Abondance, France

Abondance is a ski resort that you will find in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais (or Wallis), and on this page you will find most of what you need to know for a skiing holiday here. The season in Abondance normally starts in mid December to end April.

It is currently open for skiing in Abondance and the current snow depth on the slopes is 50 centimeters. Today, 30% of the lifts and 27% of the slopes are open.

In Abondance you will find 165 lifts with a lift capacity of 250776 passengers/hour. There are 580 kilometer of groomed pistes in total, divided into 310 kilometer blue pistes, 210 kilometer red pistes and for the more experienced skiers, 60 kilometer black pistes. As Abondance belongs to the ski area Les Portes du Soleil - Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets/Châtel/Morgins/Champéry, one have access to all facilities in all ski resorts included there. The vertical drop is at most 1269 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 2254 meter.

If you haven't had enough of skiing after a day on the slopes, you can continue skiing even after the sun has gone down as there is the option of night skiing in Abondance. For snowboarders or the more adventurous skiers, there is also access to a fun park, as well as a halfpipe facility.

If you have family members or others in your party who are not interested in down hill skiing, there are cross-country skiing tracks available at a total length of 600 kilometers. If you want to take it a little more leisurely one day and get a nice winter experience, you can go out and hike. In Abondance there are prepared trails for winter hiking.

Airports close to Abondance

The fastest way to get to Abondance is normally by plane, unless you don't live nearby. The airport Geneva International Airport is only 47 kilometers from Abondance, which is an advantage as there are more transfer options and the travel time is shorter. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Belp, Bern (92 kilometers distance), as well as Aix Les Bains, Chambery (97 kilometers from the ski resort).

Closest ski resorts to Abondance

Not far from Abondance is the ski resort La Chapelle d'Abondance, the distance is only 6 kilometers. Other nearby ski resorts are St Jean d'Aulps (7 kilometers) and Chatel (9 kilometers).