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Summer in Saas Fee

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specificpig
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How much is a summer season pass in Saas Fee

Is the park good there during the summer months?

I am thinking of going from late june/early july through to the beginning/middle of august. is this a good time?

Can you reccomend any good hostels/ cheap places to live?



What other stuff is there to do there besides skiing? ie- much climbing/kayaking

Any ideas whether the glacier is suitable for kiteskiing?

cheers

jack
May 26 2008 1:08PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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http://www.saas-fee.ch/en/page.cfm/SummerSF
May 26 2008 1:11PM
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Twig
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well a winter season pass is 850 swiss francs which i believe is about $700, i'm guessing a summer pass would be similar to that.. as for other activities, there is some climbing, a small skate park, soccer pitches, basketball and im sure other stuff i'm forgetting.. as for kite skiing.. i've never seen it but i don't know for sure.. and the cheapest place to stay would be down in the valley in saas grund but that means a bus to the bottom of the lifts every day.. hope that helps.. oh and the park is pretty sick in summer.. at least by european standards..
May 26 2008 1:29PM
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Fulton333
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going to saas from 9th of July to 12th of august and accommodation+lift pass is £699, not sure what that is in dollars or euros. you can book through British Freeski camps, just get accommodation and pass without coaching for 4 weeks. http://www.britishfreeskicamps.com/british-freeski-camps/courses/prices.htm
May 26 2008 2:46PM
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dom_uk
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Yup im comin out with rossirider, there should be a big crew of us should be sick. if anyone from switzerland happens to come on this, any info of how the parks coming along this year would be awesome, the site doesn't appear to have anything of the planned summer set up etc., its been snowing constantly though, even now a month after the winter season ended etc. , so it should be good this year!
May 26 2008 10:37PM
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michael_bc
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The summer pass is about $900.

The glacier only opens early-mid july so don't bother going there earlier. Zermatt opens earlier but the park crew doesn't arrive before july either.

The park is pretty good, especially the kickers. The boxes/rails are sketchy sometimes. The pipe sucked last summer.

I've never seen anyone kite-skiing in Saas-Fee. I've only seen people do it in Les Diablerets.

Besides skiing there is golf, climbing, etc.. there's no kayaking the rivers up there are too gnarly.

Saas-Fee is pretty expensive to stay. I don't know any cheap hostels there, but I know a bunch in Zermatt. Also if you want more extra activities you should consider Zermatt.

The amounts of snow up there right now are ridiculous.
May 27 2008 6:08AM
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dom_uk
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Alright mate, do you know if its particularly cheap to go for one day to zermatt etc.or whether theres any promotions between the saas fee and zermatt lift passes. Im based in Saas Fee for the month but with Zermatt just up the road wouldn't mind giving it a go a few days!Thanks for any info!
May 27 2008 6:43AM
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michael_bc
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no, sadly.. Basically your Saas-Fee pass is worthless in Zermatt and vice versa :(

Getting from Saas-Fee to Zermatt is pretty easy by car, you drive 40 minutes to Tasch, then take the train for 5 minutes to Zermatt, and take a little electro bus across the village to the gondola station. If you don't have a car it's better to go in the evening and stay at the matterhorn hostel or something, because the bus/train connection sucks.
May 27 2008 9:40AM
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A_Longley
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the hotel dom in saas fee has recently added 2 hostel style rooms, which are designed to reduce the cost of staying there etc.. the advantage of the hotel dom is that it is directly above the dopest bar in the world POPCORN
May 27 2008 1:59PM
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Pernille
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hey..

just rippin up an "old" thread..

i was just wondering if more people are going to saas fee this summer?  i'll be there from july 11.th to august 3.th..

Jun 19 2008 6:27AM
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dom_uk
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Hey, yeah the british freeski camps are on at the same time! i think im coming out the day after you are and were leaving on the 9th of august, can't wait. Been keeping an eye on snow forecast and it says itse been snowing every week almost, hopefully its not over exagerating! you been before? its an awesome place
Jun 19 2008 7:57AM
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jack.whelan
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i'll be out at the start of july for a few days then will be back on the 20th or so after being in 2 alpes. i'll see y'all there!
Jun 19 2008 8:13AM
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dom_uk
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You been before? ye im sure we'l  all meet in alpine/popcorn at some point haha
Jun 19 2008 8:15AM
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jack.whelan
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not to saas, but i done 2 alpes before. goin cos my NZ plans were scuppered. gonna be nice to be closer to home tho. i'm mateswith oli corkhill (celebrity, or self-appointed celeb?!) who runs a lot of stuff in popcorn, so i'm sure i'll be there. carvin it up with henrik and mik.d. balla! better dust off my grill!
Jun 19 2008 8:26AM
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dom_uk
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Yup i snapped my acl 2nd day in last year so i pretty much ended up in popcorn with Oli every night haha is he out again this year? class he was a really sound guy, dont know if il still be there when henrik n mik arrive this year, i think demonium starts when our camps finish unless theyre coming out early
Jun 19 2008 9:46AM
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Pernille
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i'm gonna be there for a danish ski/snowboard camp.. guess there's gonna be a lot of different camps there at the same time..
i've never been there before,  so don't really know much about it.. haha. just stoked that i'll be able to ski this summer..
Jun 19 2008 12:21PM
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jack.whelan
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danish? female? ski/snowboard? giggidy!

oh, and to dom, oli will be comin out. doin his race trainin etc. much ridicule shall be had by all!
Jun 19 2008 1:14PM
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dom_uk
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haha the giggidy cracked me up

ye mate i shall catch you out there, if you meet anyone called dom make sure to trigger my memory! take it easy
Jun 19 2008 4:49PM
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dom_uk
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Danes! awesome haha

ye saas is a sick place, it has got pretty much everything, good biking/football/basketball/swimming/ night life/nice town etc. etc. off the mountain, and on the mountain it has a sick park. Was friends with quite a lot of some american race team last year, they seemed to like the race set up aswell. see you out there! drop us a line if you want any info or anythin
Jun 19 2008 4:56PM
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jack.whelan
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cheesy cunt...
Jun 19 2008 7:06PM
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grifter
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how much would it cost for a week in July ?

(I'm British and Broke)
Jun 19 2008 7:24PM
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dom_uk
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Jun 20 2008 6:56AM
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Shorton
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check out the british free ski summer camps, loads of british pros go over to coach, its led my pat sharples and i've heard its pretty fun.

http://www.britishfreeskicamps.com/british-freeski-camps/courses/prices.htm 

its about 499 for a week including lift pass and hotel and coaching, but you've got to find your own way over there, which is a problem because most of the budget airlines stop flights to geneva because the ski season is over.
Jun 20 2008 7:04AM
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dom_uk
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Join the club, if you can find cheap flights then your golden, thats the problem though this late, all or nothing
once your there hthough i think the camps are cheapest, if you just get apartment and lift pass i think its about 250 for the week or something like that for both, good value anyway
Jun 20 2008 7:04AM
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grifter
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sounds awesome, I'll get a job for a month then see how much dosh I have
Jun 20 2008 7:25AM
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ballerman
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hey man im heading out to saas for a week from london on 12th july. look for flights with swiss air from london city airport, pretty cheap return flight. look forward to seein you all out there
Jun 28 2008 6:05PM
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HHemmo
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Comin over to Saas fee for some filming early august, someone know any cheap places to stay? Or if anyone has room in their apartment?
Jul 15 2008 8:09AM
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defcutskier
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me and my friends would probably have a room but only until the 3rd of august... but if that would allready help you, send me a pm
Jul 15 2008 10:29AM
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Lanz
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why do you guys want to go to Fee? so crowded and at all not the only glacier around with such a good snowpark..

mhm there is one thing that comes into my mind.. 100 bucks for the ride to saas fee - one way:D
Jul 15 2008 2:10PM
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