Saas-Grund suits families and walkers who want a Saas valley base with its own gondolas up to Kreuzboden and Hohsaas. Homes are mostly apartments and chalets sleeping around five, and many have a garden. The trade-off is that Saas-Fee, with the bigger ski terrain and the car-free centre, is in the neighbouring village.
Saas-Grund is a village of just under a thousand people at 1,559 metres in the Saas valley. A gondola climbs in two sections to Kreuzboden at 2,400 metres and on to Hohsaas at 3,200, with the Weissmies and Lagginhorn close in view. Kreuzboden has a trout lake, a small zoo with pot-bellied pigs and dwarf goats, a bike skills park and monster scooters for the ride back down. Our homes are spread over a couple of kilometres, mostly apartments and chalets with two bedrooms, and none have private pools. Mountain restaurants at Kreuzboden and Hohsaas, and the Weissmieshütte hut, handle the daytime.
The neighbouring car-free village at 1,800 metres, close to the glaciers of the Dom and the Allalinhorn, where cars park outside and the ski area reaches 3,600 metres.
An SAC mountain hut with 138 sleeping places, listed with the dining and overnight options at Kreuzboden and Hohsaas.
A village reached on one of the paths that lead on from the Kreuzboden and Hohsaas area; Gspon is another.
Where you change from the train to the PostBus for the ride up the valley to Saas-Grund.
Sion is the nearest airport, about 29 miles and an hour and a half by public transport. Geneva takes around three and a half hours. Take a train to Visp, then the PostBus up the valley. The SaastalCard gives free Saas Valley buses from the first night.
Winter skiing here is the Hohsaas Ski Run and Hohsi Snowland, and the wider Saas-Fee area reaches 3,600 metres and offers winter sport all year round. Summer is hiking to Almagelleralp, Gspon and Visperterminen, the Jägihorn via ferrata and the bike skills park at Kreuzboden. The Saas-Fee Christmas market is listed for 4 to 5 December 2026.
Saas-Grund has its own Kreuzboden and Hohsaas gondolas, while Saas-Fee is car-free, higher at 1,800 metres, and has the bigger ski area to 3,600 metres. Postal buses connect the two, so you can ski both.
Kreuzboden has a water-games park, a trout lake, a small zoo with pot-bellied pigs and dwarf goats, go-karts and a bike skills park. Monster scooters run downhill to Saas-Grund, so the ride back is part of the fun.
Yes, on the Hohsaas Ski Run and Hohsi Snowland, reached by the Kreuzboden and Hohsaas gondolas. Saas-Grund's ski area is small and independent, linked to the rest of the Saastal by postal bus rather than lifts.
Yes. Paths lead from the Hohsaas area to Almagelleralp, Gspon and Visperterminen, and a theme trail names 18 four-thousanders. There is also the Jägihorn via ferrata and a flower promenade, and the SaastalCard covers valley buses from the first night.
Take the train to Visp and then the PostBus up the valley to Saas-Grund. Sion is the nearest airport at roughly an hour and a half by public transport, and the SaastalCard covers the local buses once you are here.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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