alpine excitement

Picture walking out onto the balcony of your private terrace suite and greeting the day with panoramic views of the Swiss Alps. The air is cool and crisp. A fresh blanket of snow covers the mountainside, and your day is stretched out before you, a blank slate full of possibilities.

Nestled in the heart of the Swiss Alps, in a region known as Crans-Montana, is the aptly named Six Senses Resort, a stylish slope-side ski-in/ski-out property. The exclusive resort offers high-altitude adventure, personalized wellness programming, and sensory immersive experiences.

Slope-Side Adventures

For winter sports enthusiasts, there is arguably no better place to visit. Crans-Montana, one of Switzerland’s largest ski resorts, boasts 87 miles of ski trails (called pistes) across four main ski areas—all connected and each with a gondola lift at their base. 

For adrenaline seekers, there is challenging off-piste terrain to conquer and a snow park where freestyle skiing and snowboarding devotees can practice their jumps and tricks. There is even an Olympic-sized half-pipe for the most daring of athletes. 

For families and skiing and snowboarding novices, there are sunny, south-facing cruising trails and lessons available to hone your skills. In the winter, area golf courses, with their gentle slopes, become training grounds for beginners. 

Other slope-side adventures to fill your day include cross-country skiing, snowshoe hiking, dog sledding, and snow tubing. 

Après-Ski Amenities

After a long day of hitting the slopes, ski up to the Alice door and enter the wonderland that is Six Senses Resort. The resort’s Swiss chalet-style architecture thoughtfully embraces the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding Alpine landscape: terrace rooms have a contemporary design that features natural materials, oversized bay windows, and private balconies to take in the awe-inspiring views.

At the center of the luxury complex are communal spaces that integrate the natural environment for an experience like no other: Guests can enjoy a stroll in the Alpine garden, watch a movie under the stars in the open-air cinema, or go for a leisurely swim in the rooftop pool. The natural elements also become part of your swimming experience in the expansive indoor pool. Designed to look as though it has been carved into the mountainside, the indoor pool opens to a courtyard with planted birch trees where you might find yourself swimming beneath a flurry of snowflakes. 

To feel and look your best, head to the resort’s state-of-the-art spa. At 21,500 square feet (2,000 square meters), the spa is an impressive hub for health and wellness. Here, you’ll find 10 treatment rooms for massage, four types of saunas, a fitness facility and yoga studio, a cold plunge pool, a Bio-Hacking Recovery Lounge, a beauty salon, an Alchemy Bar to learn how to make your own shampoos, scrubs, and other natural products, and a flotation pod offering serene relaxation as you float weightlessly in a sensory deprivation water chamber.

As part of their health and wellness program, Six Senses Resort offers personalized therapies. Skilled therapists, yoga teachers, fitness trainers, and wellness practitioners work with you to optimize your well-being, whether that’s understanding what your body needs to function better with a wellness screening and a personalized plan or addressing poor sleep quality.

Six Senses also takes a customized approach to crafting local experiences that guests are sure to remember for years to come. Take a cheesemaking class, learn about animal tracks, and listen to the sounds of nature on a guided walking tour, or enjoy a wine tasting and a tour of an authentic 16th-century castle. The possibilities are seemingly endless.