These ten ski resorts are all reachable from Kandersteg 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.
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The Oeschinensee ski area near Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland is a small, family-friendly winter sports area at the foot of the Blüemlisalp massif. Two T-bar lifts (Wittenen and Bire) serve wide blue and red pistes that are especially suited to families and beginners. Right next to the mountain station is the free Oeschiland beginners' park with magic carpets, a children's lift and play equipment, complemented by the small Oeschipark snowpark at the Bire lift.
10 km
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Lockers: Yes
Easy slopes: 6 km
Intermediate slopes: 4 km
Lauchernalp is a ski area in the Lötschental valley in the Swiss canton of Valais, with 40 kilometres of pistes and guaranteed snow up to 3100 metres above sea level. It is set against the UNESCO World Heritage backdrop of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch with its four-thousand-metre peaks. The area is reached by cable car and offers pistes for all levels as well as freeride terrain.
20 km5Easy slopes: 10 kmIntermediate slopes: 6 km
Advanced slopes: 3.6 km
Elsigen-Metsch is a snow-sure ski area in the Bernese Oberland near Frutigen, Switzerland, known for wide, well-groomed pistes and plenty of room for carving. The family-friendly area offers around 30 km of slopes, a children's paradise with several children's ski lifts, snowparks, skicross, race pistes and a 3.5 km sledging run. It is regarded as a quiet alternative to the region's large resorts.
28 km11Easy slopes: 10 kmIntermediate slopes: 14 kmAdvanced slopes: 2.6 km
Adelboden-Lenk is a ski and bike region in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland, spanning the municipalities of Adelboden, Lenk and Frutigen. The ski area comprises six sub-areas – the main Adelboden-Lenk area, Elsigen-Metsch, Betelberg, Engstligenalp, Silleren-Chuenisbärgli and Tschentenalp – with almost 200 kilometres of pistes and more than 60 lifts and cable cars. The region hosts the Audi FIS Ski World Cup at Chuenisbärgli and, in winter, also offers snowparks, funslopes, sledging runs and cross-country trails.
90 km17Easy slopes: 45 kmIntermediate slopes: 35 kmAdvanced slopes: 10 km
Tschentenalp is Adelboden's home and pleasure mountain and a sub-area of the Adelboden-Lenk ski and bike region in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The mountain station is reached in six minutes by cable car from Adelboden village centre. The area offers broad pistes, several freeride slopes, a snowfarming offering, après-ski in the TschentenDrom and a sledding park.
7 km3Easy slopes: 1.8 kmIntermediate slopes: 5 kmEischoll is a small mountain village at 1220 m above sea level on the northern side of the Rhone valley in the Upper Valais. The ski area is accessed by the Raron–Eischoll cable car and the Eischoll–Stryggen chairlift, which runs from 1260 m to 1560 m above sea level. Besides skiing and snowboarding, Eischoll offers night skiing, a 3 km sledging run, winter hiking trails, snowshoe trails and a ski touring area.
14 km4Easy slopes: 7 kmIntermediate slopes: 6 kmAdvanced slopes: 2.2 km
The Aletsch Arena is a ski area at over 2,000 metres altitude in Valais with pistes around Riederalp, Bettmeralp and Fiescheralp. The car-free high plateau offers guaranteed snow from December to Easter, views of the Great Aletsch Glacier and the surrounding four-thousand-metre peaks, and ski-in/ski-out access directly from accommodation.
85 km30Easy slopes: 40 kmIntermediate slopes: 40 kmAdvanced slopes: 4 kmSkilift Homberg is a small family-run ski area in Homberg near Thun, Switzerland. It has three pistes with a total length of about three kilometres, served by a single ski lift that has been in family ownership since 1969. The area offers day, afternoon, morning and evening ski passes, and is part of the Magic Pass network.
3.4 km1Easy slopes: 0.8 kmIntermediate slopes: 1.8 kmAdvanced slopes: 0.9 kmJeizinen is a ski area in the Swiss canton of Valais, reached by cable car from Gampel in around nine minutes. The Skigebiet Jeizinen-Feselalpe comprises five lifts, with a chairlift from Jeizinen (1,550 m) to the Üflänge (1,750 m) and a surface lift continuing to the Obere Feselalp (2,200 m). The area offers a children's lift and children's paradise on the Üflänge, a platter lift for advanced beginners, and a red and a blue piste from the upper station.
9 km5Easy slopes: 8 kmIntermediate slopes: 1.4 kmAdvanced slopes: 0.3 kmSkilift-Heiligenschwendi by the tennis court in Heiligenschwendi is a small children's ski lift with a platter lift up the local Hubelweid hill. The piste is available for skiing and snowboarding. After storm damage in January 2009, the lift was restored and reopened with the support of the community and many donations.
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