SnowSkool @ Saas Fee – Best Bits

The view of no less than 13 peaks over 4000 metres! The fresh air from living in a car-free village. Knowing your season will run from October 'til mid-May.  Live music at the Dom Bar. The world's highest altitude revolving restaurant at Mittelallalin. Snow-sure skiing on the Saas Fee glacier. The fabulous 'Ice Pavilion' inside the glacier. Watching the pros training "off-season". Living in the Pearl of the Alps. The Stomping Grounds snowpark. Looking into the eyes of your customers on day one “in the office”! The Leisure Centre with swimming pool, sauna, steam room, indoor tennis and badminton courts, outdoor natural ice staking rink and curling rinks

Saas Fee Course Dates

Ski

Ski Instructor Internship: Internship
    • Duration
      21 weeks
    • Start Date
      02/11/2025
    • End Date
      29/03/2026
    • Flights included
      No
  • Price
    £6450 £5950
  • Deposit
    £450
Course Details

Saas Fee: Stats

Primary

  • Average annual snowfall
    22ftft
  • Skiable terrain (Acres)
    2500 acres
  • Total Runs
    125kmkm
  • Vertical drop
    6000ftft
  • Number of parks
    4

Live weather

  • Today's weather
  • Max temp
    0C 32F
    Min temp
    0C 32F
  • Snow conditions
    Snow is perfect
  • 24hr
    0cm
    5 day
    0cm
5 day forecast

Secondary

  • Skier Summit
    3100mm
  • Longest run
    8kmkm

Terrain breakdown

Easy
50%
Medium
36%
Hard
14%

Location

Saas Fee
Swizerland
Min Average winter temp
-2C 28.4F
Max Average winter temp
2C 35.6F

Slopes

I could tell you about the fact that Saas Fee boasts a vertical drop of more than one mile with  skiing from the top of the summit sector to the village at the bottom (non-stop for those with a little steel in their thighs!) and I could describe in detail the best runs in the five different sectors that the ski area is split into but to be honest, this would all be a little disingenuous. For the duration of the SnowSkool course (October and November) you will be confined to the glacier ski area which, although one of the largest of its kind in Europe, can only boast 20km of piste.

It may be small (compared to the full ski area in the middle of winter) but it has more than enough scale and diversity to accommodate a Level 1 & Level 2 instructor training course, as evidenced by the fact that many international ski teams in both race and freestyle select Saas Fee as the destination for their training ahead of the winter season of competition.

And, let's not forget that the Saas Fee bit is the training and your real season begins when you get out to Grimentz, Nendaz, Crans Montana, Chatel or Champery!   

Activities

Activities 

  • Indoor/ outdoor ice rinks
  • Ice skating/ hockey/ curling
  • Tobogganing
  • Sledging
  • Snowshoeing
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Indoor tennis/ badminton
  • Ten-pin bowling
  • Indoor pool/ fitness centre
  • Husky-sled ride
  • Snowmobile tour
  • Hot-air ballooning
  • Heli-skiing
  • Paragliding

Nightlife

Saas Fee has a buzzing apres scene with some stand-out venues such as the fabulous 'Ice Pavilion' inside the glacier at Mittelallalin, the cluster of sun terraces and umbrella bars on the snow-front, live music at the Dom Bar and wanky places such as Poison, High-Life and Metro but ... again ... most of these places will be closed in the Autumn. There will be plenty of places open for dinner and drinks but you will not get the same wide range of eateries and watering holes in October and November as you will in January and February.

But of course, when you move on and start earning as an instructor, you can check out Monk'is Bar in Crans Montana or la Godille in Chatel or Œnothèque in Grimentz! 

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