Skiing and Boarding

The Ski Area and the ski passes

NEW LIFTS for 2006/7 season: a gondola will link Furi to Riffelberg, this is great news because it means that skiing across all three areas anti-clockwise is finally possible! It also makes it easy to ski the lovely and long Riffelberg-Furi run more than once per day. On the Italian side, Cervinia and Valtournenche are building 5 new chairlifts, replacing existing tows. This will considerably improve uphill speed, efficiency and comfort.

Zermatt has 3 main interconnected ski areas (200kms of runs) of its own and is also linked to Cervinia in Italy (another 200kms of runs), together these make up the "Matterhorn Ski Paradise", one of the most exciting ski areas in Europe. Click here for the ski area map.

The mix of runs is great, scenery is breathtaking, off-piste possibilities are excellent (depending on conditions) and mountain restaurants and apres-ski are exceptional. The highest lift is at over 3800m giving a vertical drop of over 2200m, snow on the upper runs is guaranteed all year round including in summer!

You may order your ski-pass in advance through us: it will be waiting for you when you get there and won't cost you a penny more! No need to join thenew arrival queues at the ticket office...

A number of key runs benefit from extensive snow-making equipment to boost snow conditions

as needed. Zermatt also has its own terrain park, board-a-cross, halfpipe and cross-country circuit. The formidable lift system minimises waiting times. Our guide can show you the way round all the ski areas and mountain restaurants or, in good conditions, provide you with endless untouched powder snow!

Your pass may include either just Zermatt or both Zermatt & Cervinia providing you with unlimited

access to the whole of the matterhorn Ski Paradise domaine, prices are below. If you go the just

Zermatt route, you may purchase a day-extension for Cervinia for CHF 32 (about £14.50) for the day.

To have the full list of ski pass prices click here.

Heli-skiing and off-piste guiding

Just in case you do get tired of exploring the piste map, you might consider hiring an off-piste guide for the day or even a chopper. Zermatt is the heli-ski capital of Europe. Click here to go to our heli-ski page to find out more.

But even without the expense of heli-skiing, Zermatt's mountain guides will be happy to lead you accross hidden valleys and ancient glaciers to some of the most spectacular powder fields Zermatt has to offer.

Even without a guide, a number of runs marked in yellow on the ski area map are made avalanche safe everyday and left ungroomed as a perfect free-ride terrain accessible from the lift system.

Equipment hire:

Ski rental prices are standard across Zermatt rental shops, the prices below include skis/board with boots. If you have your own boots this will save you around £6 per day. We offer an option to rent the latest spec "VIP" gear. Prices are also available for older kit if you want to save on the standard pricing. As a mountain Exposure Guest you will benefit from a 5% discount at Matterhorn Sport ski rental shops in Zermatt, our chosen rental shop

For rental prices click here.