Downhill skiing

Portes du Soleil ski Area

Châtel

Skieurs
Matthieu Vitré
Description

The Portes du Soleil has been one of the biggest players in world skiing for the last 50 years, with 12 linked resorts either side of the French-Swiss border just an hour from Geneva:
AbondanceAbondance, Avoriaz, Châtel, La Chapelle d'Abondance, Les Gets, Montriond, Morzine-Avoriaz, St Jean d'Aulps, Champéry, Morgins, Torgon, Val-d'Illiez - Les Crosets - Champoussin.

This genuine Natural Powder Reserve at the heart of the Alps offers skiers unspoilt surroundings, mountain lifts that keep a low profile amid snowbound forests, pistes that wind their way through snow meadows, spruces and mountain chalets that have stood the test of time.

The ski area enjoys exceptionally good snowfall from mid-November to the end of April, with an average of 7m83 of powder every year.

The Portes du Soleil offers visitors a unique ski experience that we call "ski safari": just click into your bindings at your chalet and go exploring from resort to resort, valley to valley - and even from country to country...

The Portes du Soleil in numbers:

286 slopes: 32 black, 101 red, 119 blue, 34 green
196 mountain lifts
600 km of ride
30 snowparks/ boarder-cross/ ski-cross/ fun aeras
99 slopeside restaurants

Information on early opening

Subject to satisfactory snow conditions, the ski area will be opened partially during the first week (from 16 to 22 December), then in its entirety from 23 December 2023. Depending on snow conditions and visitor forecasts, the Mont-Chéry sector and other slopes and lifts in the rest of the area may close earlier.

Ouverture

From 16/12 to 14/04 between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm.

Subject to snow conditions.

Tarifs

Adult 1/2 day: 58 to 61 €
Adult day: 64 to 68 €
Adult 2 days: 122 to 130 €
Adult 3 days: 183 to 195 €
Adult 6 days: 324 to 342 €
Adult season: 1,176 €
Child 5 hours: 43 to 46 €
Child day : 48 to 51 €
Child 2 days : 92 to 98 €
Child 3 days : 137 to 146 €
Child 6 days : 243 to 257 €
Child season : 882 €
Junior 5 hours: 52 to 55 €
Day Junior pass : 58 to 61 €
Junior 2 days: 110 to 117 €
Junior 3 days: 165 to 176 €
6-day Junior pass : 292 to 308 €
Junior season : 1,058 €
Senior 5 hours: 52 to 55 €
Senior day: 58 to 61 €
Senior 2 days: 110 to 117 €
Senior 3 days: 165 to 176 €
Senior 6 days: 292 to 308 €
Senior season: 1,058 €.

Free entry for children < 5 years.
Child entry valid for 5 - 15 years.
Junior entry valid for 16 - 25 years.

Contact et accès
1401 route de Vonnes
74390 Châtel
Haute-Savoie (74)
Informations complémentaires
Services
  • Club for children
  • Day nursery
  • Restaurant
  • Rental of equipment for the disabled
  • Spot photo
  • Checkroom
  • Ski room
Équipements
  • Sledging track
  • Playground
  • Play area
  • Parking nearby
  • First aid station
  • Covered picnic area
  • Public WC
  • Charging stations for electric vehicles
  • Defibrillator
  • Camper van reception area
  • Camper van service area
  • Sustainable development
  • Picnic area
  • Boarder cross
  • Orientation board
  • Nordik park
  • Parc DVA
  • Slegde run for children
  • Salom stadium
  • Mogul field
  • Snowpark
  • Ski jump inrun
  • Ski room at the foot of the piste
Moyen de Paiement
  • Check
  • Bank/credit card
  • Cash
  • Travellers Cheque
Langues parlées
  • English
  • French
À propos de la station
  • Classification : Downhill skiing
  • Type de domaine : Linked area, Connection Ski on and shuttle service
  • Description neige : 694 enneigeurs
  • Culture de neige : 1
  • Nombre de remontées mécaniques : 208
  • Nombre de téléskis : 95
  • Nombre de télésièges : 78
  • Nombre de téléphériques : 3
  • Autres type de remontées : 22
  • Remontées gratuites : 1

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