| Chatel | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  France |
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| Area | 32,19 km² |
| Population | 1 250 hab. () |
| Density | 38,83 inhab./km² |
| Postal code | 74390 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 46 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ N 6 ° 50 ′ 28 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Chatel is a family resort for winter and summer sports, a few steps fromAvoriaz, ideal for beginner skiers, it is one of the 14 resorts in the extensive Portes du Soleil ski area.
Understand
Geography
Châtel is, at 1 200 m altitude, the last village of the Val d'Abondance. Located in the French Chablais, a massif in the north of the Pre-Alps, on the border of the canton of Valais, Châtel is a mid-mountain resort. The village is watered by the Dranse d'Abondance, which rises near the hamlet of Plaine Dranse and joins the Dranse de Morzine before flowing into Lake Geneva between Thonon-les-Bains and Évian-les-Bains.
Departmental road 22 connects Châtel to Thonon-les-Bains, some forty kilometers further, in 45 min about. The Pas de Morgins marks the border with the Swiss canton of Valais and the resort of Morgins. Although the Avoriaz resort is bordering on Châtel, there is no road allowing direct access to Avoriaz or Morzine by car, it is necessary to bypass the Mont de Grange massif. On the other hand, the ski link between the two resorts is direct.
To go
By plane
Airport in Geneva, Annecy or even Lyon
By train
French side:
Thonon-les-Bains station Information and reservations: SNCFTel. 3635www.sncf.com
Swiss side:
Aigle station and / or Monthey station Information and reservations: CFFTel. 00 41 900 300 300 (CHF 1.19 / min) www.cff.ch
By bus
Regular LIHSA departmental line between Thonon-les-Bains and Châtel.During school holidays, the Buski provides links with the resorts of the Valley and the TGV Lyria at Aigle station. Colombus intercommunal shuttle between Chevenoz and Châtel during the winter and summer seasons. Free municipal shuttles and small tourist train in season.
By car
From Paris A6 then A40 to Mâcon, RN5 to Annemasse, D902 to Thonon-les-Bains, finally D22. From Lyon A3-A41 then RN5 to Annemasse, D902 to Thonon, finally D22; From Mulhouse / Strasbourg via Switzerland (Basel, Vevey, Monthey, exit Triphon Portes du Soleil, then Morgins), finally valley of Abondance-Châtel. Taxis and carpooling.
Circulate
See
The mountain smuggling interpretation center, the Vieille Douane.
Make
Winter sports
11 green runs 17 blue runs 16 red runs 5 black runs 45 ski lifts including: 13 chair lift (s), 26 ski lift (s), 2 cable car (s). Nordic skiing, ski touring, snowshoeing, hiking. 1 Smoothpark, 1 DVA Park, 1 fun zone, 1 Fantasticable, 1 Mauve Milka slope, Ski lockers, 5 ski schools, 2 kindergartens, Snowboard, telemark, New sports: airboard, snake gliss, yooner, snowracer , snowscoot, freeride, freestyle moguls, Dualski, Uniski, Kartski, Tandemski, Taxiski. Summer sports and recreationYou can practice hiking and cycling, mountain biking, fantasticable, climbing, via ferrata, mountaineering, paragliding, white water sports: rafting, canyoning, hydrospeed, canoeing, sports ball: tennis, pétanque, mini-golf, volleyball, golf, bob sledging, devalkart, rollerblading and swimming in the aquatic center. EventsFor entertainment there is a bowling alley, a disco and 2 cinemas. Main events: -Oxfam Wintertrail, -Rock the Pistes Festival. |
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Alpine skiing
To work
Buy
Local products, such as cheese, goat cheese, farm ewes.
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
Communicate
security
Manage the day-to-day
Around
- La Chapelle d'Abondance, a neighboring village resort for winter and summer sports.
- Abondance, winter and summer sports resort-village, in the same Abondance valley.
