These ten ski resorts are all reachable from Gruyères 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 Gruyères, 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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Le Moléson is a family-friendly ski resort in Moléson-sur-Gruyères in the Gruyère region of Switzerland, reached by funicular and cable car. It offers around 30 km of ski and snowboard slopes for all levels, a snowpark, a 4 km sledging run and a ski school. The summit at 2002 m provides panoramic views of the Alps, Lake Geneva and the Pre-Alps.
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Easy slopes: 5 km
Intermediate slopes: 1.4 km
Advanced slopes: 2.4 km| 263 (11m) | |
| FUN (5m) | |
Charmey is a ski area in the Fribourg Pre-Alps of Switzerland, accessed by the Charmey-Vounetz gondola. The area on the Vounetz offers around 30 kilometres of pistes for all levels, a beginners' area, virgin slopes for freeride enthusiasts and the Charmey Swiss Ski School. The season runs from November to February.
12 km4Easy slopes: 7 kmIntermediate slopes: 3.8 kmAdvanced slopes: 1.4 km| 260 (26m) | |
Jaunpass in Boltigen, Switzerland, is a family-friendly ski area with two T-bar lifts and a children's area with a wide, gently sloping piste. It is especially suited to children, beginners and leisurely skiers and offers 100% natural snow.
12 km4Easy slopes: 7 kmIntermediate slopes: 5 kmAdvanced slopes: 0.4 km| 260 (44m) | |
Gstaad - Saanen - Rougemont is a varied ski area in the Bernese Oberland with around 200 kilometres of slopes spread across several sub-areas: Rinderberg–Saanersloch–Horneggli, Eggli–La Videmanette and Wispile. The longest descent runs from La Videmanette down to Rougemont. Snowparks, funslopes, learning parks, winter hiking trails and nine sledging runs complete the offer.
35 km11
Lockers: YesEasy slopes: 24 kmIntermediate slopes: 7 kmAdvanced slopes: 5 km| R39 (53m) | |
The Wispile is the sunny local mountain of Gstaad in the Bernese Oberland and is regarded as the family mountain of the Gstaad ski area. It offers simple facilities, gentle slopes and a well-arranged learning park, ideal for children and beginners. The Zückerli and Rüti lifts are suited to first turns, and a long toboggan run leads over the ridge down to the village of Gsteig.
9 km5Easy slopes: 3.6 kmIntermediate slopes: 3.8 kmAdvanced slopes: 1.6 km| R39 (1h 1m) | |
| 184 (7m) | |
La Berra is a ski area in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, above La Roche in the Gruyère region. The area comprises 10 marked pistes for beginners to good skiers, a dedicated beginner area with a conveyor belt, and a snowpark with rails, boxes and jumps. It is served among others by a combined cable car that can also be used for the descent from the summit.
9 km5Easy slopes: 6 kmIntermediate slopes: 3.4 km| S50 (8m) | |
| 234 (21m) | |
| 234 (1m) | |
| 235 (10m) | |
Schönried - Saanenmöser - Zweisimmen - St. Stephan is the largest ski and hiking area of the Gstaad region in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, linking the villages of Schönried, Saanenmöser, Zweisimmen and St. Stephan with 105 kilometres of slopes. The area is served by the Rinderberg, Saanersloch and Horneggli mountains and includes a snowpark, a funslope and several learning parks for beginners and families. Cosy mountain restaurants, winter hiking trails and toboggan runs round off the winter offer.
60 km17Easy slopes: 35 kmIntermediate slopes: 16 kmAdvanced slopes: 5 km| R39 (1h 14m) | |
Les Mosses - La Lécherette is a family-friendly ski area in the Vaud Alps that, together with Leysin, forms the Leysin - Les Mosses - La Lécherette ski domain with more than 100 km of pistes. Wide, sunny and easily accessible slopes and a large snow garden for beginners characterise the offer. Children and adults experience the mountains in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere.
26 km14Easy slopes: 14 kmIntermediate slopes: 10 kmAdvanced slopes: 3 km| R39 (41m) | |
| 175 (24m) | |
Les Paccots is a ski area in Switzerland in the Châtel-Saint-Denis region of the canton of Fribourg. The area has ten pistes (one black, one red and eight blue) served by ten lifts, mostly surface lifts, and also offers night skiing on the Les Joncs piste and lift.
9 km10Easy slopes: 6 kmIntermediate slopes: 1.6 kmAdvanced slopes: 2 km| S50 (42m) | |
| 492 (11m) | |
Skilift Heiti in Gsteig near Gstaad is a small, family-friendly ski lift with one of the few genuine natural-snow pistes in the Gstaad region. The area is aimed mainly at young skiers and snowboarders, while parents can relax in the cosy piste restaurant. The lift offers alpine charm, a family atmosphere and authentic family skiing in unspoilt nature.
1.2 km1Easy slopes: 0.7 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.5 km| R39 (1h 1m) | |
| 180 (19m) | |
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