Hergiswil, Nidwalden · Switzerland · ski area
Pilatus ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Pilatus is a ski area in Hergiswil, Nidwalden, Switzerland with 3 lifts, between 512 m and 2,062 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- —
- Lifts
- 3
- Top elevation
- 2,062 m
- Vertical drop
- 1,550 m
- Nearest airport
- ZRH · 55 km
Ski lifts
- 1 Gondolas
- 1 Cable cars
- 1 Drag lifts
Pilatus is a ski area in Hergiswil, Nidwalden, Switzerland.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 3 lifts: 1 gondola, 1 cable car, 1 drag lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 512 m up to 2,062 m, a vertical drop of 1,550 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Pilatus
The nearest airport is Zürich Airport (ZRH), about 55 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 12 min by car; Bern Airport (BRN) is 59 km away. Nearby ski areas include Hergiswil - Langmattli (0.4 km), Eigenthal - Schwarzenberg, Eigenthal (0.3 km) and Wirzweli (1.0 km), which together add 2 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Pilatus
- 1 ZRH55 kmstraight line
- 2 BRN59 kmstraight line
- 3EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBSL87 kmstraight line
Bâle / Mulhouse, France
Airports in FranceTransfers & Meet & Greet → - 4 ACH112 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Pilatus
- 3 kmHergiswil - Langmattli0.4 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 937 m
- 3 kmEigenthal - Schwarzenbergup to 1,107 m
- 4 kmEigenthal0.3 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 985 m
- 13 kmWirzweli1.0 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,332 m
- 15 kmLangis-Glaubenberg1 lift · up to 1,475 m
- 16 kmLangis - Glaubenberg0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,505 m
- 17 kmNiederrickenbach - HaldigratSmall ski area
- 17 kmHeiligkreuz - First3.1 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,460 m
- 17 kmRigi Seebodenalp2.7 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,220 m
- 18 kmRigi7.3 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 1,641 m
- 19 kmKlewenalp - Stockhütte18 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 1,933 m
- 19 kmSchüpfheim0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 887 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.