These ten ski resorts are all reachable from Lausanne 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 Lausanne, 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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Les Pléiades is a small, family-friendly ski area above the Riviera in the canton of Vaud. It can be reached by cog railway from Vevey or Blonay and offers several blue and red marked ski pistes as well as a network of cross-country ski trails and snowshoe routes. The resort sits on the heights above Lake Geneva and is also reachable by car via Blonay.
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Easy slopes: 3.2 km
Intermediate slopes: 3.2 km
Advanced slopes: 0 km| IR90 (14m) | |
| R35 (35m) | |
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| IR15 (17m) | |
| S50 (9m) | |
| 492 (11m) | |
Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets is a year-round mountain destination in the Vaud Alps with 31 lifts and 104 km of slopes (Glacier 3000 not included). The three sectors of Villars, Gryon and Les Diablerets combine iconic runs such as Grand Chamossaire, Sodoleuvre and the Olympic Piste with snowparks, beginners' zones and one of Switzerland's longest sled runs.
65 km33Easy slopes: 40 kmIntermediate slopes: 22 kmAdvanced slopes: 1.2 km| IR95 (33m) | |
| 144 (26m) | |
Téléskis du Lac de Joux is a small alpine ski area in L'Abbaye in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland, with slopes between 1010 m and 1437 m served by four ski lifts, including one for beginners. The area offers a bar and a picnic room, a free car park, mechanical snowmaking on the lower slopes, and a Swiss Ski School (ESS). Skiing is available by the hour and via the Magic Pass.
7 km4Easy slopes: 5 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.9 kmAdvanced slopes: 1.6 km| R4 (1h 1m) | |
| 690 (3m) | |
Saint-George in the Vaud Jura operates a small alpine ski area with two surface lifts: the small Lally piste and the large Les Devants piste. The pistes are open during the winter season when weather conditions allow, and a buvette serves the area. The village also has a Nordic centre with cross-country ski trails, snowshoe and walking routes, and sledging runs.
2 km2Easy slopes: 1.2 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.8 km| RE33 (26m) | |
| 840 (29m) | |
Rochers-de-Naye is a small ski area above Montreux, Switzerland, reached by cog railway from Montreux and located at an altitude of 2042 m with Lake Geneva as a backdrop. It offers ski-in/ski-out access and is suited to beginners and skiers looking to avoid crowds and road traffic. The ski lifts operate in winter depending on snow conditions.
0.8 km1Intermediate slopes: 0.8 km| RE33 (19m) | |
| R37 (46m) | |
Saint-Cergue is a village ski area in the Jura vaudois above Lake Geneva, near Nyon in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It offers three small alpine ski sites — the pistes du Vallon in the village centre, the Basse-Ruche leisure area and the pistes de la Trélasse towards La Givrine — served by téléskis and a beginners' rope lift, with flexible hourly and day tickets and floodlit night skiing. The village is also a starting point for marked snowshoe, winter hiking and summer hiking routes towards La Dôle and the Parc naturel régional Jura vaudois.
2 km3Easy slopes: 1.6 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.4 km| IR95 (33m) | |
| R55 (34m) | |
The Téléski des Esserts ski area in L'Orient, in the Vallée de Joux (Switzerland), is a small alpine ski area served by a single ski lift, rising from 1013 m to 1285 m. It offers a snowpark with railpark, a floodlit piste for night skiing, a snack hut, free parking and mechanical snowmaking on the lower slopes. Ski lessons by the hour and the Magic Pass are available.
5 km1Easy slopes: 1.4 kmIntermediate slopes: 1.4 kmAdvanced slopes: 2.2 km| R4 (1h 18m) | |
| 690 (2m) | |
La Trélasse is a small ski area at the Col de la Givrine near St-Cergue in the Vaud Jura, about 6 km from the village of St-Cergue. The leisure centre offers two ski slopes for beginners and children as well as practice ski lifts used by the Swiss Ski School La Trélasse for children from the age of 3 and adults.
0.8 km4Easy slopes: 0.8 km| IR95 (33m) | |
| R55 (43m) | |
La Forclaz VD is a small ski area in the Vaud village of La Forclaz above Le Sépey, operated by Téléskis Les Thays La Forclaz. It comprises a main ski tow and the Pony practice lift plus a red piste that has been floodlit since 2000 and is suited to night skiing. The lifts run at weekends and during Vaud school holidays, with additional night skiing on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
2 km2Easy slopes: 1.4 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.7 km| IR90 (32m) | |
| R71 (28m) | |
| 172 (10m) | |
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