Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun
Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun is a ski destination in Graubünden with 163 km of mapped pistes and 46 lifts, between 1'352 m and 2'868 m. Mostly blue and red, 27 km black, 9 km ski routes. Nearby: Ischgl, Samnaun, Samnaun-Compatsch.
Rank Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun against every ski area near Chur for this weekend
This weekend
Measured snow, weekend forecast and day pass
Snow at the nearest SLF station
Snow depth 3 cm, no new snow in 24 hours, at SLF station Ravaischer Salaas (2'512 m), 2.2 km from the ski area. Measured on .
Source: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, IMIS station SMN2. This is the nearest comparable station, not the ski area's own pistes. Fetched .
Weekend forecast
- : Clear, 1°C, wind 5 km/h
- : Partly cloudy, 1°C, wind 5 km/h
Source: MeteoSwiss, local forecast for Samnaun Dorf (1'832 m, 4.3 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 82 for . The operator’s published tariff for the season. The coming weekend has no price yet, so this is the day pass for a Saturday in January.
Source: bergbahnen-samnaun.ch, “Silvretta Skipass (ohne Gästekarte), 1 Tag, Erwachsene”, read .
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
Parking at Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun
Main car park: Parkplatz Talstation Samnaun · free with a lift ticket · samnaun.ch, read 30 Oct 2026
6 car parks by the lifts
OpenStreetMap maps these 6 car parks by the lifts of Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun, the biggest first.
- Car park by the Twinliner · by a piste · Map
- Car park by the Luftseilbahn Samnaun · piste 40 m away · Map
- Car park 320 m from the Musellalift · piste 120 m away · Map
- Car park 280 m from the Musellalift · piste 90 m away · Map
- Car park 210 m from the Musellalift · piste 40 m away · Map
- Car park 250 m from the Musellalift · piste 50 m away · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chur | 1h 12 | 3h 07Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 2 changes |
| St. Gallen | 1h 38 | 4h 13Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Winterthur | 2h 27 | 4h 30Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Zug | 2h 31 | 4h 37Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Zürich | 2h 35 | 4h 00Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 2 changes |
| Zurich Airport | 2h 36 | 4h 23Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Lucerne | 2h 46 | 5h 03Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Basel | 3h 32 | 5h 05Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Bern | 3h 34 | 5h 07Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 2 changes |
| Lausanne | 4h 38 | 6h 21Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Geneva | 5h 20 | 7h 03Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 3 changes |
| Geneva Airport | 5h 22 | 7h 13Samnaun-Ravaisch, Bergbahnen · 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 Ischgl Booking.com · Saturday to Sunday, 7 Nov – 8 Nov · 2 adults
The mountain
Facts
- Mapped pistes
- 163 km
- Blue pistes
- 43 km
- Red pistes
- 83 km
- Black pistes
- 27 km
- Ski routes
- 9 km
- Lifts
- 46
- Top station
- 2'868 m
- Base
- 1'352 m
- Vertical
- 1'516 m
- Longest mapped run
- 8.6 km, from 2'847 m down to 1'358 m
- Mountain restaurants
- 16
- Canton
- Graubünden
Piste map
How steep the pistes in Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun are
Blue, red and black: typical.
| Colour | Pistes | Steepest 100 m, typically | All of Switzerland | Here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 16 · 21.0 km | 30 % | 28 % | typical |
| Red | 19 · 21.1 km | 35 % | 38 % | typical |
| Black | 4 · 4.7 km | 51 % | 51 % | typical |
The steepest 100 m: 58 % on 21 (black).
Flat stretches 2
Long descents without flat stretches 3
How this was measured
Skiboard measured the 39 pistes OpenStreetMap maps in Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun (46.9 km) on swisstopo’s terrain model: the steepest 100 m of each, against every Swiss piste of the same colour. Only the Swiss side: swisstopo’s model stops at the border.
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 Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun
OpenStreetMap maps 16 places to eat or drink up the mountain in Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun, highest first.
- Pardorama Restaurant · about 2'620 m · Map
- Sattel Restaurant · about 2'480 m · Map
- Schwarzwand Restaurant · about 2'470 m · Map
Show 13 more
- Salaas Restaurant · about 2'460 m · Map
- Alp Bella Restaurant · about 2'380 m · Map
- Idalp-Panorama Restaurant · about 2'310 m · Map
- Alpenhaus Restaurant · about 2'300 m · Map
- Vider Alp Restaurant · about 2'300 m · Map
- Alp Trida Restaurant · about 2'270 m · Map
- Skihaus Alp Trida Restaurant · about 2'260 m · Map
- Höllboden Restaurant · about 2'140 m · Map
- Bergrestaurant Gampenalpe Restaurant · Map
- Paznauner Thaya Restaurant · about 1'980 m · Map
- Ischgl Slope Food Restaurant · about 1'920 m · Map
- Berghotel Bodenalpe Restaurant · about 1'830 m · Map
- Bodenalp-Kiosk Snack bar · about 1'830 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 Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun
| School | Private lesson | Group lesson at the weekend |
|---|---|---|
| Schweizer Skischule Samnaun | CHF 250 for three hours | not stated |
| Schweizer Schneesportschule Samnaun | CHF 265 for three hours | from Sunday, not on Saturday |
Every price and time
2 ski schools publish their prices for Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun. What each charges for group and private lessons, and when its group lessons run:
- Schweizer Skischule Samnaun Swiss Ski School
- Group lessons
- children CHF 55 per half-day (2 h), children CHF 80 per day, CHF 275 for five half-days, CHF 275 for five days; from age 3; lunch supervision CHF 18 a day
- Private lessons
- CHF 100 per hour, CHF 190 for two hours, CHF 250 for three hours
- Times
- children’s group lessons 09:30–11:30 and 13:00–15:00
- Schweizer Schneesportschule Samnaun independent school
- Group lessons
- CHF 235 for five half-days, CHF 275 for five days; from age 3; groups of up to 9; lunch supervision CHF 18 a day
- Private lessons
- CHF 110 per hour, CHF 195 for two hours, CHF 265 for three hours, CHF 450 for a day (6 h); for up to 3 people
- Times
- children’s group lessons 10:00–12:00 and 13:00–15:00; weeks start on Sunday, no Saturday lessons
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 Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun
Ski areas near Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun
How popular Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun is
Best Ski Resort 2026: 1st of 49 for après-ski (7 times in a row)
What polls say
- Best Ski Resort 2026: 1st of 49 for après-ski (7 times in a row). 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.
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.
Silvretta Arena Ischgl/Samnaun in numbers
114'876 winter hotel nights · 57 % second homes
Hotels, homes and lifts in Samnaun, where the area’s lifts start: the federal statistics, and what the lift company publishes.
Hotels
In winter 2025/26 (November to April) the hotels of Samnaun sold 114'876 overnight stays, -3.9 % on 2024/25. 64 % of their rooms were occupied, with up to 1'338 beds in 31 open hotels. In summer 2025 (May to October) they sold 37'074; over winter 2024/25 and that summer, 76 % of the nights were in winter.
Guests in winter 2025/26: 55 % of the nights were Swiss residents’, then Germany 29 %, Czechia 2 %, Netherlands 2 % and Belgium 2 %.
Winter hotel nights, season by season
| Winter | Overnight stays | Rooms occupied | Beds at peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 114'876 | 64 % | 1'338 |
| 2024/25 | 119'572 | 66 % | 1'292 |
| 2023/24 | 118'732 | 63 % | 1'304 |
| 2022/23 | 116'553 | 65 % | 1'322 |
| 2021/22 | 122'200 | 69 % | 1'322 |
| 2020/21 | 86'839 | 52 % | 1'316 |
| 2019/20 | 93'308 | 65 % | 1'295 |
| 2018/19 | 122'520 | 68 % | 1'293 |
| 2017/18 | 127'358 | 69 % | 1'299 |
| 2016/17 | 121'602 | 65 % | 1'334 |
Homes
57 % of the 1'106 homes in Samnaun are second homes (housing inventory, October 2026). Above 20 %, the Second Homes Act allows no new second homes there, with narrow exceptions.
Lifts
In winter 2025/26, Seilbahnen Schweiz counted CHF 13 million of ski-pass revenue (20th) for Samnaun. Seilbahnen Schweiz, season report
10 installations with a federal licence (gondolas, cable cars, chairlifts and funiculars; drag lifts are licensed by the cantons). The newest licence: 2019 (Alp Trida - Visnitzkopf); half of them date from 1998 or earlier.
The 10 federally licensed installations
| Installation | Type | Licensed | Length | Rise | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alp Trida - Visnitzkopf | chairlift | 2019 | 1'208 m | 372 m | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Planer Salaas - Viderjoch | chairlift | 2015 | 1'321 m | 294 m | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Alp Bella - Muller | chairlift | 2010 | 792 m | 202 m | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Alp Trida - Blais Gronda | chairlift | 2003 | 1'571 m | 342 m | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Alp Trida - Alptrider Sattel | chairlift | 2000 | 1'051 m | 228 m | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Planer Salaas - Greitspitz | chairlift | 1998 | 1'437 m | 414 m | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Alp Bella - Grivalea | chairlift | 1996 | 1'553 m | – | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Ravaisch - Alptrider Sattel II | cable car | 1995 | – | – | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Alp Trida - Flimsattel | chairlift | 1994 | 2'726 m | – | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
| Ravaisch - Alptrider Sattel I | cable car | 1976 | – | – | Bergbahnen Samnaun AG |
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 Statistical Office, hotel statistics (HESTA) · Federal Office for Spatial Development, housing inventory · Federal Office of Transport, cable cars with a federal licence
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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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