| In Saas Fee, Switzerland, however, sitting at home is | | | | park your car in a parking lot built for cars. From |
| replaced by skiing, reading a book is taken over by | | | | there, buses bring you to the town. On the streets |
| snowboarding, watching TV is substituted for ice | | | | inside town, however, you'll see the occasional |
| climbing, and watching a movie is superseded by | | | | electric vehicle or garbage truck or postal vans. Other |
| glacier walks while visitors would rather trek into the | | | | than that, there's really nothing allowed but foot |
| mountains and bivouac rather than sleep at home. | | | | traffic. You'll have to take to the hoof to get around. |
| Yes, there is a world where tearful winter blues are | | | | Thankfully, most attractions are within walking |
| swapped for terrific winter blithe. That seraphic place | | | | distance. |
| is Saas-Fee (Swiss ski resort), an all-inclusive ski | | | | When you walk to where you're going, you'll run into |
| resort town in the heart of the Alps. | | | | all the amenities Saas Fee has to offer. Just because |
| Saas Fee, Switzerland, is the central village in the | | | | there's no cars doesn't mean its primitive; it's actually |
| Saas Valley in Switzerland. There are several smaller | | | | one of the most all inclusive resort towns in the Alps. |
| all inclusive villages a stone-throws away: Saas-Balen, | | | | There are over 22 lifts, 5 gondolas, 2 chairlifts, |
| -Grund, and -Almagell. Moreover, thirteen visible 4,000 | | | | draglifts, a world-famous funicular (counterbalanced |
| meter cordilleras form a sort of barricade around the | | | | ascending and descending cars) railway and 3 cable |
| villages. Though, instead of claiming claustrophobia, | | | | cars. Moreover, on the lower and beginner slopes, |
| locals and visitors alike refer to it as the Pearl of the | | | | there's snow making equipment. Even if there's poor |
| Alps. | | | | snowfall in Saas Fee (unlikely), your ski furlough will |
| This Pearl, nonetheless, is surrounded by a white | | | | always have untouched snow. |
| charm because of the surrounding glaciers, namely | | | | The top elevation of the ski runs is 1,800 meters and |
| the Dom and the Allalinhorn are year-round snow | | | | unveils more than 100 km of runs-25 km for |
| sport terminuses. The abutting massifs | | | | advanced, 45 km for intermediates and 30 km for |
| nearby-Nadelhorn, Lenzspitze and Weissmies-provide | | | | beginners. However, as any idyllic heaven goes, the |
| ascents and scrambles during the summer season | | | | usual complaints for the all-inclusive resort are no |
| too. People come to trek, hike, walk and enjoy fresh | | | | off-slope potential because of the surrounding |
| (though thinner) mountain air. And, there's no terrible | | | | glaciers, a lot of shadowy (therefore colder) areas in |
| exhaust. | | | | midwinter and you might have to walk a lot even if |
| Here's why: | | | | you're tired after a day of activity-such as |
| In Saas Fee (again Switzerland's favored, all inclusive | | | | para-gliding, hang gliding and tobogganing, visiting the |
| ski resort and all-inclusive ski resort town) there are | | | | sport complex, restaurants, nightclubs, and the |
| no cars. That's right, you heard it unerring. Imagine a | | | | world's highest revolving restaurant and live classical |
| place to escape the man-made hubbub and clamor of | | | | music to boot. |
| speeding cars, diesel fumes, honking horns, | | | | During the summer months, you can traverse the |
| road-raged and sleepy-eyed passerby. You see, in | | | | Alpin Gorge, or head over to the swinging steel cable |
| Saas Fee, the only road-rage you'll spy is the | | | | course where you can fly from tree to tree on rope |
| adrenaline pumped youth daring one of the slopes; | | | | bridges and head down on the toboggan run. You |
| the only sleepy-eyed people are those walking back | | | | can ride mountain bikes on over 70 km of trail |
| to their hotels after a day of snowboarding, skiing, | | | | networks and get lost on all sorts of hiking and |
| winter trekking and ice-climbing. The only racket is | | | | trekking mountain trails. Where else can you find an |
| the jollification of a carefree melting pot of locals and | | | | all inclusive resort town, year-round skiing and so |
| tourists enjoying life to the fullest. This is how an | | | | much summer recreation? You'll find it surely in the |
| all-inclusive life is supposed to be lived! | | | | Alps in Saas Fee, Switzerland. |
| How do you get there and about, you ask? You can | | | | |