Klewenalp-Stockhütte is the Lake Lucerne ski area in the purest sense: you leave Beckenried on the lakeshore, take the cable car up, and ski 40 km of piste between 1,593 m and 1,900 m with the Rigi, Pilatus and Stanserhorn lined up in front of you. An hour from Zurich and as family-friendly as Swiss skiing gets.
Klewenalp-Stockhütte is a ski resort in Switzerland, in the Swiss Alps. The village sits at 1593 m and the lifts top out at 1900 m, with 40 km of pistes and 12 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 72/100, and the season usually runs Dec 14 → Apr 7.
Run counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
Where to stay
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Klewenalp-Stockhütte, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.7/5 from 641 reviews). It sits about 1.8 km from the slopes. A upper-scale option for Klewenalp-Stockhütte, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
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Ski-in/ski-out
Almost no traditional ski-in ski-out lodging here, because there is no proper village on the mountain: a handful of mountain inns sit on Klewenalp itself, but most beds are down at Beckenried on the lake. The cable car closes in the evening, so plan around it.
Get to know the resort
There is no road up to Klewenalp. You park at Beckenried on Lake Lucerne, you queue at the cable-car station with skis on your shoulder, and four minutes later you are at 1,593 m on a long open shelf above the water. The journey is half the appeal: the gondola lifts you out of the lake fog into clean light, and then for the rest of the day you are skiing with the Rigi to the east, Pilatus to the north and Stanserhorn closing the middle distance: one of the great Swiss panoramas, and one you only really get from skis.
The domain spreads over two linked sectors, Klewenalp and Stockhütte, with 40 km of piste in total. The verticals are modest, peaking at 1,900 m, and the gradient is genuinely friendly: 15 km of blue, 15 km of red, three short blacks for variety. This is intentional. Klewenalp-Stockhütte makes its living as a family mountain and a Zurich day-trip mountain, and it is built for that audience: gentle wide runs, a long beginner zone above the top cable-car station, attentive ski schools, sunny restaurant terraces angled at the water. The snow record is solid for the altitude, helped by the lake-effect cold and a good cover of snowmaking on the main return runs.
What keeps people coming back is the same thing that brought them the first time: that view. You ride the lifts and have the Mythen, the Rigi, Pilatus and the Stanserhorn arranged around you, the lake silver below, the Bernese giants white in the distance on a clear day. After lunch on a south-facing terrace at 1,800 m, with Lake Lucerne directly underneath, the rest of Switzerland feels a long way off.
Good to know
The terrain is well balanced: 0 green, 15 blue, 15 red and 3 black runs, which suits a mixed group skiing together at different levels.
From 1593 m at the base to 1900 m up top, the resort leans on grooming and snowmaking in lean spells (score 72/100).
It is a compact resort, 40 km of piste on 12 lifts, best as a day trip or a relaxed short break rather than a week-long base.
The lifts typically turn for about 16 weeks a season, planning around late January to late February tends to land the most reliable cover.
Hotels in Klewenalp-Stockhütte
Hotels and apartments around the lifts. Compare prices on Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Klewenalp-Stockhütte offers 40 km of pistes across 12 lifts, from 1593 m to 1900 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
When is the best time to ski Klewenalp-Stockhütte?+
The season runs from Dec 14 to Apr 7, with a snow score of 72/100. The best conditions are usually from late January through February, while spring skiing in March and April brings longer days and softer afternoons.
Where should I stay for true ski-in/ski-out?+
Almost no traditional ski-in ski-out lodging here, because there is no proper village on the mountain: a handful of mountain inns sit on Klewenalp itself, but most beds are down at Beckenried on the lake. The cable car closes in the evening, so plan around it.
How big is the Klewenalp-Stockhütte ski area?+
Klewenalp-Stockhütte has 40 km of marked pistes served by 12 lifts, between 1593 m and 1900 m of altitude.
Is Klewenalp-Stockhütte more for beginners or experts?+
Klewenalp-Stockhütte counts about 33 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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