Zermatt
Switzerland
The Matterhorn, year-round glacier skiing, and a car-free village that is among the loveliest in the Alps.
Village 1,608m · top 3,883m
74
/ 100
Very snow-sure
The Best Swiss Ski Resorts for Christmas
Switzerland offers the two most dramatic places to wake up on Christmas morning anywhere in this guide, and glacier skiing that opens whatever December has done.
It is also the priciest week in the Alps by a clear margin. Several of our Swiss resorts are still awaiting verified lift-served altitude figures, so their Snow Scores are pending rather than low.
The ranking
Ordered by Christmas Snow Score.
Saas-Fee
Switzerland
A car-free village at 1,800m ringed by thirteen four-thousand-metre peaks, with glacier skiing above it.
Village 1,798m · top 3,457m
71
/ 100
Very snow-sure
Verbier
Switzerland
Serious off-piste, a sunny south-facing balcony, and the liveliest nights in Switzerland.
Village 1,490m · top 3,329m
57
/ 100
Usually reliable
The Christmas Snow Score compares resorts on altitude, terrain, snowmaking and past December openings. It describes how reliable a resort tends to be, not what the snow will do this year — Alpine conditions vary every season and nobody can guarantee them.