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Ride the Rails, Hit the Slopes: Transit-Reachable Ski Areas Near Baden

These ten ski resorts are all reachable from Baden by public transport. From family-friendly slopes to high-altitude runs, there's something for every skier. Whether you're after quiet pistes or lively après-ski villages, the Swiss rail network brings you close to the action.

The resorts below are sorted by travel time from Baden, to facilitate your planning. Make sure to visit the map, to explore thousands of destinations and activities, reachable from any starting point in Switzerland.

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Skilift Röhrenmoos

Minimum travel time: 23m to Dietikon, Weinberg

The Röhrenmoos ski lift in Dietikon is probably the lowest-lying ski lift in Switzerland and has been operated by the city of Dietikon since 1972. Around 40 T-bars pull skiers, snowboarders and tobogganers up a 225-metre stretch from 460 to 495 m above sea level.

dist0.3 km
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lift1
  • Easy slopes: 0.3 km

    • Number of snowparks: 0

    • Entrance fee: 8 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

    • Children activities: Sledging

How to get to Skilift Röhrenmoos

Fastest connection from Baden to Dietikon, Weinberg: 23m
S12 (12m)
Walk from to
325 (6m)
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Skilift Bäretswil

Minimum travel time: 1h 5m to Bäretswil, Gemeindehaus

Skilift Bäretswil (Skilift-Genossenschaft Steig Bäretswil) is a small, family-friendly ski area in the Zürich Oberland region. It has several surface lifts, including the Tellerlift as the longest lift at 450 metres with 110 metres of vertical, and the Grizzly-Turbo at 130 metres. Facilities include a children's area with a pony lift, a prepared sledging run and the Skibeizli, a meeting point for snow sports enthusiasts, companions and walkers.

dist1.4 km
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lift3
  • Easy slopes: 0.8 km
  • Intermediate slopes: 0.5 km

    • Number of snowparks: 0
    • Ski school: Yes

    • Free entrance: No

    • Children activities: Sledging, Snow play area, Children ski lessons

How to get to Skilift Bäretswil

Fastest connection from Baden to Bäretswil, Gemeindehaus: 1h 5m
IR36 (13m)
S5 (29m)
Walk from to
850 (15m)
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Skilift Friherrenberg

Minimum travel time: 1h 28m to Einsiedeln, Friedhof

Skilift Friherrenberg is a small ski area in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, operated by Skilift Einsiedeln AG. It offers a large ski lift and the Raiffeisen Kinderland children's area with prepared pistes, open on Wednesday afternoons and at weekends during the winter season.

dist0.9 km
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lift3
    • Ski school: Yes

    • Entrance fee: 27 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

    • Children activities: Children ski lessons

How to get to Skilift Friherrenberg

Fastest connection from Baden to Einsiedeln, Friedhof: 1h 28m
IR16 (16m)
IR35 (19m)
S13 (24m)
Walk from to
556 (3m)
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Atzmännig

Minimum travel time: 1h 28m to Atzmännig, Schutt

Atzmännig is a winter sports area in the Goldingertal valley in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The area is especially suited to beginners and families: on the Brustenegg slope there is a T-bar lift with a mid-station exit and two conveyor belts, while on the Atzmännig slope a chairlift and a large T-bar lift lead up to 1200 m to blue and red pistes. The offering is rounded off by a sledging run, a snowshoe trail, night skiing and the Winter Arena for beginners.

dist8 km
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lift3
  • Easy slopes: 3.2 km
  • Intermediate slopes: 5 km

    • Number of snowparks: 0
    • Night skiing: Yes
    • Ski school: Yes

    • Entrance fee: 35 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

    • Children activities: Sledging, Snow play area, Children ski lessons

How to get to Atzmännig

Fastest connection from Baden to Atzmännig, Schutt: 1h 28m
IR36 (13m)
S5 (37m)
Walk from to
885 (28m)
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Skilift Schnabelsberg

Minimum travel time: 1h 31m to Bennau, Schnabelsberg

Skilift Schnabelsberg in Bennau is a small local ski area with a ski lift, a ski hut with restaurant and garden terrace, and a kiosk. It offers day, afternoon and evening skiing as well as season passes.

dist0.7 km
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lift1
  • Easy slopes: 0.7 km

    • Night skiing: Yes

    • Entrance fee: 17 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

How to get to Skilift Schnabelsberg

Fastest connection from Baden to Bennau, Schnabelsberg: 1h 31m
IR36 (16m)
S25 (17m)
S13 (16m)
Walk from to
551 (6m)
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Skilift Bennau

Minimum travel time: 1h 32m to Einsiedeln, Steig

Skilift Bennau is a small ski area in Bennau in the canton of Schwyz. It consists of the two T-bar lifts Bennau I and Bennau II, with Bennau II considered one of the oldest Oehler ski lifts still in operation in its original condition and forming a technically and historically interesting ensemble with the parallel installation.

dist1.4 km
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lift3
  • Easy slopes: 1.4 km

    • Entrance fee: 30 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

How to get to Skilift Bennau

Fastest connection from Baden to Einsiedeln, Steig: 1h 32m
IR36 (16m)
S25 (17m)
S13 (16m)
Walk from to
551 (7m)
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Rigi-Scheidegg/Burggeist

Minimum travel time: 1h 33m to Rigi Scheidegg

Rigi-Scheidegg/Burggeist is a small, family-friendly ski area high above Lake Lucerne on Mount Rigi in Switzerland. Around 5 km of carefully prepared alpine pistes offer good conditions for beginners and more advanced skiers and snowboarders against the backdrop of the Alps. The area is also a popular starting point for snowshoe and winter walkers, cross-country skiers and touring skiers.

dist5 km
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lift2
  • Easy slopes: 2.2 km
  • Intermediate slopes: 2.8 km

    • Entrance fee: 0 CHF
    • Free entrance: Yes (partly)
    • Price range: $

    • Children activities: Sledging, Children ski lessons

How to get to Rigi-Scheidegg/Burggeist

Fastest connection from Baden to Rigi Scheidegg: 1h 33m
IR16 (16m)
IC2 (40m)
Walk from to
81 (8m)
Walk from to
PB (6m)
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Hohe Winde – Beinwil

Minimum travel time: 1h 37m to Beinwil SO, Schachen

The Hohe Winde ski lift in Beinwil in the canton of Solothurn lies at the foot of the Passwang. A double T-bar lift serves the north-west slope of the Hohe Winde up to 1060 m above sea level; from there several well-groomed, varied pistes with steep, hilly and flatter sections lead back to the valley station. Right next to the valley station and the restaurant, a free Pinocchio children's lift is available for parents with children and beginners.

dist4 km
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lift1
  • Easy slopes: 3 km
  • Intermediate slopes: 1.4 km

    • Entrance fee: 28 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

How to get to Hohe Winde – Beinwil

Fastest connection from Baden to Beinwil SO, Schachen: 1h 37m
IR16 (33m)
IR55 (12m)
S22 (8m)
Walk from to
130 (28m)
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Röti

Minimum travel time: 1h 37m to Balmberg, Mittler-Balmberg

Röti is a small ski area on the Balmberg in the Jura in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. Three ski lifts – the Höfli practice lift, the Kähle lift and the Bödeli lift – serve pistes for beginners and more advanced skiers. When snow conditions allow, the floodlit Kähle piste is open for night skiing from Tuesday to Friday.

dist3 km
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lift3
  • Easy slopes: 2 km
  • Intermediate slopes: 0.9 km
  • Advanced slopes: 0.2 km

    • Number of snowparks: 0
    • Night skiing: Yes
    • Ski school: False

    • Entrance fee: 32 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

    • Children activities: Sledging

How to get to Röti

Fastest connection from Baden to Balmberg, Mittler-Balmberg: 1h 37m
S27 (5m)
S29 (23m)
IC5 (28m)
Walk from to
12 (26m)
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Skilift Neusell

Minimum travel time: 1h 38m to Rothenthurm, Biberegg

Skilift Neusell is a village ski lift in Biberegg near Rothenthurm in Switzerland. The ski area offers up to ten kilometres of varied, naturally undulating pistes with blue, red and black runs, as well as a sledging run, the Kabi lift, the SUBARU children's lift and a ski school.

dist5 km
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lift1
  • Easy slopes: 2.4 km
  • Intermediate slopes: 1.6 km
  • Advanced slopes: 1.6 km

    • Number of snowparks: 0
    • Ski school: Yes

    • Entrance fee: 29 CHF
    • Free entrance: No
    • Price range: $

    • Children activities: Sledging, Children ski lessons

How to get to Skilift Neusell

Fastest connection from Baden to Rothenthurm, Biberegg: 1h 38m
IR16 (16m)
IC2 (40m)
S31 (14m)
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