Crans Montana Reviews & Ratings

I lived in Siere for a while so learnt to ski in Crans Montana at the age of 30. Yes that did hurt and often. But returned there often with my family staying in a variety of accommodations. Aminona still had a lift when I lived there but since it has closed it has made the accommodation in that village very reasonable. I normally rent a car from a Geneva and drive to Aminona apartments - the. We have some freedom to visit local places on non ski days. Like Leukerbad which is a great excursion with the family. On the whole it just feels like a really all rounded ski desitination. And lift queues even at half term are really ok. I did find it busy on Boxing Day once, as I think some drive from Lausanne or Geneva just for the day. But on the whole, due to less overseas visitors Crans Montana never gets super busy. And if you’re careful it isn’t too expensive either.

The ski resort attempted to open quickly after heavy snowfall that closed the resort for a day. Piste marking was good although I would have expected more grooming of the piste areas during non ski hrs for a Swiss resort. Having skied several times in the Wengen area where piste grooming is always done during none hrs of skiing.
Piste range of areas good for intermediates and advanced skiers. Would recommend area for reasonable skiers.

A really friendly resort with a great range of slopes, efficient lifts and a friendly atmosphere. Although on the pricey side, there’s a big selection of restaurants and it is very family friendly. Would absolutely recommend!

Crans Montana was the perfect town to set up base for my first ever ski trip. I went with my partner and loved it for its atmospheric feel high up in the mountains and gorgeous views into the valley. The commute from Geneva airport via train was only 2 hours and the walk from Sierre station to the funicular was only a few minutes. I being a first time skier I found it a bit difficult carrying all my equipment up the stairs to the ski lift. But once on the ski lift I was blown away by the actual ski resorts for the views and visual stimulation of all the skiers from people getting to grips with skiing to pro skiers flying down the mountain at incredible speeds. My Tutor was called Mario and by the end of our session together i felt we had actually built up a genuine connection and made memories together.

Great south-facing resort, high enough to have reliable snow and sunny days. The resort never seems busy and I have never queued to get onto a lift.

Very nice resort, upmarket town seemed family oriented and the pistes were good, wouldn’t ski too late in the year though, received a lot of sun

Crans Montana was my first ski resort and we visited again this year, it’s got a great range of runs for all levels and was the perfect place to learn to ski, with brilliant instructors. It doesn’t have the famous apres ski vibes of other resorts but I like that, it’s a bit quieter and more relaxed, still with brilliant restaurants and bars for evening entertainment.

Fantastic small town with amazing views. High end shops and lots of choice for eating out at various budgets. Supermarkets in town for self catering options were well stocked and very reasonable. Everyone was very friendly. Free bus travel in the town was great.

Beautiful wide pistes with variety. Some lower runs got a little slushy as the day went on but staying high was amazing! Really great apres ski and not too expensive drinks for Switzerland! Lots of fun!

Tried snowboarding there and had a great time. Stayed in a chalet nearby. Lifts were great. Ski school helped progress quickly. Was very hot in afternoons though

Great resort with plenty of options for continuous and varied skiing. Get up to the top of the glacier at Plain Morte for some unreal views and well maintained pistes back down the mountain. Apres at Cry Der and Zero Dix is often good, and there are plenty of places to eat on the slopes. Weve been visiting as a group for years and found it to be a good balance of perhaps less busy slopes and just enough Apres to keep us coming back.

Great family resort, beginner to advanced slopes. Not many places for apres ski. Very civilised. A bit hard to get around in the buses. Also quite expensive

We headed to crans montana just before Christmas and had some incredible conditions. Although there are ample groomed pistes, one of the big draws of crans montana is the access to off piste and tree runs - some great powder fields just off the main pistes.

But there is plenty to do on the groomed runs too. I'd say one thing is that the signposting on the pistes is a bit hit and miss - sometimes there isn't signage or it's not clear, which can be annoying.

When we were there they hadn't finished the snow park but it's supposed to be a good one when it's up and running.

Also the dynamic lift pricing means you can get an absolute steal on the lift pass. We paid something like chf38 a day in mid December 2023.

The town itself is also good fun with a few bars and lots of places to eat and drink. At Christmas the lantern walk is also a really nice thing to do with family.

We loved Crans and would love to come back soon.

An epic Swiss alps resort with some great advanced skiing and off piste stuff with a great glacier.. the town has excellent food and accommodation although the night life scene can be a bit dry! A place for serious skiers I would say..

If you're looking for a ski resort that has a lot of facilities including a huge choice of hotels from 3* to 5* (and some amazing 5* hotels), over 90 restaurants with tons of international stuff, crazy shopping with up scale brands, nice bars - not a crazy apres scene but pretty decent, especially Zero Dix after skiing on a busy Friday or Saturday, great atmosphere in town and lively with a surprising mix of age groups, then Crans-Montana is right up there. Really good piste skiing, mostly south facing which is fine because the altitude is high and early season is great. Not so much off-piste or freeride, but a very very good terrain park, one of the largest in Switzerland. Long runs, especially down from the glacier and some nice rustic mountain restaurants too. very smart, good for short trips too by train from Geneva Airport.
Pros - choice of hotels and very high standard, great food, incredible views from the town and the mountain, local wine, buzzy town, great intermediate ski terrain with a bit of harder stuff too (actually very good for beginners too), huge ski touring park
Cons - lower runs late season can get slushy, can be expensive (although not as much as some of the other Swiss Valais resorts), not much freeride terrain or powder left one or two days after a snowfall

Great ski resort would definitely go back has a wide range of runs for beginners to experts nice wide runs. Has a snow park had some fun there. Queues were small I went at the end of February. Ski instructor were nice and friendly as I got chatting to one. Dj playing at one of the restaurant so good vibes and good beer. Family friendly resort. The small village is nice to plenty bars and restaurants, shops and ski hire places. All round good vibes

The main beauty of Crans Montana is the unrestricted panoramic view of Valais. Theres something for everyone here both in summer and winter.

Amazing resort with beautiful views and spectacular runs. The ski schools on the mountain are top notch and the terrain park is varied and built exceptionally. Many options for renting/buying equipment and eating out.
Some of the best restaurants and bars are zero Dix for après ski and the cry d'er for a bit of lunch on the slopes

I love crans montana in Switzerland. They have very nice snow area to ski or snowboard, great restaurants to eat and nice stores to shop, nice downtown to visit and walk around. This is a very safe place to go on holidays with kids. During the Christmas holidays, some days the ski slopes may be very busy with lots of people and less enjoyable to go skiing... Otherwise when there are less people , this is great and I love skiing there !

Crans is another Swiss mega resort offering superb skiing, glacier access and golf. The terrain park has been the training ground for X games and olympic freestyle elite whilst the many blue and red runs host the mega rich. Backcountry access is good and high altitude gets you access to snow earlier in the season - and late on the glacier. Snow island (the Ballesteros golf course) offers fun runs and activities for kids to get them playing in the snow. The resort faces south and gets a lot of sun (and slushes out easily). Beautiful spot, high prices and holiday crowds.