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SkiStar at Saas-Balen

Intermediate · 719 m long with 171 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
719 mlength
171 mvertical
3314 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to SkiStar

Lifts that reach the top: Mittelallalin 4 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 5 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Metro Alpin, Métro alpin (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 21 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Felskinn
  2. Ski unnamed connector
  3. Ride Metro Alpin, Métro alpin
  4. Ski unnamed connector
  5. Ski unnamed trail
  6. Ski Metro (intermediate)
  7. Ski Gletscherpromenade (intermediate)
  8. Ski SkiStar (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Feechatz, unnamed easy trail, Allalin (Sommer), Derbyschuss, Metro. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mittelallalin 5 (1 min), Mittelallalin 4 (1 min), Panoramalift (6 min).

See SkiStar on the 3D mapAll runs at Saas-Balen
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.