Leukerbad, Switzerland

Leukerbad 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 skiing season in Leukerbad usually starts in mid December to start April.

Leukerbad has pistes totaling 47 kilometer, of which 3 kilometer are blue easy pistes, 27 kilometer red and slightly more challenging slopes, and 17 kilometer black and more difficult pistes. Here you'll find 13 lifts, with a total capacity of 15160 passengers/hour. The vertical drop is at most 1199 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 2610 meter. Other alternatives to skiing or snowboarding on the slopes are to try the fun park and halfpipe facilities in Leukerbad.

In case some of you feel like doing some Nordic skiing, Leukerbad holds 19 kilometers of prepared tracks for doing that. In addition to skiing, there is also the possibility of winter hiking here, and even a toboggan run if you want to try it.

If you want to fly to Leukerbad

For those of you who want to fly to Leukerbad the nearest airport is Belp, Bern. The distance from this airport to Leukerbad is 60 kilometers. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Lugano Airport (107 kilometers distance), as well as Geneva International Airport (118 kilometers from the ski resort).

Other ski resorts nearby Leukerbad

Other ski resorts near Leukerbad are, for example, Lauchernalp which is 12 kilometers away, Crans Montana which is 14 kilometers away and Adelboden which is at 14 kilometers distance from Leukerbad.