5 of Our Favourite Traditional Ski Chalets

One of the last remaining log chalets in Klosters, Chalet Bear has the intimate feel of a family home. Its timber exterior gives way to separate sitting rooms with fireplaces, while the master bedroom has a fireplace of its own.

Sleeping eight guests in four bedrooms, it's a good choice for a family or a few friends who enjoy cosy evenings together. A sauna, hot tub and cold plunge pool add to the appeal after skiing, and the balconies look out over Klosters. The village centre and ski lifts are both within walking distance.

At Ferme de Moudon, the restoration of an eighteenth-century farmhouse has preserved the old timbers and architecture while opening up the living spaces. Sofas gather around a log fire, and a long balcony overlooks the valley and surrounding trees.

The bedrooms sit beneath ancient beams, with a family suite providing space for parents and children to share. There is also a separate entertainment room with a bar and billiards table, plus a sauna, massage room and outdoor hot tub. Set at the end of a lane in the hamlet of Moudon, the chalet is a four-minute drive from the Perrières Express lift.

With origins dating back to the sixteenth century, San Lorenzo Mountain Lodge offers a different perspective on a ski holiday in South Tyrol. Vaulted ceilings, antique doors and a traditional Tyrolean stube reveal its history, while the first-floor lounge has an open fireplace.

The lodge sleeps six adults and four children, with a children’s bunk room sharing a bathroom with one of the double bedrooms. Its wine cellar holds more than 1,500 bottles of Alto Adige wines, and even the sauna incorporates 200-year-old wood sourced from a neighbouring farm. The private woodland setting comes with a compromise though: Kronplatz’s ski area is a 15-minute drive away.

The former working rooms of Baita 1697 are now some of its most appealing spaces. In this restored seventeenth-century Piedmontese farmhouse, the vaulted stables have become an open-plan living and dining room, with exposed stone walls and a wood-burning fire.

Upstairs, the old hayloft provides a second lounge beneath timber beams, furnished with leather armchairs. French antiques, Tibetan carpets and pieces collected on the owner’s travels give the interiors an individual style. A rooftop hot tub overlooks the mountains, while the Pattemouche cable car, connecting to the Via Lattea ski area, is a three-minute walk away.

Chalet Maria Schnee shows how traditional materials can give a more recent chalet its identity. Built in 1978 and subsequently refurbished, it combines Tyrolean woodwork, antique carvings and 300-year-old oak floors with contemporary art.

A central fireplace and sunken seating area make the drawing room an inviting place to gather, with an adjacent library for reading. One bedroom occupies a traditional zirben-stube, retaining its stove and carved details. Seven bedrooms accommodate up to 15 guests, with a playroom that converts into a cinema and a sauna for afternoons at home. The Nassereinbahn gondola is a four-minute walk away.