Need to know
Rooms
79, including 14 suites and one residence. Please note, some rooms will be opening at a later date.
Check–Out
12 noon, but, subject to availability, you can stay till 6pm for 50 per cent of the room rate. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates include an organic buffet breakfast that’ll keep you going on the slopes.
Also
Two of the hotel’s rooms are wheelchair accessible and have special facilities for those with hearing and vision impairments.
At the hotel
Spa, yoga studio, beauty salon, 24-hour fitness centre, open-air cinema, alchemy bar, Earth lab, boutiques, indoor and outdoor lounges, Alpine garden, ski concierge, library, packing and unpacking luggage service, laundry service, free WiFi. In rooms: TV, Bluetooth speaker, yoga mat, minibar and gourmet snack counter, coffee- and tea-making kit, bottled water, pillow menu, sustainable bath products and free WiFi.
Our favourite rooms
All rooms have a terrace, surely the most important of assets when you’ve got Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn in your eyeline and the glittering wintry white or bombastic summery green of the Valais Alps to admire from it. And there’s much of the outside indoors too: quartzite stone, larch and oak wood, slate and marble – all worked at by master craftsmen to make into unique furnishings, rounded bath tubs, live-edge benches and more – make rooms feel naturally beautiful, and local artworks hang on the walls. The biggest difference is the size, with the family- and group-fitting Three-Bedroom Terrace Suite at the top end.
Poolside
The most eye-catching of the hotel's two swimming spaces are the spa’s indoor-outdoor pool, which spills out into a birch forest with frost-tipped trunks, and has a ceiling hung with hundreds of timber pieces to bring the outdoors in. And, on the rooftop, at the edge of a large terrace and with views over pine-clad slopes, is a steamy pool and hot tub.
Spa
The 2,000-square-metre spa (open 9am to 9pm) will leave anyone feeling as finely tuned as a Rolex. Treatments stem from ancient Alpine healing methods or zoom forward, bringing in the best biohacking tech. In nine pampering suites you could be swathed in Swiss chocolate (no, don’t lick it), have ski-worn legs manoeuvred back to life with massage, or have your biomarkers screened to make a bespoke wellness programme. There are flotation pods, stretch experts, and a thermodynamic circuit with a steam room, ice fountain, cool plunge pool and no less than three saunas (Finnish, rock and bio-salt) – well, you are in Switzerland. And, if you’ve been tossing and turning, a sleep expert will get you to dreamland, providing sleep tracking, specialty bedding and relaxing lotions and potions. And, in the ‘biohack recovery lounge’ enter the wellness world of tomorrow, with Juvent vibrating platforms, red-light therapy masks, pulsed-electromagnetic-field-therapy mats, Ballancer Pro lymphatic-drainage systems, Normatec recovery compression boots, Hyperice X hot and cold compresses, Hypervolt portable massagers, So Sound musical-massage loungers, LED face masks, VR headsets and NuCalm relaxation kits. The gym too has an impressive range of machines (plus personal trainers as needed), and there’s a yoga studio and hair and beauty salon.
Packing tips
Seasonal sports gear is kind of a no-brainer (although you can hire onsite). Bring variable layers to cope with sun and snow, the cosiest of pyjamas and anything that might keep you occupied while you’re curled up by a fire (books, tablets…).
Also
The Luggage Free service lets you send your bags and gear to the hotel ahead of time (it’s advised to book a delivery date of one or two days before arrival).
Pet‐friendly
Fully trained (and leashed) doggos under 18 pounds can stay for CHF50 a night, plus a CHF200 cleaning fee. They’re welcome everywhere except the spa and Byakko restaurant. See more pet-friendly hotels in Crans-Montana.
Children
Very welcome and sure to love the Grow With Six Senses kids’ club (when it opens in 2023) and snowy playground all around – come summer even more possibilities for adventure open up.
Best for
Can they stand on a pair of skis? Hop on a horse? Balance a kayak? They’re probably ready then.
Recommended rooms
In all room types, one child under 11 can stay on the sofa in the living area (free of charge), and most can fit a baby cot too. But if you have several little snow bunnies in tow, book the Three-Bedroom Terrace Suite.
Activities
The Grow with Six Senses club (opening in December 2023) takes a holistic approach to entertaining little ones – encouraging them to get out into nature, acquaint themselves with local culture, embrace wellness practices and get schooled on sustainability. And, kids have a spa all of their own, set aside from the main one, where they can enjoy gentle treatments. Ski lessons can be booked for little ones too.
Swimming pool
There’s a shallower (25cm deep) space where kids can splash about.
Meals
There will be a special menu for kids.
Babysitting
The hotel can help to arrange nannies and babysitters on request.
Sustainability efforts
The Six Senses group have long been advocates for cleaner, greener hospitality, and Six Senses Crans-Montana carries the torch (probably even offsetting its carbon). The building operates at 30 per cent reduced energy compared to the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) standard, and energy’s further conserved by waste heat from the kitchens, cooling systems and pools being filtered and re-used. All rooms are cooled using VOC (volatile organic compounds) air circulation, the pools use UV filters to reduce the need for chemical treatment by 50 per cent, and all the hotel’s temperature control is run using a carbon-neutral, sustainably sourced and chemical-free wood-pellet system. And, natural materials from the local environs were used in construction. You can learn more about the hotel’s efforts – as well as picking up DIY tips and seeds to take home – at the Earth Lab onsite. Plus, 0.5 per cent of all revenue goes into a sustainability fund to benefit community projects.