Chatel Ski Resort Guide, Location Map – Chatel ski holiday accommodation

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Weather Forecast for Chatel at  m altitude issued: 1 pm   three Sep 2017 (local time)

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Chatel

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Chatel Ski Resort Guide

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Photo credit: Grahame

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Slope Stats

  • Acres of ski:
  • Pistes: 73
  • Snowmaking: 40%
  • Halfpipes:
  • Terrain Parks: 1
  • X-Country: forty nine km

Chatel, in France (in the Haute Savoie region and part of the Portes du Soleil ski area) is a large resort with sixty one lifts and 83km of piste that offers skiers an incredible one thousand metres (3280 feet) of vertical descent. Chatel has seventy three pistes with a total length of 83km kilometers. Chatel is superb for beginner skiers and snowboarders but there is some superb terrain for both pro and intermediates. Chatel has effortless links to Avoriaz and the Swiss resorts Torgon and Morgins plus the entire of the Portes du Soleil. There are forty nine kilometers (31 miles) of cross country ski trails at Chatel. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park and boarder cross track. The nearest airport is at Geneva and the nearest train station to Chatel is at Monthey.

Travel

  • Nearest Airport: Geneva
  • Nearest Train Station: Monthey
  • Tourist Office Phone: +33450732244
  • Tourist Office Website:www.chatel.com
  • Slopeside accommodation:
  • 17

Lifts

  • Season opens:
  • Season closes: twenty three Apr 2017
  • Lifts: 61
  • Two

Chatel will open at weekends from the beginning of December and then every day with the Avoriaz link from 9th December 2016

Chatel will close on the 23rd April two thousand seventeen

Latest Snow Reportview total snow report

  • Issued: three Sep
  • Last Snowfall:
  • Snow Depth (upper):
  • Snow Depth (lower):
  • Piste:
  • Off-piste:

Today’s Weather ( one thousand seven hundred one m )view total snow forecast

Resorts close to Chatel include:

  • Morgins – Les Portes du Soleil 4km
  • Morgins 4km
  • La Chapelle d'Abondance 5km
  • Champery 6km
  • Champoussin 6km

Chatel Location Maps

(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Chatel, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)

Visitor Reviews of Chatel

David from United Kingdom writes:

I feel a bit sorry for other reviewers who recently wrote about Chatel. Holidaying over Fresh Year 2014/15 was challenging to say the least. However, nine tenths of what they experienced (I’ll come back to the last 10th later) was down to the weather, specifically the lack of snow, which affected the entire region. To be fair, without the modest snowfall the week after Christmas the result would have been absolute carnage; resort operators were more than a little worried.

Chatel, because of its north facing slopes and significant investment in snow making, actually had some albeit not as much as normal. Many nearby resorts were basically unskiable with resultant overcrowding as skiers came in from elsewhere. On the cost front, a further attraction of Chatel, is the relatively low prices with prices for food, drink, accommodation and lift passes substantially less than most stations with similar skiing. Anyone who doesn’t see this has clearly never skied in Verbier or Trois Vallees.

Comments that the resort lacks investment are simply wrong, but where I do agree with others is that there is an issue with the behaviour of some (by no means all) lift staff. Personally, I find that a elementary “bonjour” actually makes a difference but it is something that all European ski resorts should look to North America for best practice.

Chatel is a fine resort with fabulous skiing and friendly natives. Don’t let others put you off.

Chatel Ski Resort Guide, Location Map – Chatel ski holiday accommodation

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Weather Forecast for Chatel at  m altitude issued: 1 pm   five Sep 2017 (local time)

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Chatel

Use the buttons below to tell us…

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Photo credit: raymond

Photo credit: Grahame

Photo credit: Garry Haywood

Photo credit: lawrence Kormornick

Slope Stats

  • Acres of ski:
  • Pistes: 73
  • Snowmaking: 40%
  • Halfpipes:
  • Terrain Parks: 1
  • X-Country: forty nine km

Chatel, in France (in the Haute Savoie region and part of the Portes du Soleil ski area) is a large resort with sixty one lifts and 83km of piste that offers skiers an incredible one thousand metres (3280 feet) of vertical descent. Chatel has seventy three pistes with a total length of 83km kilometers. Chatel is good for beginner skiers and snowboarders but there is some superb terrain for both accomplished and intermediates. Chatel has effortless links to Avoriaz and the Swiss resorts Torgon and Morgins plus the entire of the Portes du Soleil. There are forty nine kilometers (31 miles) of cross country ski trails at Chatel. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park and boarder cross track. The nearest airport is at Geneva and the nearest train station to Chatel is at Monthey.

Travel

  • Nearest Airport: Geneva
  • Nearest Train Station: Monthey
  • Tourist Office Phone: +33450732244
  • Tourist Office Website:www.chatel.com
  • Slopeside accommodation:
  • 17

Lifts

  • Season opens:
  • Season closes: twenty three Apr 2017
  • Lifts: 61
  • Two

Chatel will open at weekends from the beginning of December and then every day with the Avoriaz link from 9th December 2016

Chatel will close on the 23rd April two thousand seventeen

Latest Snow Reportview total snow report

  • Issued: five Sep
  • Last Snowfall:
  • Snow Depth (upper):
  • Snow Depth (lower):
  • Piste:
  • Off-piste:

Today’s Weather ( one thousand seven hundred one m )view utter snow forecast

Resorts close to Chatel include:

  • Morgins – Les Portes du Soleil 4km
  • Morgins 4km
  • La Chapelle d'Abondance 5km
  • Champery 6km
  • Champoussin 6km

Chatel Location Maps

(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Chatel, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)

Visitor Reviews of Chatel

David from United Kingdom writes:

I feel a bit sorry for other reviewers who recently wrote about Chatel. Holidaying over Fresh Year 2014/15 was challenging to say the least. However, nine tenths of what they experienced (I’ll come back to the last 10th later) was down to the weather, specifically the lack of snow, which affected the entire region. To be fair, without the modest snowfall the week after Christmas the result would have been absolute carnage; resort operators were more than a little worried.

Chatel, because of its north facing slopes and significant investment in snow making, actually had some albeit not as much as normal. Many nearby resorts were basically unskiable with resultant overcrowding as skiers came in from elsewhere. On the cost front, a further attraction of Chatel, is the relatively low prices with prices for food, drink, accommodation and lift passes substantially less than most stations with similar skiing. Anyone who doesn’t see this has clearly never skied in Verbier or Trois Vallees.

Comments that the resort lacks investment are simply wrong, but where I do agree with others is that there is an issue with the behaviour of some (by no means all) lift staff. Personally, I find that a ordinary “bonjour” actually makes a difference but it is something that all European ski resorts should look to North America for best practice.

Chatel is a excellent resort with fabulous skiing and friendly natives. Don’t let others put you off.

Chatel Ski Resort Guide, Location Map – Chatel ski holiday accommodation

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Weather Forecast for Chatel at  m altitude issued: 1 pm   five Sep 2017 (local time)

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Chatel

Use the buttons below to tell us…

Chatel Ski Resort Guide

Photo credit: raymond

Photo credit: Grahame

Photo credit: Garry Haywood

Photo credit: lawrence Kormornick

Slope Stats

  • Acres of ski:
  • Pistes: 73
  • Snowmaking: 40%
  • Halfpipes:
  • Terrain Parks: 1
  • X-Country: forty nine km

Chatel, in France (in the Haute Savoie region and part of the Portes du Soleil ski area) is a large resort with sixty one lifts and 83km of piste that offers skiers an incredible one thousand metres (3280 feet) of vertical descent. Chatel has seventy three pistes with a total length of 83km kilometers. Chatel is excellent for beginner skiers and snowboarders but there is some superb terrain for both pro and intermediates. Chatel has effortless links to Avoriaz and the Swiss resorts Torgon and Morgins plus the entire of the Portes du Soleil. There are forty nine kilometers (31 miles) of cross country ski trails at Chatel. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park and boarder cross track. The nearest airport is at Geneva and the nearest train station to Chatel is at Monthey.

Travel

  • Nearest Airport: Geneva
  • Nearest Train Station: Monthey
  • Tourist Office Phone: +33450732244
  • Tourist Office Website:www.chatel.com
  • Slopeside accommodation:
  • 17

Lifts

  • Season opens:
  • Season closes: twenty three Apr 2017
  • Lifts: 61
  • Two

Chatel will open at weekends from the beginning of December and then every day with the Avoriaz link from 9th December 2016

Chatel will close on the 23rd April two thousand seventeen

Latest Snow Reportview utter snow report

  • Issued: five Sep
  • Last Snowfall:
  • Snow Depth (upper):
  • Snow Depth (lower):
  • Piste:
  • Off-piste:

Today’s Weather ( one thousand seven hundred one m )view total snow forecast

Resorts close to Chatel include:

  • Morgins – Les Portes du Soleil 4km
  • Morgins 4km
  • La Chapelle d'Abondance 5km
  • Champery 6km
  • Champoussin 6km

Chatel Location Maps

(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Chatel, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)

Visitor Reviews of Chatel

David from United Kingdom writes:

I feel a bit sorry for other reviewers who recently wrote about Chatel. Holidaying over Fresh Year 2014/15 was challenging to say the least. However, nine tenths of what they experienced (I’ll come back to the last 10th later) was down to the weather, specifically the lack of snow, which affected the entire region. To be fair, without the modest snowfall the week after Christmas the result would have been absolute carnage; resort operators were more than a little worried.

Chatel, because of its north facing slopes and significant investment in snow making, actually had some albeit not as much as normal. Many nearby resorts were basically unskiable with resultant overcrowding as skiers came in from elsewhere. On the cost front, a further attraction of Chatel, is the relatively low prices with prices for food, drink, accommodation and lift passes substantially less than most stations with similar skiing. Anyone who doesn’t see this has clearly never skied in Verbier or Trois Vallees.

Comments that the resort lacks investment are simply wrong, but where I do agree with others is that there is an issue with the behaviour of some (by no means all) lift staff. Personally, I find that a elementary “bonjour” actually makes a difference but it is something that all European ski resorts should look to North America for best practice.

Chatel is a fine resort with fabulous skiing and friendly natives. Don’t let others put you off.

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