Champery (Portes du Soleil)
Also known as: Champery, Portes du Soleil Suisse, Dents du Midi
Dents du Midi; Swiss Wall
Can the whole group come?
Who in your group gets a good week at Champery (Portes du Soleil) - the terrain split, the ski school, and what the people not skiing do.
Steep Champery home runs; PdS overall beg/int-biased; Chavanette Swiss Wall
Planachaux plateau gentle; Les Crosets beginner terrain; steep home run (download by cable car)
Traditional village, ice rink, snowshoe, Palladium leisure centre
ESS ski kindergarten / kids' garderie
Swiss Ski School (ESS) Champery; village rentals
Steep home runs but mostly intermediate across the domain
Snow & season
Med (low village; links up to higher Les Crosets/Mossette)
Typically mid-Dec to mid-Apr (no glacier; low village)
Jan-Feb
Peak Christmas/New Year, Feb half-terms; quieter Jan and late Mar
Steep home runs + intermediate PdS pistes
Low-village snow reliability
The mountain
~100 km Swiss sector
~100 km Swiss sector; ~600 km whole PdS
Chavanette (Swiss Wall) access; off-piste
Busy in the mega-domain
Getting there & lift pass
Adult day ~CHF 75 (full PdS, est)
Permits and operators change - confirm before booking.
Geneva airport ~1 h 45-2 h; TPC/AOMC train from Aigle
Rail; car-accessible
Planachaux, Chez Coquoz, Les Crosets huts
Champery village services
Aigle / Monthey hub; cross-border France
Patrol & safety
Pisteurs-secouristes + avalanche control; SLF bulletins
Champery-only splits/price estimated
Hopital Riviera-Chablais, Rennaz / Monthey (~20 km)
This profile is desk research, compiled from public sources - not a first-hand ski resort report. Coordinates are approximate.