These ten ski resorts are all reachable from Olten 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 Olten, 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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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.
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Easy slopes: 2 km
Intermediate slopes: 0.9 km
Advanced slopes: 0.2 km| IC5 (17m) | |
| 12 (26m) | |
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.
4 km1Easy slopes: 3 kmIntermediate slopes: 1.4 km| IR55 (12m) | |
| S22 (8m) | |
| 130 (28m) | |
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.
0.3 km1Easy slopes: 0.3 km| RE12 (24m) | |
| S12 (23m) | |
| 325 (6m) | |
Téléskis Les Prés-d'Orvin is located on the southern edge of the Jura chain, on the north slopes of Mont-Sujet between 1030 and 1230 m above sea level. The small ski area has five lifts, blue and red pistes, three baby lifts, a Telebob and a sledging run. Ski rental, a ski school and food options are available on site.
4 km5Easy slopes: 1.6 kmIntermediate slopes: 3 km| IC5 (33m) | |
| 70 (29m) | |
Skilifte Wasen i.E. is a small ski area in the Emmental valley in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, operated by the Skiliftverein Wasen i.E. association. It emerged in 1989 from the dissolution of the Skilift AG and comprises a surface lift and a T-bar/platter lift put into operation in 1995 in Ober Wyden. A piste is prepared as soon as there is enough snow.
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| IR35 (29m) | |
| S44 (27m) | |
| 481 (8m) | |
Skilift 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 km| IC61 (54m) | |
| 33 (17m) | |
Skilift Aeschiallmend AG is a small, family-friendly ski area in Aeschiried in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, above Lake Thun. It operates two T-bar lifts, Aeschiallmend (Krattigen) and Allmispitz (Aeschiried), plus the Windegg training lift with the Pinocchio children's ski lift, serving freshly groomed pistes with views of Lake Thun and the surrounding mountains. The area is especially suited to children and beginners, and also offers a sledging run from the Allmispitz down to Aeschiried.
7 km4Easy slopes: 3.2 kmIntermediate slopes: 3.2 kmAdvanced slopes: 0.6 km| IC61 (1h 5m) | |
| 62 (13m) | |
Bannalp is a family-friendly ski area in Oberrickenbach, Switzerland. Two ski lifts at Chrüzhütte and Urnerstaffel serve the pistes at almost 2,000 m above sea level, and the Chrüzhütte mountain station is also the starting point for ski, snowboard and snowshoe tours.
2.4 km3Easy slopes: 2.2 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.2 km| IR26 (35m) | |
| IRLEX (24m) | |
| 331 (14m) | |
Skilift-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.
0.5 km1Easy slopes: 0.4 kmIntermediate slopes: 0.2 km| IC6 (57m) | |
| 31 (22m) | |
Bugnenets - Savagnières is a ski area on the northern slope of the Chasseral in the Jura, between 1030 and 1460 m above sea level. It offers around 30 km of pistes for all levels – blue, red and black –, a snowpark and cross-country ski trails for classic and skating style. Racing skier Didier Cuche learned his first turns here; the resort is considered family-friendly and is reachable by public transport.
16 km8Easy slopes: 6 kmIntermediate slopes: 9 kmAdvanced slopes: 1.2 km| IR55 (39m) | |
| RE4 (25m) | |
| 121 (13m) | |
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