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skinn (3000m) then the Mittelallin funicular to the top; a Saas Fee-Allalin return costs
Sfr106.
Activities
Saas Fee's slopes are snow-sure, with most skiing taking place above 2500m and the gla-
cier acting like a deep freeze. The 145km of groomed, scenic pistes are more suited to be-
ginners and intermediates. The resort is a snowboarding mecca and regularly hosts world
championships. Boarders gravitate towards the kickers, half-pipe and chill-out zone at the
glacial
freestyle park
on Allalin in summer and lower down the slopes at Morenia
(2550m) in winter. A one-day ski-lift pass costs Sfr68 and a six-day ski-lift pass costs
Sfr346; kids aged under nine ride for free.
Sleeping
In season (December to April, July and August) hotels only offer half-board. Most close
completely in May and November. Hotel guests get a free Visitor's Card which yields a
bonanza of savings, including on car parking fees, cable cars and so on.
VERNISSAGE BERGHAUS
PLATTJEN $$
( 027 957 12 05;
www.vernissage-berghaus.ch
;
Plattjen; dm/tr incl half-board Sfr100/360)
'Where
dreams have no end' is the apt strapline of this stylish, design-driven address half-way up
the mountain at 2418m, near the Plattjen cable-car station (2567m). Sheepskins dress
lounge chairs on the terrace and rooms fuse cosy alpine with clean-cut contemporary. Its
terrace restaurant is one of the top addresses to lunch on the slopes.
| Mountain Hotel
HOTEL WALDESRUH $$
( 027 958 64 64;
www.hotelwaldesruh.ch
;
Gletscherstrasse 14; s/d incl half-board Sfr169/338)
This
three-star chalet is an ecstatic I'll-be-first-in-the-queue hop from the ski lifts. The family
that runs it is affable and old-style hotel rooms are comfy with balconies overlooking the
glacial slopes.
| Chalet
Eating
ZUR MÜHLE $$
| Swiss
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