Gstaad ski hotels and holiday packages

Gstaad is the hub of the Gstaad Super Ski Region, with neighbouring resorts of Chateau D’Oex, Rougemont, Saanen, Schonried, Saanenmoser, Zweisimmen, St Stephan, Lauenen, and Gsteig offering a combined skiable area of 250km. The area is served by 70 lifts and reaches a top elevation of 2,000m. The four main valleys surrounding Gstaad are home to these resorts, with the entire area being divided into 6 sectors. 
 

The sector incorporating Gstaad is divided into 3 main ski areas – Eggli, Wispile and Wasserngrat  - offering 85km of well-groomed pistes served by 17 lifts. The local slopes of the Wispile Mountain contain some village level nursery slopes, and beginners will find more than half of the runs in Gstaad are rated easy, with all of the sectors having some gentle runs, easily accessible by train or car. The wide open slopes, often trailing through woodland, offer some great terrain for intermediates and the Eggli links to some challenging long trails.

 

Expert skiers will find decent terrain, including moguls and off-piste skiing, throughout the area with some of the toughest skiing in Gstaad to be found on the Wassertgrat, with exceptional advanced runs found on the Videmanette Mountain. The Diablerets glacier offers skiing well into the summer with surprisingly wide gentle slopes, and is a good option for skiers if the snow conditions are not optimum in Gstaad. Gstaad has a snowboard park on Eggli, with plenty of off-piste boarding available, and the resort is home to the most extensive cross-country trails in Switzerland.

 

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There is a good choice of trendy bars and pubs in Gstaad, and there is dancing at Rosie's Suite and Chlösterli. The GreenGo bar and nightclub at the Palace Hotel is the place to be seen and is the centre of Gstaad's nightlife with two bars and a massive dance floor. Other haunts include Hush, Stall-Bar Chlösterli, La Cave, and Rialto Bar. 

Visitors to Gstaad are spoiled for choice when it comes to restaurants. A large number of establishments have been awarded with Gault Milau points for outstanding cuisine, such as Restaurant Le Grill at the Palace. The hotel Olden's restaurant serves Mediterranean cuisine and the recently renovated Sport-Hotel Rütti and the Sporthotel Victoria both have pizzerias as well as conventional restaurants. The Alpenrose also has a bistro-pizzeria as well as a gourmet restaurant. For a bit of variety, the Blun-Chi at the Bernerhof is a Chinese. Restaurant Alti Poschi at Posthotel Rössli has local specialities.

 

The resort offers many other winter facilities and activities, including: snowboarding, 14kms of world class toboggan runs, 40kms of skating (natural and artificial), heli-skiing, sleigh riding, mountaineering, and a fitness centre. You can also participate in curling, ballooning, indoor swimming and tennis. 

 

 

 

Beginners should head for the Wispile and Eggli lifts, which are not far from the resort centre and offer gentle tree lined runs ideal for beginners and children. 

Intermediates are spoilt for choice, there are endless tree-lined blue and red runs accessed from Schonreid and Saanenmoser and there is a great selection of intermediate skiing at Les Diablerets, Villars and Leysin.  

Advanced skiers will find some good off piste opportunities around the Schonreid and Saanenmoser area, and the Diablerets glacier has some long challenging reds. Heli skiing is also available in Gstaad for the really adventurous.

Snowboarders in the Region Ski-Gstaad Saanenland can enjoy 4 fantastic funparks. The Snowpark at Glacier 3000, Vanilla Noir Park in Saanenmöser, the Schneefall Park in Zweisimmen and the Snow Park La Braye in Chateau d'Oex. The off piste possibilities for snowboarders are equally fantastic in this winter holiday destination!