Grimentz Ski Transfers – Private Airport Transfers to the Val d’Anniviers

Grimentz is one of the best-preserved villages in the Valais: black larch chalets, some of them five centuries old, geraniums in summer and snow to the eaves in winter. It is a working village that took to skiing rather than a resort built for it, and it retains a communal wine cellar where the vin du glacier is still kept.

Since 2013 a cable car has connected it to Zinal, at the head of the same valley, giving one area of about 100 km of piste rising to 2,900 m — with the Corne de Sorebois looking straight at the Weisshorn and the Zinalrothorn.

Which airport for Grimentz?

Geneva (GVA) — 197 km, about 2 h 35

The practical choice: motorway along the lake and up the Rhône valley to Sierre, then the climb into the Anniviers. Flights all week from most of Europe.

Sion (SIR) — 42 km, about 45 minutes

The valley airport, three-quarters of an hour away, but with almost no scheduled service — relevant for private aviation.

Zurich (ZRH) — about 322 km, 4 h 10

Long-haul connections and flights all week, at the price of a longer drive across the country.

Milan Malpensa (MXP) — 210 km, about 3 h 15

Through the Simplon pass or the rail shuttle beneath it. Often the cheapest fares from southern Europe.

The climb into the Anniviers

From Sierre at 530 m the road climbs 25 km into the side valley, gaining more than 1,000 m through a series of galleries and hairpins. It is a cantonal road, cleared and gritted daily through the season, and one of the more spectacular approaches in the Valais. Our vehicles carry winter tyres and chains; this is not a road for summer tyres and optimism.

Grimentz at a glance

• Village at 1,570 m, skiing to 2,900 m at Sorebois, linked to Zinal since 2013.
• Around 100 km of piste on the Grimentz-Zinal pass, and a valley pass covering St-Luc, Chandolin and Vercorin.
• One of the best-preserved larch-chalet villages in Switzerland, parts of it five hundred years old.
• Serious off-piste terrain on the Sorebois side, and a long tradition of ski touring from the valley.
• Zinal, 10 km up the valley, sits under the Couronne Impériale — five peaks above 4,000 m.

Winter, luggage and booking

Ski and board bags travel free, and the vehicle is sized to the equipment you declare — bring touring kit and say so. Child and booster seats are included and fitted before departure. Book early for the February half-terms: the Anniviers has fewer beds than the big Valais resorts, and the transfers that serve it are a smaller pool.