Lauchernalp, Switzerland

Lauchernalp is a ski resort that you will find in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais (or Wallis), and on this page you will find most of what you need to know for a skiing holiday here. The season in Lauchernalp normally starts in mid December to mid April.

The slopes and lifts in Lauchernalp are open today and the snow depth on the slopes is great, a massive 219 centimeters. Today, 100% of the lifts and 77% of the slopes are open.

In Lauchernalp you will find 6 lifts with a lift capacity of 8400 passengers/hour. There are 40 kilometer of groomed pistes in total, divided into 17 kilometer blue pistes, 13 kilometer red pistes and for the more experienced skiers, 10 kilometer black pistes. The vertical drop is at most 1688 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 3091 meter. Here you can also find some really long pistes, the longest one is 10 kilometers.

If you have family members or others in your party who are not interested in down hill skiing, there are cross-country skiing tracks available at a total length of 24 kilometers. For those of you who want to try something new (probably), there is also a toboggan run here that is open to the public, as well as prepared trails for winter hiking.

Airports close to Lauchernalp

If you want to fly to Lauchernalp the closest airport is Belp, Bern, with a distance of 60 kilometers from the ski resort. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Lugano Airport (98 kilometers distance), as well as Malpensa, Milan (114 kilometers from the ski resort).

Closest ski resorts to Lauchernalp

Ski resorts near Lauchernalp include Leukerbad (12 kilometers distance), Blatten-Belalp (17 kilometers distance) and Mürren (19 kilometers distance).