Champery

Portes du Soleil, Switzerland

Champery is a beautiful Swiss Alpine village, just over an hour away from Geneva Airport, situated in the Western Swiss Alps and forms a major gateway into Les Portes du Soleil – the worlds largest international ski area. Despite welcoming tourists for over 150 years. Champery has retained its unspoilt character. The narrow main street flanked by traditional Swiss style chalets is a picture postcard! Champery has a wealth of facilities, for those with energy left after a day on the slopes, the sports centre has both indoor skating as well as a large indoor swimming pool, the Thermal Baths in Val-d’illiez are a wonderful relief for tired limbs.

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Skiing & Boarding In Champery

The Portes du Soleil is the world largest international ski area, the ski pass covers 237 lifts linked by 650 kms of marked and prepared piste, acres of off piste and 13 villages dotted along the French Swiss border. Beginners The ski schools in Champery pride themselves on their teaching abilities. There are nursery slopes for children in the centre of the village as well as up on Planachaux. Beginners will soon be exploring the wide open blue runs above Champery and over to Les Crosets – by the end of the week most beginner skiers and boarders will be able to venture over towards Avoriaz. Intermediates Champery is the gateway to the whole Portes du Soleil, Avoriaz is 2 ski lifts away from the centre of Champery, Morgins, is again just 2 lifts away, while Chatel is a little further – just 3 lifts gets you up into the Chatel area! Ski the Portes du Soleil circuit clockwise one day then anti clockwise the next! The home run to Champery – The Grand Paradis is a classic; stop off for coffee or Vin Chaud and watch the sun set behind Les Dents du Midi. Advanced Champery is an off piste secret, some of the best off piste is accessed from the top of the cable car. Chavanette – or the Wall is just ‘round the corner’ while the couloirs from Pointe des Mossettes back to Crosets are amongst the steepest in the area. Champery is ideally located to explore some of Switzerlands other top resorts, Verbier is less than 1 hour away, Chamonix is under 2 hours while Zermatt is just over 2 hours away making for interesting day trips!

Après-ski In Champery

Apres ski kicks off in any one of a number of bars that litter the main streets and continues into the early hours at the Crevasse nightclub. The railway allows non skiers to venture out of the mountains on day trips.

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