Ski Verbier

VerbierVerbier offers one of Switzerland’s largest and best ski areas, greatly located on a sunny plateau although a little out-moded. The charming and traditional village lies at 1500m with a vast ski area covering over 220 miles of piste with more than 100 lifts and extending up to 3,300m with skiing all year round on the Mont Fort glacier. Over the last few years it has been trying to improve its grooming, snowmaking, ski school and lifts - most recently with the overdue replacement of the Tortin gondola, although major complaints remain.

Verbier would seem at first sight to rank alongside the French mega-resorts such as Courchevel for slope skiers, too. But it does not as the Four Valleys is an inconveniently sprawling affair, while Verbier’s local slopes are surprisingly confined.Skiing is mainly on tree-lined runs, in large “bowls” between mountains and on the Mont-Fort glacier. The 400k slopes are best appreciated by fearless intermediates or the experienced. Off-pistes are a dream and particularly adapted to snowboarders who enjoy surfing through empty fields of virgin snow.

Verbier Winter scenery

  • Arrival Day SATURDAY
  • Altitude 1500
  • Ski Lifts 92
  • Marked trails 412 kms
  • Highest peak 3,300 mt
  • Vertical drop 1,200 mt
  • Snowmaking yes
  • Snowboarding Snowpark with Boarder X + Big Air

Hotels

HOTEL DE LA POSTE ***
Location Center, lifts 400 m - Capacity 29 rooms, 50 beds - Facilities Elevator, restaurant, dining room, bar, indoor pool, parking - Rooms Bath or shower/WC, radio, TV, telephone, minibar - Meals Breakfast buffet, four course dinner
HOTEL RHODANIA ***
Location Center, lifts 500 m - Capacity 44 rooms, 88 beds - Facilities Elevator, restaurant, dining room, bar - Rooms Bath or shower/WC, telephone, radio, TV, hair-dryer - Meals Breakfast buffet, three course dinner

Also tagged with: Independent Journeys, Europe, Switzerland, Active Travel, Ski


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