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Leukerbad Ski Resort
Leukerbad is a popular all year round destination and is among the top 5 tourist destinations in Valais with around 1 million overnight stays per year. The local tourist economy is built around the thriving spa culture and the winter sports with a wide selection of accommodation. This includes over 20 hotels and self-catering apartments rated from 1-5 stars and a reasonable selection of restaurants.
With nearly 4 million litres of hot water (up to 51 degrees Celcius) flowing daily from 65 thermal springs into 30 thermal baths, Leukerbad’s trend setting Alpine wellness themes offer an incredibly wide range of choice with many different treatments for pampering, fitness and health. There’s so much hot water naturally available, it’s even used to heat the steepest road in the village to keep it free of snow!
Leukerbad is surrounded by cliffs, most notably the impressive Daubenhorn (2,942m) and the striking rock faces of the Gemmi (2,322m), which tower above the village (1,411m). The ski area is small yet enjoyable with half a dozen ski lifts serving 50km of marked runs. Most of the skiing is on easy red and black runs including long descents from the highest chairlift (2,610m) all the way down to bottom lift stations at 1,450m.
Leukerbad’s Park Erli on the edge of the town is a superb learning area for children and novices but there are only a couple of blue runs in the main ski area on Torrent which so it’s not ideal for beginners. Best for intermediates and above, Leukerbad is easily reached via either Geneva or Zurich airports and is an interesting ski and spa destination for a weekend or other short break skiing holiday.
Leukerbad at a glance
On The Mountain
Ski Area
Leukerbad’s Torrent ski area fills a south-east facing bowl with 50km of groomed piste skiing and snowboarding from 2,610m down to 1,411m and easily accessible off-piste skiing and riding between the pistes.
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Lift System
Leukerbad main ski area on Torrent is adequately served by 6 ski lifts including a cable car, two gondolas, a chairlift and two T-bars carrying up to 12,000 riders per hour. Additionally, there’s a cable car to Gemmi and 2 drag lifts serving nursery slopes on the edge of town at Park Erli.
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Ski Schools & Guiding
Leukerbad has two ski schools, the Official Swiss Snow Sports School Leukerbad and the innovative Red Carpet ski school which also offers guiding off-piste and ski safaris to other resorts nearby in Valais. Both ski schools operate from offices in the centre of the village.
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Advanced Skiing
Advanced and expert skiers will easily ski Leukerbad’s groomed runs (50km) in just one or two days; but there’s also easy off-piste skiing between the pistes and more challenging off-piste terrain higher up above the main ski area.
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Intermediate Skiing
Leukerbad’s 50km of groomed pistes are predominantly red and black and best for intermediate skiers and boarders. The black runs are not very steep so intermediates can enjoy the whole ski area and learn to ski off-piste on easy terrain between marked runs.
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Beginner Skiing
Leukerbad’s Park Erli is a splendid learning area for novices and young children. It’s conveniently situated about 400m from the centre of the town and next to the Sportsarena with magnificent views of the Dauberhorn cliffs that tower 1,500m above the town.
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Boarding & Freestyle
Although small in extent, Leukerbad ski area is fun for boarders. Groomed pistes are mostly red and black runs on undulating terrain which is fun to ride. The shape of the slopes makes it easy to ride high up the sides of the pistes and to find jumps.
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Mountain restaurants
Leukerbad has five mountain restaurants in the main ski area on Torrent, most of them next to main ski lift stations. There are two more restaurants in the cross-country skiing and winter walking area at Gemmi and the remote Swiss Alpine Club Lämmerenhűtte mountain refuge which is a 1½ hour hike from Gemmi.
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Ski Map
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Off The Mountain
Village
Leukerbad is a small Swiss mountain resort with 1,500 inhabitants and over 8,000 guest beds. Visitors to Leukerbad come all year round to relax in the impressive thermal baths and increasingly in winter to enjoy the combination of spa and wellness with 50km of alpine skiing and over 40km of winter walking trails.
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Accommodation
Leukerbad has accommodation to suit all budgets with over 1,300 beds in 24 hotels from 1-star to 5-star and around 7,000 beds in private guesthouses and self-catering apartments.
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Restaurants & Bars
Leukerbad has a number of good restaurants offering regional specialties and international dishes. Around fifty restaurants and bars are listed in official tourist information, thirty or more of which are in hotels, thermal baths or on the mountain so the actual number of independent restaurants, bars and cafés visible in town is less.
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Other Information
Leukerbad has plenty of activities for non-skiers. There are 40km of winter walking trails, tobogganing and, most importantly of all, as many as 30 thermal baths (public and private) open day and night. Besides the alpine skiing and snowboarding on Torrent there’s 30km of cross-country skiing around lake "Daubensee" on Gemmi.
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Getting There
Getting to Leukerbad from either Geneva or Zurich airports usually takes between 3 hours and 3 hours 20 minutes by public transport. There are frequent fast trains running between the airports and nearest railway station at Leuk and a reliable bus service between Leuk and Leukerbad.
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