Champoussin

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Location

Monthey
Switzerland
46° 12' 32.4" N, 6° 51' 49.68" E
CH
General info: 

Champoussin : This Valaisan village, built in the architectural style typical of the Val d’Illiez, will enchant you with its rustic authenticity. The resort is situated at an altitude of 1,600m with the majestic Dents du Midi Mountains as a backdrop. Champoussin offers a multitude of activities for everyone: paragliding, sledging, snowshoeing, horseback riding, hiking. Not to mention a goat farm to visit with cheese making demonstrations and cheese tasting to follow, an alpine museum to explore.. The annual winter sledging race is a breath-taking event where competitors hurl themselves downhill on everything from antique hay sledges to sleek modern machines…

BASE: 4297ft
SUMMIT: 7053ft
VERTICAL DROP: 2755ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 220
Gondolas: 14
Chairs: 86
Surface: 120

Costs: 

DAY PASS ADULTS weekday: CHF57.00

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Interesting places nearby

The charms of the village, the pleasures of a great ski area! Nestling in Savoie, Champagny en Vanoise is one of 10 ski resorts of La Plagne skiing domain : 225 km of marked runs, 108 lifts between 1 250 and 3 000m in altitude.

Between Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc, two regions have merged across the Franco-Swiss border to form a single region known as Portes du Soleil.

The giant Monterosa ski area is one of the world's largest, and thanks to recent investment in new lifts you can now ski or board without needing to stop for 180km between the resorts of Champoluc and Gressoney and Gressoney on to Alagna

The main Champorcher ski area below Rosa dei Banchi is accessed by a cable car to Laris followed by the 2km Cimetta Rosa drag lift. The village itself has five hotels and a discotheque.

The Chamrousse ski resort is at the situated just at the entrance to an area known as the Belledonne, only 30km from Grenoble.

The traditional mountain village of Charmey lies at the heart of La Gruyère. As a guest here you will benefit from a highly developed tourist infrastructure within a pristine landscape.