Aletsch Arena
Aletsch Arena is a ski destination in Valais with 90 km of mapped pistes and 43 lifts, between 1'057 m and 2'869 m. Mostly blue and red, 4 km black. Nearby: Betten, Bettmeralp, Fiesch, Filet, Greich.
Rank Aletsch Arena against every ski area near Lucerne for this weekend
This weekend
Measured snow, weekend forecast and day pass
Snow at the nearest SLF station
Snow depth 0 cm, no new snow in 24 hours, at SLF station Schapleralpa (2'354 m), 11.7 km from the ski area. Measured on .
Source: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, IMIS station BIN4. This is the nearest comparable station, not the ski area's own pistes. Fetched .
Weekend forecast
- : Partly cloudy, 2°C, wind 5 km/h
- : Partly cloudy, 2°C, wind 5 km/h
Source: MeteoSwiss, local forecast for Bettmeralp (1'937 m, 1.5 km from the ski area), with the temperature at the ski area's mid-mountain, averaged over 09:00–16:00. Fetched .
Adult day pass
CHF 62 for . The operator’s online price for that day when it was read: an area that prices by date or demand may charge more or less when you buy. The coming weekend has no price yet, so this is the day pass for a Saturday in January.
Source: aletscharena.ticketcorner.ch, “1-Tages-Skiticket Erwachsen”, read .
For the size: the area maps 90 km of pistes and 1'811 m of vertical, and areas like that charged about CHF 83 for . This pass is 26% less.
Skiboard’s comparison, a curve through the 141 day passes it read for that day; the km are what OpenStreetMap maps, which an operator’s own total can exceed. It says nothing about which lifts run on the day.
Day-pass prices this weekend at every Swiss ski area
Written into this page when it was last built. The live ranking uses the newest values.
Your trip
On the AlpsPass: AlpsPass areas this weekend
Parking at Aletsch Arena
Main car park: Parkhaus Bettmeralp Talstation, Betten · 568 spaces · CHF 13 for a ski day · aletscharena.ch, read 30 Oct 2026
6 car parks by the lifts
OpenStreetMap maps these 6 car parks by the lifts of Aletsch Arena, the biggest first.
- Car park paid · 130 m from the Betten - Bettmeralp · Map
- Multi-storey car park paid · 150 m from the Betten Talstation - Betten Dorf · Map
- Parking Aletsch Multi-storey car park · paid · 160 m from the Mörel - Ried Mörel · Map
- Car park paid · by the Betten - Bettmeralp · Map
- Car park paid · 100 m from the Fiesch-Fiescheralp · piste 170 m away · Map
- Car park paid · by the Mörel-Greich-Riederalp · Map
Distances are in a straight line to the bottom station of the nearest lift. Fees change: check with the car park before you go.
Car parks from OpenStreetMap, read 30 Oct 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). A car park missing? Fix the map
Travel time from Swiss cities
| From | Car | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Lucerne | 1h 24 | 2h 38Mörel · 2 changes |
| Bern | 1h 28 | 1h 30Mörel · 1 change |
| Zug | 1h 43 | 3h 06Mörel · 3 changes |
| Lausanne | 2h 03 | 1h 54Mörel · 1 change |
| Zürich | 2h 06 | 2h 26Mörel · 1 change |
| Chur | 2h 14 | 3h 56Mörel · 3 changes |
| Zurich Airport | 2h 15 | 2h 49Mörel · 2 changes |
| Winterthur | 2h 24 | 2h 56Mörel · 2 changes |
| Basel | 2h 27 | 2h 34Mörel · 1 change |
| Geneva | 2h 43 | 2h 37Mörel · 1 change |
| St. Gallen | 2h 44 | 3h 35Mörel · 4 changes |
| Geneva Airport | 2h 46 | 2h 50Mörel · 2 changes |
Train: the timetable’s fastest connection leaving the city’s station between 06:30 and 09:30 on Sat 16 Jan 2027, to the valley station of the area’s lowest lift, with the walk from the last stop. Car: an estimate from coordinates, not live traffic. Check your trip on sbb.ch before you go.
Plan your trip
Practical links for the trip. They do not affect the ranking.
- Stay in Aletsch Arena Booking.com · Saturday to Sunday, 7 Nov – 8 Nov · 2 adults
- Train and ski pass: Snow’n’Rail Aletsch Arena Not on sale at the moment · SBB RailAway, train ticket and ski pass together
The mountain
Facts
- Mapped pistes
- 90 km
- Blue pistes
- 42 km
- Red pistes
- 40 km
- Black pistes
- 4 km
- Lifts
- 43
- Top station
- 2'869 m
- Base
- 1'057 m
- Vertical
- 1'811 m
- Longest mapped run
- 12.7 km, from 2'869 m down to 1'057 m
- Mountain restaurants
- 19
- Canton
- Valais
Piste map
How steep the pistes in Aletsch Arena are
Blue: gentler than most. Red: typical. Black: steeper than most.
| Colour | Pistes | Steepest 100 m, typically | All of Switzerland | Here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 40 · 35.8 km | 21 % | 28 % | gentler than most |
| Red | 33 · 35.6 km | 37 % | 38 % | typical |
| Black | 6 · 3.9 km | 54 % | 51 % | steeper than most |
The steepest 100 m: 69 % on 57b alt (black).
Flat stretches 6
- 11 Blue · 49 % of its 1.4 km nearly flat: on a snowboard you may have to push · Map
- 46 Blue · 45 % of its 920 m nearly flat: on a snowboard you may have to push · Map
- 48a Blue · 41 % of its 1.1 km nearly flat: on a snowboard you may have to push · Map
- 48 Blue · 40 % of its 1.3 km nearly flat: on a snowboard you may have to push · Map
- 22 Red · 32 % of its 1.5 km nearly flat: on a snowboard you may have to push · Map
- 79 Abfahrtsroute Lax ab Galvera Tal Red · 31 % of its 730 m nearly flat: on a snowboard you may have to push · Map
Long descents without flat stretches 3
How this was measured
Skiboard measured the 79 pistes OpenStreetMap maps in Aletsch Arena (75.3 km) on swisstopo’s terrain model: the steepest 100 m of each, against every Swiss piste of the same colour.
Measured along the line OpenStreetMap draws, on terrain without snow: snow and grooming soften steps, and a piste can run beside its line. A gradient of 100 % is 45°. Colours as OpenStreetMap maps them, which can differ from the lift company’s piste map: check it before you go.
Piste lines from OpenStreetMap, read 30 Oct 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo. A piste wrong or missing? Fix the map
Mountain restaurants in Aletsch Arena
OpenStreetMap maps 19 places to eat or drink up the mountain in Aletsch Arena, highest first.
- Horli-Hitta Restaurant · about 2'870 m · Map
- Bergrestaurant Bettmerhorn Restaurant · about 2'640 m · Map
- Buvette Moosfluh Bar · about 2'330 m · Map
Show 16 more
- Eggishorn Restaurant · about 2'220 m · Map
- Steffi's Kuhstall Bar · about 2'220 m · Map
- Alpenlodge Kühboden Restaurant · about 2'210 m · Map
- Alpina Restaurant · about 2'210 m · Map
- Bergfreund Restaurant · about 2'210 m · Map
- Bättmer Hitta Restaurant · about 2'160 m · Map
- Restaurant Chüestall Restaurant · about 2'150 m · Map
- Heidis Hütte Restaurant · about 2'120 m · Map
- Tee-Salon Café · about 2'100 m · Map
- Riederfurka Restaurant · Map
- Riederfurka-Snack Bar · Map
- Haus Schönegg Restaurant · Map
- Silbersand Restaurant · about 1'930 m · Map
- Danys Restaurant · about 1'920 m · Map
- zRiederhoru Restaurant · about 1'920 m · Map
- Bergdohle Restaurant · about 1'890 m · Map
Opening times change with the season and the snow: check with the restaurant or the lift company before you go.
From OpenStreetMap, read 25 Oct 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). A place missing or closed? Fix the map
Ski schools at Aletsch Arena
| School | Private lesson | Group lesson at the weekend |
|---|---|---|
| Schweizer Ski- & Snowboardschule Bettmeralp | CHF 160 for two hours | weekdays only |
| Schweizer Skischule Fiesch | CHF 80 per hour | weekdays only |
Every price and time
2 ski schools publish their prices for Aletsch Arena. What each charges for group and private lessons, and when its group lessons run:
- Schweizer Ski- & Snowboardschule Bettmeralp Swiss Ski School
- Group lessons
- children CHF 80 per half-day (3 h), CHF 250 for five half-days; adults CHF 290 for 5 half-days; from age 3
- Private lessons
- CHF 160 for two hours; for one person; at least 2 h; each further person CHF 20
- Times
- children’s group lessons Monday to Friday, 10:00–13:00; group lessons on weekdays only
- Schweizer Skischule Fiesch Swiss Ski School
- Group lessons
- children CHF 85 per half-day (3 h), CHF 250 for five half-days; adults CHF 140 per half-day, adults CHF 370 for 5 half-days; from age 3
- Private lessons
- CHF 80 per hour; for one person; each further person CHF 10
- Times
- children’s group lessons Monday to Friday, 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–16:00; group lessons on weekdays only
Prices as the schools publish them, the low-season price where they vary; a lift ticket and rental are not included. Skiboard sells no lessons and earns nothing from a booking. Group or private lesson, and what ski schools charge across Switzerland
About Aletsch Arena
Ski areas near Aletsch Arena
How popular Aletsch Arena is
In winter 2025/26, Seilbahnen Schweiz counted 941'000 skier days for Aletsch Arena: the 8th most in Switzerland.
How many ski here
In winter 2025/26, Seilbahnen Schweiz counted 941'000 skier days for Aletsch Arena: the 8th most in Switzerland. Seilbahnen Schweiz, season report
What polls say
- Best Ski Resort 2026: 6th of 49 for overall guest satisfaction (8.24 of 10). Mountain Management Consulting asked 41'200 guests in the mountain restaurants and huts of 49 large Alpine areas in winter 2025/26, to score them from 1 to 10.
- Blick Winter Awards 2025/26: 1st in “Best ski area: family”. 64'000 Blick readers voted, among 68 Swiss areas in five categories.
A skier day or first entry is one person on the lifts for one day, whatever the ticket. Skiboard adds no score of its own: the counts are what Seilbahnen Schweiz and the lift companies publish, the placings are polls run by others. Searches and social-media posts follow the news more than skiers, so they are left out.
Aletsch Arena in numbers
81 % second homes
Hotels, homes and lifts in Bettmeralp, Riederalp and Fiesch, where the area’s lifts start: the federal statistics, and what the lift company publishes.
Hotels
The Federal Statistical Office publishes no hotel figures for Bettmeralp, Riederalp and Fiesch: it leaves out communes with few hotels.
Homes
81 % of the 4'655 homes in Bettmeralp, Riederalp and Fiesch are second homes (housing inventory, October 2026). Above 20 %, the Second Homes Act allows no new second homes there, with narrow exceptions.
Upscale homes in Aletsch-Arena are offered at about CHF 11'200 per m² (UBS Swiss Alpine Property Focus 2026): +4.8 % on a year, +3.4 % a year over ten years.
Lifts
In winter 2025/26, Seilbahnen Schweiz counted CHF 30 million of ski-pass revenue (9th) for Aletsch Arena. Seilbahnen Schweiz, season report
Aletsch Bahnen AG, fiscal year 2025/26: CHF 49.3 million revenue, CHF 40.1 million transport revenue, EBITDA CHF 16.2 million and CHF 11.5 million invested. Its shares trade on OTC-X. Annual report 2025/26
16 installations with a federal licence (gondolas, cable cars, chairlifts and funiculars; drag lifts are licensed by the cantons). The newest licence: 2019 (Fiesch - Kühboden); half of them date from 1995 or earlier.
The 16 federally licensed installations
| Installation | Type | Licensed | Length | Rise | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiesch - Kühboden | gondola | 2019 | 2'698 m | 1'144 m | – |
| Mörel - Ried | gondola | 2012 | 1'037 m | 420 m | – |
| Bettmeralp - Schene Bodu - Blausee | chairlift | 2010 | 1'079 m | 274 m | – |
| Riederalp - Hohfluh | chairlift | 2009 | 984 m | 293 m | – |
| Bettmeralp - Wurzenbord | chairlift | 2003 | 1'077 m | 258 m | – |
| Heimatt - Kühboden | chairlift | 2000 | 1'145 m | 453 m | – |
| Bettmeralp - Schönbiel | chairlift | 1998 | 1'670 m | 340 m | – |
| Ried - Riederalp | gondola | 1996 | 2'024 m | 729 m | – |
| Bettmeralp - Bettmergrat | gondola | 1995 | 2'324 m | 661 m | – |
| Kühboden - Flesch | chairlift | 1993 | 1'357 m | 421 m | – |
| Bachtula - Riederfurka | chairlift | 1991 | 703 m | 243 m | – |
| Betten Talstation – Bettmeralp | cable car | 1974 | – | – | – |
| Mörel - Greich - Greicheralp | cable car | 1974 | 2'798 m | – | – |
| Kühboden - Eggishorn | cable car | 1968 | 1'837 m | 654 m | – |
| Betten Tal - Betten Dorf | cable car | 1965 | 826 m | 369 m | – |
| Betten - Bettmeralp | cable car | 1961 | 1'609 m | 728 m | – |
Commune figures count every hotel guest, not only skiers, and holiday flats are not in the hotel statistics. A licence year is when the installation’s current federal licence starts: usually the year it opened, sometimes a renewal.
Sources: Federal Office for Spatial Development, housing inventory · Federal Office of Transport, cable cars with a federal licence · UBS Alpine Property Focus
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Catalog facts from OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Where an SLF station is nearby, the app shows its measured snow, and the day-pass price is read from the operator’s own shop or tariff; for opening status, check the operator.
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