Snow Trift at Saas-Grund
Intermediate · 1570 m long with 334 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 22° at its steepest, facing SW.
22°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1570 mlength
334 mvertical
2416 mtop elevation
SWfaces
Snow and sun
Trift is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.
How to get to Trift
Lifts that reach the top: Gondelbahn Saas-Grund - Kreuzboden (skiing novice terrain to get there); Snowland (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sandiger Boden (skiing easy terrain to get there); Kreuzboden (skiing easy terrain to get there); Gondelbahn Kreuzboden - Hohsaas (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Gondelbahn Saas-Grund - Kreuzboden
- Ski Trift (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Schlittelweg Kreuzboden–Saas-Grund, Trift. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ziebel (10 min), Gondelbahn Saas-Grund - Kreuzboden (10 min).
See Trift on the 3D mapAll runs at Saas-GrundMeasured 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.