Fontanella between skiing, Lake Seewaldsee and Fatnella Alpe

If you are looking for accommodation in Fontanella for your skiing holiday, combine your stay with a place that brings together winter sports, a lakeside experience, hiking and regional history. The Faschina-Fontanella ski area is located in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere Reserve. The winter activities also include weekly night skiing in Faschina, directly at the Guggernüllilift. For planning your trip, it is therefore worth deciding on the focus of each day and considering the other opportunities around Fontanella in addition to the ski area.

Winter sports in Faschina-Fontanella

The Faschina-Fontanella ski area can be a focal point for a winter stay. Night skiing takes place in Faschina, directly at the Guggernüllilift, and adds a special evening activity to the daytime program. If you are looking for accommodation in Fontanella for a skiing holiday, you can combine this focus on winter sports with the other activities in the area without making your trip exclusively about the slopes.

The page on Faschina provides additional guidance. Especially when traveling with different interests, it helps to plan the winter sports program and excursions around Lake Seewaldsee or Fatnella Alpe separately. This leaves room for shared activities, even if not all travelers have the same priorities.

Lake Seewaldsee and excursions around Fontanella

The small Lake Seewaldsee lies at an elevation of 1,200 m and is surrounded by meadows. Because it has only a small water inflow, it has exceptionally favorable temperatures for swimming in summer. From Fontanella/Säge, the lake can be reached in about 35 minutes. The Seewaldseebummelzug takes visitors from Fontanella-Säge to Lake Seewaldsee, adding another option for incorporating this excursion into your stay.

Fontanella is known for its location as the “sunny balcony of the Großes Walsertal.” Anyone looking for a stay with nature experiences in addition to a skiing holiday will find a clear seasonal focus at Lake Seewaldsee: swimming is explicitly a summer activity. If you want to swim at Lake Seewaldsee, plan your stay in summer.

Hike across Fatnella Alpe

Another option for active days is the hiking route across Fatnella Alpe from Faschina to Fontanella. The route can be combined with the L570 regional bus: from the center of Fontanella, you can travel back to Faschina. This creates a combination of hiking and public transport in which the starting point and return journey are organized differently.

The Hahnenkopf also adds an element of natural history to trip planning. The fully protected Turk’s cap lily is particularly spectacular at Hahnenkopf. The area on the northern edge of the biosphere reserve is home to more than 150 plant species. Anyone wishing to alternate between active days and observing nature can include Hahnenkopf in their trip plans.

Fontanella as a village with a history of its own

Fontanella is the highest-elevation mountain village in the valley. The village was settled by Valais colonists in the 14th century; Fontanella is also known as a “village of musicians.” Traditional economic activities included livestock farming and dairy farming. After the valley road was built in 1885, the production of full-fat cheese was intensified, while grain cultivation was gradually abandoned.

This development shapes the way the village is understood more strongly than its status as a purely winter sports destination. When choosing accommodation in Fontanella, you can therefore weigh several travel purposes: the Faschina-Fontanella skiing options, Lake Seewaldsee in summer, the hike across Fatnella Alpe or the regional character of the mountain village. For additional destination pages and a neutral comparison, you can also visit Raggal, Bürs, Bludenz, Gargellen, Sonntag, Nüziders and Thüringerberg.

For the overarching travel overview: Bludenz District.