Resorts 
Amenities Région Chablais-Portes du Soleil
last updated: January 15, 2008
Resort information / access |
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| Altitude Town / Resort | 1050 m |
| Inhabitants - total: | 39305 |
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| Lake |
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| Mountains |
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| Accessible by train / narrow-gauge train / mountain railway |
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| Accessible by public bus |
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| Accessible by public boat line |
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| Accessible by private car |
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| Local bus with regular schedule (all year round) |
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Distance to Intl. Airport |
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| max. 2 h | |
Lodging all year round |
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| Hotels / Pensions - total number of establishments: | 31 |
| Hotels / Pensions - total number of beds: | 2000 |
| Holiday apartments and chalets - total beds: | 18000 |
| Group lodging - total beds: | 2000 |
| Bed-and-Breakfast |
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| Backpacker / Low-Budget Hotel |
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| Holidays on a farm |
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| Mountain hut / Alpine hut |
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Sport and Wellness all year round |
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| Hotel with weight-loss programme |
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| Fitness trail / Vita-Parcours |
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| Finnish runway / ash trail |
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Culture / Entertainment all year round |
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| Permanent exhibition |
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| Concerts, regularly organized |
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| City-tour, organized, on foot |
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Other information all year round |
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| Congress center - capactiy of biggest hall - number of persons: | 600 |
| Mountain railways - info phone: | 024 479 02 02 |
Highlight / Special offers Summer: |
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| Top News / Special offers summer | 24 Skianlagen geöffnet, um Sie die Landschaft anstrengungslos geniessen zu lassen! |
Resort area / Transport installations in summer |
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| Altitude of tourist region from | 375 m |
| Altitude of tourist region, up to | 2500 m |
| Local transport installations in summer - total: | 24 |
| Highest point reached via transport installations in summer | 2277 m |
| Cogwheel trains in summer - total: | 1 |
| Cable-cars in summer - total: | 4 |
| Gondolas in summer - total: | 6 |
| Chairlifts in summer - total: | 15 |
| Public boat line in summer |
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Sports and Wellness in summer |
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| Hiking trails in summer | 580 km marked |
| Walking trails, flat (wheelchair, pushchair) | 300 km |
| Biking trails within Destination | 200 km marked |
| Mountainbike slopes | 580 km marked |
| Downhill bike slopes | 30 km marked |
| Obstacle course for bikes |
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| Biking in Switzerland, town/resort along the way |
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| Riding trails | 380 km marked |
| Climbing wall, marked / Via Ferrata |
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| Freestanding rock-climbing facilities, official |
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| Devalkart slope | 100 m length |
| """Other """"in"""" sports (summer):""" | wake-board, rafting, parapente, trekking à cheval, VTT |
Other information for summer |
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| Camping ground in summer |
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| Natural sights: | Lac de Taney/Vouvry, cirque de Salanfe/Evionnaz, Plateau de Barmaz/Champéry, Lac et Fontaines Blanches/Morgins, Bois Noir/St-Maurice, Domaine des Barges/Vionnaz |
Families / children - in summer |
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| Children's animation, organized |
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Other information for summer |
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| Cultural sights: | Vieux Moulins de la Tine/Troistorrents, Musée des barques et traditions du Léman/St-Gingolph, Théâtre du Crochetan/Monthey |
| Nature / adventure trails on the theme: | Sentier planétaire et forestier/Morgins, sentiers culturels & bisse des Vieux Moulins de la Tine/Troistorrents, sentier Forestier/Torgon, Chemin de Croix/Monthey, sentier nature et sentier des fortifications Dufour/St-Maurice, sentier des essences/Vérossaz, sentier nature/Salanfe, sentier des oiseaux/Champéry, sentier des Lacs d'Anthème, sentier de la tourbière/Vionnaz |
Top News / New infrastructure winter |
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| Top News winter: | |
Live Cams |
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| Live Cam 1 | www.topin.ch/wigra/wigra/Pics349x195/cha.jpg |
| Live Cam 2 | www.chablais.info/Chablais/FHomePageChablais.aspx?tokenPage=X3EzPN--CG4B8vx_NOvJHp9x0OjqgbPXtLD_vuRlnVY) |
| Detailed local Weather Link | www.chablais.ch/ |
Winter sports area / Transport installations in winter |
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| Name of winter sports area: | Portes du Soleil |
| Altitude of alpine ski area, from | 1050 m |
| Altitude of alpine ski area, up to | 2300 m |
| Season starts on: | 15.12.2007 |
| Season ends on: | 20.04.2008 |
| Local transport installations in winter - total: | 194 |
| Subregional transport installations - total: | 35 |
| Highest point reached via transport installations in winter | 2250 m |
| Cable-cars - total: | 4 |
| Cogwheel trains - total: | 1 |
| Funiculars - total: | 0 |
| Gondolas - total: | 14 |
| Chairlifts - total: | 83 |
| Skilifts - total: | 110 |
| Price one day pass adult | 57 CHF |
| Price one day pass children | 39 CHF |
| Ski bus |
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| Snow sports school (phone.) | 0848 765 345 |
Alpine Skiing |
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| Snow - info phone: | 024 555 80 18 |
| Point of measure ski area bottom | 1650 m |
| Point of measure ski area top | 2250 m |
| Number of slopes: | 286 |
| Local ski slopes | 650 km marked |
| Alpine ski area with skipass subregion | 650 km |
| Slopes for night skiing, illuminated | 5 km |
| Level of difficulty of slopes | 51 % beginners |
| Level of difficulty of slopes | 39 % intermediates |
| Level of difficulty of slopes | 8 % advanced |
| Level of difficulty of slopes | 2 % Experts |
| Alpine ski area surface | 400000 m2: |
| Snow-/Boardercross slopes - total: | 4 |
Snowboard |
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| Fun / Obstacle or Snowboard Park - total: | 7 |
| Snow canons for snowboardpark |
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| Halfpipes - total: | 3 |
| Snowboard park illuminated at night |
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| Snowboard - info phone: | 024 471 12 12 |
Cross-country skiing / winter hiking |
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| Cross country comments | Ski de fond/Langlauf à/in: Champéry, Les Giettes sur Monthey, Morgins et Les Crosets |
| Cross-country skiing - info phone: | 024 471 12 12 |
| Cross-country skiing slopes, classic | 243 km local |
| Cross-country skiing slopes | 31 km subregion |
| Skating slopes | 31 km |
| Cross-country skiing slope, illuminated at night | 6 km |
| Winter hiking trails | 385 km marked and prepared |
Tobogganing |
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| Tobogganing - Info phone: | 024 477 22 22 |
| Tobogganing installations - total: | 2 |
| Tobogganing slopes (toboggans only) total | 4700 m maintained |
| Snow canons for tobogganing installation |
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| Public transportation to tobogganing installation |
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| Toboggan rental possible |
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Families / children - in winter |
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| Children's snowpark, maintained |
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| Children's animation, public |
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Other information for winter |
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| Camping ground in winter |
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| Excursions on a horse-drawn sleigh, organized |
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| Excursions with sleigh dogs, organized |
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| Curling rinks number | 4 |
| Ice-climbing, organized |
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| Snowkiting |
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| Davalkart slope, winter | 300 |
| Snowkart slope, official, marked |
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| """Other """"in"""" sports (winter):""" | Raquettes, Woopy, parapente, dévalkart, snowkite, tir à l'arc |
| Interesting Link - additional winter info - URL | www.portesdusoleil.com |
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Data as announced by the local station responsible for all the updates and are without warranty of any kind.
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