most accomodation is a good walk from the slopes.We were worried about expense but actually found it cheaper than most French resorts and much friendlier

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• Joe (02 June 2003)

  Saas Fee is a great resort with guarateed skiing on the higher slopes which have very good snow. The views of the glacier are amazing. It lacks alot of ski-in/ ski-out hotels but overall is a superb skiers resort.

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• Jon Davies (01 November 2002)

  Saas Fee is a lovely village resort with a fair amount of skiing variety, but I would not recommend it for beginners. The massive crater where the road to the village had collapsed down the cliff was a little off putting (my mother-in-law was worrying about the return journey all week). There is no traffic in the resort (except the milk floats) & a couple of genuinely 'buzzing' bars for later.

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• Anita (07 June 2002)

  The scenery is spectacular, the village is lovely and the glacier very dramatic. There are very few blue runs - all runs from the Mittelallin are reds (or the blues don't seem to be marked). From Maste downwards the reds are quite steep and get crowded. You need to be an intermediate or experienced skier to cope with the steep slopes. The lift system is quite old fashioned although it is being upgraded gradually. There are a couple of very good nursery slopes at the bottom via the button lifts. On the whole, a good resort for experienced skiers!

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