Skiing Crans-Montana from Vienna
Crans-Montana sits 1500–3000 m in Switzerland. Driving is cheaper than flying on this route — roughly 703 km each way, about 11.3 hours door to door.
Worth knowing. Gentle to the point of dull if you can actually ski.
Pre-season — snow reliability. There is no meaningful snow on the models yet, so resorts are ranked on how snow-sure they are: altitude adjusted for latitude, glacier cover and the size of the ski area. Live scoring resumes automatically once the snow arrives. How we rank
A week, all in
€1,489
Per person sharing, including travel
Getting there
Drive
About 11.3 hours door to door
Value rank from Vienna
28 of 94
By snow quality against total cost
Snow Value Index
4.84
Snow score per 100 of trip cost
Is it worth it from Vienna?
A week here works out 21% above the median for the 94 resorts we rank from Vienna, and it comes 28th on value.
At 11.3 hours each way this is a week's holiday rather than a weekend. Budget the travel days.
For what it is worth, Crans-Montana is cheapest to reach from Zurich, at about €1,426 — roughly €63 less than from Vienna.
What the week costs
| 7 nights, mid-range, sharing | €840 |
| 6-day adult lift pass | €390 |
| 6 days ski and boot hire | €180 |
| Fuel and tolls from Vienna, split four ways | €79 |
| Total per person | €1,489 |
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.
Better value from Vienna
More snow for less money, leaving from the same city. We would rather tell you than sell you the page you happen to be on.
Who sells Crans-Montana in Austria
No operator on our list sells Crans-Montana as a package into Austria. That usually means booking accommodation and travel separately — the directory lists who covers what.
Told when Crans-Montana is about to get snow
Snowvantage sends one email a week through the season, plus powder alerts five to seven days out — while there is still something left to book.