These ten ski resorts are all reachable from Lugano 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 Lugano, to facilitate your planning. Make sure to visit the map, to explore thousands of destinations and activities, reachable from any starting point in Switzerland.
Bedea-Novaggio is a small ski area in Ticino with a gentle slope where the Swiss Ski School Bedea-Novaggio offers private lessons, group courses and rental equipment. Founded in 1986 together with the Bedea ski lift, the school is affiliated with Swiss Snowsports and holds an official licence.
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Easy slopes: 0.7 kmLearn more on
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| S60 (21m) | |
| 423 (11m) | |
Eggberge near Altdorf in the canton of Uri is a sunny, family-friendly ski area with a ski lift that overcomes around 280 metres of elevation. Four prepared pistes with a total descent length of about 6 kilometres are available to skiers and snowboarders; the mountain station is reached by the Flüelen–Eggberge cable car.
6 km2Easy slopes: 3.6 km
Intermediate slopes: 2.2 kmLearn more on
eggberge.ch
| IC2 (48m) | |
| 412 (3m) | |
| 413 (3m) | |
Sci Lift Prato Leventina is a small ski area in Prato Leventina, Switzerland, located 3 km from the Varenzo motorway exit. It offers 5 km of downhill pistes on a west-facing slope, served by a ski lift from 1050 to 1300 m above sea level, with a black piste, red pistes and a blue piste through the forest. The area has snowmaking, a heated buvette, a large free car park, a ski school and a 2 km cross-country circuit between Prato and Mascengo.
5 km2Easy slopes: 4 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.8 km
Advanced slopes: 0.5 kmLearn more on
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| EC (16m) | |
| S10 (17m) | |
| 120 (41m) | |
| 117 (3m) | |
Carì is a ski area in the Swiss canton of Ticino, above Faido, with slopes served by two chairlifts and a base station at around 1,650 m. The area offers marked downhill pistes, a sledging run, and dining at Osteria Belvedere and Ristorante La Pineta. It is reachable by car via the A2 motorway or by train to Faido followed by Postbus.
12 km2Easy slopes: 6 kmIntermediate slopes: 2.4 kmAdvanced slopes: 2.8 kmLearn more on
cari.swiss
| IC21 (14m) | |
| S10 (39m) | |
| 119 (30m) | |
Biel-Kinzig is a family-friendly winter sports area between 1634 and 1930 m above sea level in the Schächental near Bürglen Uri, a few kilometres from the Urner capital Altdorf. It is reached from Bürglen in 15 minutes by cable car; a ski lift and a chairlift carry visitors up to 1930 m. The largely fog-free area offers well-groomed, varied pistes for beginners and advanced skiers, unprepared slopes for freeriders and starting points for ski tours with powder-snow descents.
7 km3Easy slopes: 2.6 kmIntermediate slopes: 5 kmLearn more on
biel-kinzigag.ch
| IC2 (48m) | |
| 412 (3m) | |
| 413 (11m) | |
| PB (17m) | |
The Splügen-Tambo ski area is located in Splügen, Switzerland, and covers a compact, varied winter sports area in the Bündner Alps between 1,480 and 2,215 metres above sea level. It offers groomed pistes for all levels, a children's area, a sledging run, cross-country ski trails and a mountain restaurant plus further dining options at the valley and mountain stations.
20 km5Easy slopes: 10 kmIntermediate slopes: 7 kmAdvanced slopes: 2.4 kmLearn more on
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| EC (16m) | |
| 171 (1h 14m) | |
Sattel-Hochstuckli is a ski area in Sattel in the canton of Schwyz with 6.5 kilometres of prepared slopes, particularly suited to families, beginners and those returning to winter sports. The Stuckli Rondo, the world's first revolving gondola cableway, takes guests from Sattel directly up to the ski area. The offer also includes Rondo's Learning and Fun Land for children and a 3.5-kilometre winter toboggan run.
6 km4Easy slopes: 4 kmIntermediate slopes: 2.2 kmLearn more on
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| EC (1h 9m) | |
| VAE (13m) | |
| 609 (6m) | |
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.
5 km2Easy slopes: 2.2 kmIntermediate slopes: 2.8 kmLearn more on
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| IC2 (1h 12m) | |
| 81 (8m) | |
| PB (6m) | |
Brüsti – Attinghausen is a small, family-friendly and inexpensive ski area above Attinghausen in the canton of Uri, Switzerland, reached by a two-section cable car from the village centre. Thanks to its pronounced north-facing aspect and wooded terrain it is considered very snow-sure. In summer the Brüsti recreation area offers playgrounds, six Chugelibahn play stations, a small rope park and a pram-friendly trail, and it is a starting or finishing point for the Surenenpass hike.
2.2 km1Easy slopes: 1.8 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.6 kmLearn more on
bruesti-surenenpass.ch
| IC2 (48m) | |
| 402 (7m) | |
| PB (15m) | |
Alpe di Neggia is a small ski area at 1,400 m above sea level in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland, about 15 km from the lakeshore and reached via the road to Indemini from Vira, San Nazzaro or Maccagno (Italy). The area has a plate lift and a mini lift, prepared pistes and a prepared sledging slope.
1.6 km2Easy slopes: 1.2 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.4 kmLearn more on
alpedineggia.ch
| RE80 (15m) | |
| 350 (15m) | |
| 352 (55m) | |
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