My wife and I spent part of our honeymoon at Saas Fee in October last year, and the snow quality on the glacier was fantastic. A word of warning on the drag front though: if my memory serves, the area that was open at that time was only serviced by 3 T-bars, with 2 of them being the only way back up to the lift station to get down to the village again.

Complete beginners may find these drags quite a challenge, plus the queues were pretty long. In the last week of October we were having to wait 15min each time to get on the drag; if you've had to do that and then fall half way up and have to go back and join the queue...I can see that getting pretty frustrating! If they're not absolute newbies and have already mastered T-bars then they should be fine. The pistes are nice and wide and perfect for improving on.

Enjoy it, wherever you decide to go!