"Gateway to the Portes du Soleil" Champéry by Tripack

Champéry Travel Guide: 18 reviews and 37 photos

Le Pas de Chavanette or the mythic Swiss Wall

For sure you will get enough room to practice your favorite snow activities over the largest linked ski area in the world:

Les Portes du Soleil offer a vast playground around France and Switzerland thanks to:
- 288 slopes over 650 km
- 28 black (hard difficulty), 107 red (medium), 112 blue (easy) and 41 green (beginner) slopes
- 243 km cross-country skiing
- 385 km snowshoe trails
- 209 skilifts
- Freestyle : 7 snowparks, 3 half-pipes, 5 boarder X
- 366 acres of snowed surface

Just choose your destination among the charm and authenticity of 14 mountain resorts:
- 6 Swiss resorts: Champery, Champoussin, Les Crosets, Morgins, Torgon, Val-d'illiez
- 8 French resorts: Abondance, Avoriaz, Chatel, La Chapelle d'Abondance, Les Gets, Montriond, Morzine, Saint-Jean-d'Aulps.

Never stop skiing!!!

Last visit to Champéry: Apr 2008
Intro Updated Apr 21, 2008
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Go Mountain Biking!!! Things to Do (6)

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Do not spoil the white scenery... Warnings and Dangers (2)

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Night Skiing

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Written Sep 23, 2004

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Les Portes du Soleil hiking (Champery Les Crosets)

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HORSCHECK Dec 27, 2010 at 10:12 AM

Patrick, fabulous page with brilliant photos. I especially like the photo of you doing the loop with your mountain bike, or isn't that you? *winkygrin* Happy new year 2011 to you and your skis.
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yumyum Apr 7, 2009 at 11:52 AM

Great pictures of winter. I'm quite sure that you are still out there skiing at Easter! Happy Easter!
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TheView Nov 11, 2007 at 9:06 AM

You make some real great pages ;-)
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Matyas Apr 24, 2006 at 3:26 AM

A nice presentation of this ski paradise! Thanks.