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Eiskristall at Saas-Balen

Intermediate · 1051 m long with 219 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 22° at its steepest, facing N.

22°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1051 mlength
219 mvertical
2843 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Eiskristall is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Eiskristall

Lifts that reach the top: Morenia (skiing novice terrain to get there); Panoramalift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 5 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Metro Alpin, Métro alpin (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Spielbodenbahm
  2. Ride Längfluh
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  5. Ski Längfluh (intermediate)
  6. Ride Längfluh Sessel
  7. Ski Längfluh (easy)
  8. Ski Feechatz (easy)
  9. Ride Panoramalift
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ski Feechatz (easy)
  12. Ski Weisse Meile (intermediate)
  13. Ski Gletscherband (intermediate)
  14. Ski Eiskristall (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Felskinn, Ritzi, Morenia. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Morenia (2 min), Felskinn (8 min), Spielbodenbahm (8 min).

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Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.