4.52.0k reviews
€185
Fronalpstock Hotel | Restaurant
Very good · 2.0k reviews
Why we like it
A long-standing favourite in Stoos, trusted by thousands of guests before you.
≈ 4.5 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€185/ night
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Ski resorts near Zurich Airport
Flying into Zurich Airport? These are the 12 closest ski resorts, ranked by straight-line distance from the terminal. Mountain roads wind, so allow more time by car, but the order still tells you where the snow starts soonest. Each resort has ski-in/ski-out hotels you can compare in one click.
The closest ski resort to the airport is Stoos, about 51 km away in Swiss Alps.
Closest resorts, nearest first
1
51 km from Zurich
Stoos
1300 - 1922 m35 km42% easy pistes
Stoos is a car-free village hung at 1,300 m above the Muotathal, reached by the Stoosbahn, the world's steepest funicular at a 110% gradient, whose barrel-shaped cabins rotate to keep passengers upright. Once you step out at the top, you trade the engineering marvel for one of central Switzerland's most generous lake-and-mountain panoramas: the twin Mythen peaks immediately above, the Vierwaldstättersee opening to the north, and the Bernese Alps as a wall in the distance. The 35 km of pistes spread across a broad sun-facing bowl, and the no-car rule keeps the village quiet enough that you hear the cowbells in summer pastures even in deep winter.
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2
57 km from Zurich
Klewenalp-Stockhütte
1593 - 1900 m40 km45% easy pistes
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.
4.7641 reviews
€185
Restaurant Natur Klewenalp Ausflugs-Ski- Pistenhotel Klewenstock it`s Magic
Excellent · 641 reviews
Why we like it
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Klewenalp-Stockhütte, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
≈ 1.8 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€185/ night
3
61 km from Zurich
Feldberg
1230 - 1493 m30 km42% easy pistes
Feldberg is the highest summit in the Black Forest at 1,493 m and the biggest ski operation in Germany outside the Bavarian Alps. The Liftverbund Feldberg groups eight separate lift companies into one ticket for around 30 km of piste, plus a vast cross-country trail network across the plateau.
4.72.1k reviews
€155
Feldberger Hof
Excellent · 2.1k reviews
Why we like it
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Feldberg, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
≈ 2.9 km to the slopesMid-range
From
€155/ night
4
67 km from Zurich
Wildhaus
1090 - 2262 m60 km50% easy pistes
Wildhaus is the Toggenburg valley village at 1,090 m below the Säntis, with 60 km of piste on the Wildhaus-Gamserrugg sector, one of the great eastern Swiss panoramas across to the Churfirsten, and a long-running family tradition. The reformer Huldrych Zwingli was born here in 1484, the village has not changed character much since.
4.6637 reviews
€195
Stump's Alpenrose
Excellent · 637 reviews
Why we like it
A long-standing favourite in Wildhaus, trusted by thousands of guests before you.
≈ 2.0 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€195/ night
5
72 km from Zurich
Engelberg
1000 - 3028 m82 km31% easy pistes
A monastery town under the glaciated Titlis, Engelberg is one of Europe's great freeride resorts, with a long season and huge vertical. The famous Laub and Galtiberg descents draw powder hunters from around the world.
4.61.3k reviews
€205
Alpenresort Eienwäldli
Excellent · 1.3k reviews
Why we like it
A long-standing favourite in Engelberg, trusted by thousands of guests before you.
≈ 2.1 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€205/ night
6
78 km from Zurich
Pizol
480 - 2226 m47 km38% easy pistes
Pizol rises out of the Heidiland tourism region above Bad Ragaz, a Sankt Gallen ski area where a single gondola from Wangs lifts you from 480 m of vineyards and spa town to 2,226 m of high-Alpine ridge in twenty minutes. The 47 km of pistes spread across the Pizol massif on broad, sun-facing terraces, with views that drop straight onto Liechtenstein, the Rhine valley and the first peaks of the Austrian Vorarlberg. It is the kind of resort that Zurich families have skied on Saturdays for two generations, easy to reach, easy to read, and quietly spectacular.
4.4311 reviews
€165
Hotel Furt
Very good · 311 reviews
Why we like it
Strong value for Pizol, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
≈ 5.0 km to the slopesMid-range
From
€165/ night
7
81 km from Zurich
Sörenberg
1166 - 2350 m53 km40% easy pistes
Sörenberg is the ski resort of the Lucerne canton, tucked at 1,166 m into the UNESCO Entlebuch Biosphere Reserve and capped by the Brienzer Rothorn at 2,350 m, the southernmost peak before the great wall of the Bernese Alps. Its 53 km of pistes spread across a wide north-facing bowl that holds snow longer than most resorts of its altitude, and the historic Rothornbahn cable car remains one of the cult lifts of central Switzerland. Less than ninety minutes from Bern and Lucerne, Sörenberg sells itself on family pricing, panoramic terraces and a quiet biosphere setting that more famous resorts cannot match.
4.5250 reviews
€200
GO-IN Hotel & Restaurant
Very good · 250 reviews
Why we like it
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Sörenberg.
≈ 800 m to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€200/ night
8
85 km from Zurich
Hasliberg
1050 - 2433 m60 km53% easy pistes
A string of sunny Bernese balcony hamlets at 1,050 m above the Aare valley, ski-linked into the Meiringen-Hasliberg domain with the Eiger in the panorama and the Reichenbach Falls below.
4.6854 reviews
€185
Hotel Reuti
Excellent · 854 reviews
Why we like it
A long-standing favourite in Hasliberg, trusted by thousands of guests before you.
≈ 2.7 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€185/ night
9
90 km from Zurich
Sedrun
1400 - 2961 m180 km46% easy pistes
Sedrun is a Romansh-speaking Surselva village at the head of the Vorderrhein, the kind of quiet snow-pocket the Swiss kept to themselves until the lifts went up over the Oberalp pass. The link across to Andermatt and Disentis built the SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis, 180 km of piste on one forfait. From the village square it is a short walk to the gondola and a long, calm day of skiing on the Andermatt side for half the price.
4.7306 reviews
€220
Hôtel Krüzli Sedrun
Excellent · 306 reviews
Why we like it
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Sedrun, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
≈ 1.1 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€220/ night
10
91 km from Zurich
Laax
1100 - 3018 m224 km39% easy pistes
The freestyle capital of Europe, Laax pairs the biggest snowparks on the continent with 224 km of piste and a glacier at 3018 m. Sleek, design-led and snow-sure, it is where Swiss snowboarding grew up.
4.6570 reviews
€195
Riders Hotel
Excellent · 570 reviews
Why we like it
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Laax.
≈ 1.5 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€195/ night
11
92 km from Zurich
Andermatt
1444 - 2961 m180 km30% easy pistes
A sleepy garrison town turned freeride darling, now linked to Sedrun and Disentis for 180 km of terrain. Andermatt catches the most reliable snowfall in central Switzerland, and The Chedi rewrote what luxury means here.
4.62.7k reviews
€205
The Chedi Andermatt
Excellent · 2.7k reviews
Why we like it
Moments from the lifts in Andermatt, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
≈ 50 m to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€205/ night
12
94 km from Zurich
Brigels
1280 - 2418 m60 km44% easy pistes
Brigels sits on a sunny terrace of the Surselva at 1,280 m, with the Glarner Alps filling the horizon across the Vorderrhein. Lifts link it to Waltensburg and Andiast for 60 km of joined piste, and the Rhaetian Railway brings you up the valley from Chur in under an hour. Family-shaped, quiet, and well-priced by Graubünden standards.
4.6747 reviews
€200
Pradas Resort Brigels
Excellent · 747 reviews
Why we like it
A long-standing favourite in Brigels, trusted by thousands of guests before you.
≈ 8.9 km to the slopesUpper-scale
From
€200/ night
Hotels around Stoos
Getting there
Which ski resort is closest to Zurich Airport?+
Stoos, in Swiss Alps, is the nearest at about 51 km in a straight line. By mountain road it is longer, but nothing else is closer.
How are these distances measured?+
As the crow flies, from the airport coordinates to each resort. It is a fair way to rank what is nearest, but real driving distance is longer on winding Alpine roads, so treat it as an order of proximity, not a transfer time.