Menzingen village lift
Menzingen
Menzingen village lift is a ski area in the canton of Zug, Switzerland, with access from Menzingen. It has 1 lift (1 drag lift mapped) and 0.2 km of marked pistes – 0.2 km easy, 0 km intermediate and 0 km difficult. The lifts reach 848 m above sea level; the lowest point is 800 m, a vertical drop of 48 m. MeteoSwiss measures an average of 167 cm of new snow per winter at Zugerberg (880 m, 5.3 km away), with 8 days of 30 cm or more snow on the ground.
Snow
New snow forecast
Daily new snow for the next 14 days at the top (848 m) and the base (800 m). Model data, MeteoSwiss ICON-CH and others via Open-Meteo.
Snow line
Freezing level (0 °C) for the next 7 days. Precipitation falls as snow up to roughly 300 m below this line – compare it with the top and base of the ski area.
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Snow history
Measured by MeteoSwiss at Zugerberg (880 m), 5.3 km from the ski area · winters 2010/11–2025/26 (16 seasons).
Snow depth through the winter
Daily snow depth at Zugerberg: typical range (10–90 %) and median of the last 16 winters, compared with last winter and this winter so far.
New snow per winter
Total fresh snow, October–May. Last winter highlighted.
Average new snow by month
Average fresh snow per month over 16 winters.
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| Month | New snow (avg) | Snow depth (avg) | Days with new snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 2 cm | 0 cm | 0.3 |
| Nov | 20 cm | 3 cm | 3.4 |
| Dec | 35 cm | 8 cm | 6 |
| Jan | 43 cm | 9 cm | 7.8 |
| Feb | 28 cm | 10 cm | 5.6 |
| Mar | 20 cm | 3 cm | 4 |
| Apr | 18 cm | 1 cm | 2.1 |
| May | 2 cm | 0 cm | 0.3 |
| Winter | New snow | Max depth | Days 30+ cm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 144 cm | 28 cm | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 105 cm | 40 cm | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 174 cm | 37 cm | 3 |
| 2022/23 | 87 cm | 20 cm | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 192 cm | 46 cm | 9 |
| 2020/21 | 282 cm | 51 cm | 15 |
| 2019/20 | 38 cm | 7 cm | 0 |
| 2018/19 | 213 cm | 46 cm | 11 |
| 2017/18 | 156 cm | 27 cm | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 148 cm | 29 cm | 0 |
| 2015/16 | 185 cm | 33 cm | 2 |
| 2014/15 | 232 cm | 52 cm | 38 |
| 2013/14 | 127 cm | 35 cm | 3 |
| 2012/13 | 315 cm | 80 cm | 33 |
| 2011/12 | 132 cm | 31 cm | 2 |
| 2010/11 | 145 cm | 30 cm | 2 |
Ski pass & season
Day-pass prices have not been published or checked for this area yet.
Live cams
No live webcam is known for this area yet.
Piste map
Pistes
- Easy · blue0.2 km
- Intermediate · red0 km
- Difficult · black0 km
- Ski routes0 km
Measured along the mapped piste lines. Resorts often advertise larger figures because they count both sides of wide slopes or every variant of a run.
Lifts
1 mapped lift, highest first. Elevations from swisstopo.
| Lift | Type | Length | Bottom → top (m) | Rise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Drag lift | 185 m | 800 → 848 | 48 m |
Practical information
- Canton
- Zug
- Municipality
- Menzingen
- Villages
- Menzingen
- By train
- No railway station at the base – plan by bus & train
- Website
- Not known yet
- Avalanche risk
- SLF avalanche bulletin
- Weather
- MeteoSwiss
- Coordinates
- 47.1822, 8.5920
Questions
How many lifts does Menzingen village lift have?
Menzingen village lift has 1 lift. Mapped in detail: 1 drag lift.
How high is Menzingen village lift?
The highest lift station is at 848 m and the lowest point at 800 m, giving a vertical drop of 48 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Menzingen village lift have?
0.2 km of marked pistes, measured along the piste lines: 0.2 km blue, 0 km red and 0 km black.
How much is a day pass at Menzingen village lift?
Day prices are published on the official website.
How much snow does Menzingen village lift get?
MeteoSwiss measures an average of 167 cm of new snow per winter at Zugerberg (880 m, 5.3 km away), with 8 days of 30 cm or more snow on the ground. Record: 80 cm (15 Feb 2012/13).
Is there a live webcam for Menzingen village lift?
No live webcam is known for this area yet.
How do I get to Menzingen village lift by public transport?
There is no railway station at the base; use the Swiss public transport planner (bus and train) to the valley station.
Lifts, pistes and the map come from OpenStreetMap, elevations from swisstopo. Last update . Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap – how the figures are calculated.
Nearby ski areas
Straight-line distance.