Saas-Almagell, in the Canton of Wallis, is about 45 minutes from Saas Fee along Waldweg Bodmen. During the Spring and the Summer it is is very popular with visitors to the region. (translated from photographers Portuguese description)

Saas-Almagell - Saas Almagell visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Saas-Almagell' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Wallis.

Saas-Almagell is the southernmost village in the Saastal Valley, about 5 km from Saas-Fee in Switzerland. At an altitude of 1672m it is also the highest village in the valley. Marketed as the 'Mountain Pearl' of Saastal, Saas-Almagell has retained it's traditional charm, set with small mountain huts and a few shops. Some of the houses now serve as hotels and there is a youth hostel and various chalets here too capable, in total, of sleeping around 2000 people. South of Saas-Almagell the Monte-Moro Pass crosses over to Macugnaga in Italy, a route used by the Romans.

Saas-Almagell is popular all year round, the attractions being the mountains which provide the setting for various mountain sports and walking in the summer and then skiing in the winter.

Saas-Almagell - Winter & Skiing

Around Saas-Almagell are 14km of ski pistes, some of which have snow-making canons. The area is good for intermediate skiers with:6 Lifts - capacity of 7,190 skiers / snowboarders an hour1 Black Run6 Red Runs1 Blue RunMax Vertical Descent - 728mHighest Lift - 2400mBeyond this, Saas-Almagell is covered by the Saastal Ski Area pass which also covers Saas Grund and Saas Fee. The combined resorts are ranked as being very good for all levels of skiing and snow-boarding, with 56 pistes (7 Black, 29 Red and 20 Blue).

Saas-Almagell - Summer and Walking

In the summer months the mountains around Saas-Almagell are popular for walking, climbing, mountain biking and other mountain sports. Information about the various routes can be obtained from the Saas-Almagell tourist Information office. One of the more famous walking routes is the Mattmark - Monte-Moro pass that links Saas-Almagell with Macugnaga in Italy. This is a difficult trail taking about 3.5 hours to complete. On the way walkers pass by the east face of the Monte-Rosa, the highest wall of ice in the Alps. Shortly past the Italian border is a cable car that descends to Macugnaga.

The first part of the rout leads up to Mattmarksee (Stausee Mattmark), a reservoir lake whose dam was completed in 1969. The lake is 3.2km long and covers 176 ha. Various tracks lead into the hills above it and small waterfalls and streams feed into it.

Further afield are walks starting in Saas-Fee. From here the walk up Mittaghorn (3142m) is popular, with views of Bietschorn (3934m), Egginer (3366m) and Weissmies (4023m) from the top.

Gemeindekanzlei Dorfplatz ,
3905 Saas-Almagell
Phone: +41 (0)27 957 27 26
E-Mail: saas.almagell@bluewin.ch

Bus: Brig to Saas Grund Post and then to Saas Almagell Post.
Flight: Geneva Airport
Road: Saas-Almagell is 235km (3 hours) east of Geneva and 30km south of Visp.