Belalp - Blatten - Naters Ski Resort Guide

A very friendly, small, and unspoiled holiday experience in Blatten, now with good connection to the Belalp and Chiematte areas at the bottom of the main pisted area. We went as a family between Xmas and New Year 2021, and it is a lovely resort for a young family in ski school, though as a largely Swiss-German local area, it does require a bit of explanation for an only English (or other non-German) speaking kid. And they will likely be a bit isolated from the rest of the group. More advanced skiers will likely find the resort too small for a whole week. In fact, during our stay there was only one red and one blue run pisted from each of the three chairlifts, a total of 6 proper runs in the whole resort. Since the tows to the black/off-piste areas at the top were not open for the entire week, and the rest of the easy-angled off-piste is quite easy to get stuck in or have an incident with the many rocks. And, due to the aspect, it was covered in an inch-thick layer of icy crud all week anyway. Bit annoyed about that, and won't go back for a week again since "done that", but for family/novice purposes it's very nice.