ARÊTE
Four catered chalets below the Matterhorn. A chef, a ski host and the north wall of the mountain in every bedroom.
Chalet Arête · 1,720 m · six suites
Come down
to the fire.
(01) — From the door to the glacier
The village: no cars, horse-drawn sleighs, the church at midnight.
Larch and stone pine, a sled run through the trees.
The first piste of the day, groomed in the night.
Twenty-nine four-thousanders in one circle.
Skiing in July on the Theodul glacier.
The highest lift in Europe. Italy is downhill from here.
(02) — Four chalets
Larch outside.
Fire inside.
(03) — After the last run
Light the room
with your hand.
Move across the dark. Six o’clock, minus twelve outside, the fire just lit.
RedRiffelalp1,100m verticalThe classic, under the Matterhorn, from the train to the door of Hörnli.
BlackHohtälli1,240m verticalMoguls in the morning shade. Ski it before 10.
HeliMonte Rosa2,100m verticalDropped at 4,200 m, skiing into the Monte Rosa glacier.
Off-pisteStockhorn1,420m verticalSteep powder with a mountain guide, opened after storms.
BlueCervinia2,280m verticalSki to Italy for lunch, and back by four.
RedSchwarzsee880m verticalLunch at the lake hut, then the long run home.
RacletteValais cheese melted by the fire, potatoes from the Saas valley.
Fondue moitié-moitiéGruyère and vacherin, kirsch, a stone pot.
VenisonFrom the Mattertal, with juniper and red cabbage.
Champagne in the snowKrug, cooled in a drift on the terrace.
(06) — Spa
38 °C water.
−12 °C air.
Hot tubs on every terrace, a pool under the beams and a sauna that looks at the mountain.
The spa →(07) — A week in the mountains
Pick a chalet,
pick a week.
- Chalet manager & private chef
- Breakfast, afternoon tea, dinner
- Ski host & boot warmers
- Transfers from Täsch
(09) — Winter 2026/27
Eleven weeks
still open.
Christmas is gone. February is not — yet.