Ritzi at Saas-Balen
Intermediate · 2117 m long with 398 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 24° at its steepest, facing N.
24°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
2117 mlength
398 mvertical
2624 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Ritzi is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Ritzi
Lifts that reach the top: Mittaghorn (skiing easy terrain to get there); Morenia (skiing easy terrain to get there); Egginerjoch (skiing intermediate 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).
From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Spielbodenbahm
- Ride Längfluh
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Längfluh (intermediate)
- Ride Längfluh Sessel
- Ski Längfluh (easy)
- Ski Feechatz (easy)
- Ride Panoramalift
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Feechatz (easy)
- Ski Weisse Meile (intermediate)
- Ski Gletscherband (intermediate)
- Ski Eiskristall (intermediate)
- Ski Ritzi (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Gletschergrotte, Morenia. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Morenia (1 min), Felskinn (5 min), Spielbodenbahm (5 min).
See Ritzi on the 3D mapAll runs at Saas-BalenMeasured 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.