Gstaad/Zermatt previous season experience

Greetings from a newbie!

Just looking for a friendly advice, depending on a previous history and experience about what would the best time to sky in Gstaad/Zermatt? Where would be more snow, let's say in the mid December to get a perfect skiing experience?

Thank you!

Kind regards,

For mid December go to Zermatt. If the snow comes late, you can ski on the Glacier in Zermatt. Gstaad is low lying, and you would need to go to Les Diablerets for the nearest Glacier.

It all depends on early season snowfall and weather. You have to realize that in mid-December "perfect skiing experience" may be all about lapping a handful of runs on man-made snow, last year's snow or on a flat as pancake glacier. Alternatively conditions can be amazing with lot of fresh snow accumulating on slopes, in which case it doesn't matter that much where to go. In case of a poor start I think Zermatt wins because it's higher. It also has glacier, but being higher means that even when it's fairly warm elsewhere it can be just cold enough in Zermatt to make snow.