Saas Almagell
Switzerland · Valais · Single resort
Saas Almagell is a ski resort in Valais (Switzerland). It has 12 km of downhill runs and 6 lifts.
Piste difficulty split
- Easy: 19.7 km
- Medium: 21.1 km
- Hard: 2 km
Details
- Night skiing: Yes (7 floodlit runs)
- Steepest spot: 62% (32°)
- Mostly facing north (25% of run length). North-facing slopes keep good snow longer, but are colder with less sun.
Lifts: 6
Gondola / cable car: 9 · Chairlift: 3 · Drag lift: 11
- Alpin Express I · Gondola / cable car · 2,000 pers./h · Seats: 30 · 1780–2579 m
- Gondelbahn Saas-Grund - Kreuzboden · Gondola / cable car · 1,800 pers./h · Seats: 8 · 1553–2395 m
- Spielbodenbahm · Gondola / cable car · 1,400 pers./h · Seats: 10 · 1835–2452 m
- Spielbodenbahn · Gondola / cable car · 1,400 pers./h · Seats: 10 · 1798–1835 m
- Heidbodme · Chairlift · 1,000 pers./h · Seats: 2 · 1830–2344 m
- Furggstalden · Chairlift · 800 pers./h · Seats: 2 · 1681–1903 m
- Mittelwald · Drag lift · 800 pers./h · 1914–2029 m
- Furggstalden · Drag lift · 635 pers./h · 1909–1948 m
- Furggu · 500 pers./h · 1974–2154 m
- Felskinn · Gondola / cable car · Seats: 100 · 1840–3003 m
On site
- 63 car parks (8 paid · 1 free)
- 54 restaurants & bars by the slopes
- 6 mountain huts
- 2 ski schools
- 6 rental shops
- 39 stops
Ski schools and rental shops
- Skischule Saas-Fee
- Skischule Eskimo
- Intersport
- Fun Sport
- Sport center
Historical conditions and snowfall
- November: Snowfall in the month (average) 70 cm, Snow depth 17 cm
- December: Snowfall in the month (average) 61 cm, Snow depth 32 cm
- January: Snowfall in the month (average) 46 cm, Snow depth 44 cm
- February: Snowfall in the month (average) 47 cm, Snow depth 49 cm
- March: Snowfall in the month (average) 59 cm, Snow depth 40 cm
- April: Snowfall in the month (average) 55 cm, Snow depth 15 cm
Average of the 2005–2024 seasons for the resort area (≈50 km grid cell, about 1771 m). It shows the shape of the season well but is not a slope measurement — the upper runs usually have more snow. Data: NASA POWER.
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