Christmas week 19–26 December 2026: the resorts with the most lifts expected open and the fewest people, and the school holiday dates across Europe.
Holiday ski guide
Christmas ski holidays 2026: where the most lifts will be open
Almost everyone in Europe: the Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK are all off school.
Ski week19–26 DecSaturday to Saturday
On holidayAll of Europe19 Dec – 3 Jan
Resorts compared212Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany
1. The 3 best resorts that week
Most lifts expected and fewest people · forecast updated 10 Nov 2026 ✦
2. All 212 resorts, ranked
🔒 Ranks 4–50 of 212 resorts, filters and every day of 19–26 Dec are in the Open Lifts Pass.See all resorts for 19–26 DecBest weekAll resorts for 26 Dec – 2 Jan
3. School holiday dates
- NetherlandsKerstvakantie · all regions19 Dec – 3 Jan
- FranceVacances de Noël · zones A, B, C20 Dec – 3 Jan
- GermanyMecklenburg-Western Pomerania19 Dec – 2 Jan
- GermanySaarland21–31 Dec
- GermanyHamburg21 Dec – 1 Jan
- GermanyMecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt21 Dec – 2 Jan
- GermanySchleswig-Holstein21 Dec – 6 Jan
- GermanyBerlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia23 Dec – 2 Jan
- GermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia23 Dec – 6 Jan
- GermanyRhineland-Palatinate23 Dec – 8 Jan
- GermanyBaden-Württemberg, Bremen, Lower Saxony23 Dec – 9 Jan
- GermanyHesse23 Dec – 12 Jan
- GermanyBavaria24 Dec – 8 Jan
- AustriaBurgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Upper Austria, Vienna, Vorarlberg24 Dec – 6 Jan
- SwitzerlandAppenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Fribourg, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Thurgau, Valais, Zug19 Dec – 3 Jan
- SwitzerlandSt. Gallen20 Dec – 3 Jan
- SwitzerlandAargau21–31 Dec
- SwitzerlandAppenzell Ausserrhoden, Solothurn21 Dec – 1 Jan
- SwitzerlandZürich21 Dec – 2 Jan
- SwitzerlandGrisons23 Dec – 5 Jan
- SwitzerlandSchaffhausen24 Dec – 3 Jan
- SwitzerlandGrisons, Obwalden, Ticino24 Dec – 6 Jan
- SwitzerlandGeneva, Jura24 Dec – 8 Jan
- SwitzerlandGlarus, Uri, Valais, Vaud24 Dec – 10 Jan
- SwitzerlandSchwyz25 Dec – 6 Jan
- SwitzerlandBern25 Dec – 8 Jan
- SwitzerlandBern25 Dec – 10 Jan
- United Kingdomvaries by council
If you can move: 12–19 Dec has no school holidays instead of 29. Where to go that week →
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