La Chapelle d'Abondance, France

The ski resort La Chapelle d'Abondance is located in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais (or Wallis), and here you will find most of what you need to know about La Chapelle d'Abondance. The season in La Chapelle d'Abondance normally starts in mid December to end April.

In La Chapelle d'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. La Chapelle d'Abondance is part of the ski area Les Portes du Soleil - Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets/Châtel/Morgins/Champéry, and therefore you have access to all lifts and slopes in this area. The vertical drop is at most 1269 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 2254 meter.

In La Chapelle d'Abondance you can also try night skiing as some slopes are illuminated after dark. 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 La Chapelle d'Abondance there are prepared trails for winter hiking.

Airports close to La Chapelle d'Abondance

For those of you who want to fly to La Chapelle d'Abondance the nearest airport is Geneva International Airport. The distance from this airport to La Chapelle d'Abondance is 52 kilometers. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Belp, Bern (88 kilometers distance), as well as Aix Les Bains, Chambery (101 kilometers from the ski resort).

Closest ski resorts to La Chapelle d'Abondance

Not far from La Chapelle d'Abondance is the ski resort Chatel, the distance is only 5 kilometers. Other nearby ski resorts are Abondance (6 kilometers) and Torgon (7 kilometers).