Leysin, Switzerland

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Leysin summary

Leysin in Switzerland (in the Lake Geneva Region region) is a large resort with 14 lifts (7 chair lifts, 4 surface lifts) that offers skiers an incredible 1050 metres (3445 feet) of vertical descent. Leysin has 29 pistes with a total length of 60 kilometers (38 miles). Leysin is best suited to beginner skiers and snowboarders but there is some terrain for both expert and intermediates. There are 10 kilometers (6 miles) of cross country ski trails at Leysin. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park and a half pipe. A small proportion of the pistes at Leysin are covered by snowmaking. The closest airport is at Geneva but the transfer time is 2 hours. The nearest train station to Leysin is at Aigle. There is accommodation located close to the pistes but we would welcome additional information about any hotels or chalets in Leysin.

Resorts close to Leysin include: Villars (8 km), Les Mosses - La Lécherette (11 km), Rochers-de-Naye - Caux (11 km), Les Diablerets (12 km), Chatel (15 km),

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	Trails (Pistes): 29	Halfpipes: 1
	Summit: 2205 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 60% Int: 30% Adv: 10%	Terrain Parks: 1
	Vertical Drop: 955 m	X-Country: 10 km
	Lifts: 14 (7 chair lifts, 4 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: 5%
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 2	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 18	Acres of ski: -
	Bars: 8	Nearest Airport: Geneva
	Nearest Train: Aigle	Info phone: +41244942244 \| Leysin Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Leysin

Rob Farrands from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

Leysin is small resort by alpine standards, however if you combine it with nearby Les Diablerets (where there's skiing on Glacier 3000) and Villars, on the Vaudois Ski Pass, it makes for a large ski area. A car is worth considering if you want to ski all three areas, as unusually by Swiss standards, the shuttle bus which runs between Diablerets and Leysin only runs at certain times of the year. Transport from Geneva airport is easy by train, and finishes with a lovely 'Cog' train ride from the small town of Aigle to Leysin through the forest; it's very romantic!.
Leysin is south facing which can make for spring conditions early on in the year. There are some nice little restaurants on the hill, one in particular at the foot of Mayen is very rustic. None of the runs are particularly taxing, however there is good off piste which can be accessed from the marked runs and leads you through the trees. When I skied there for the first time in 1986 I skied 3 foot powder through the pine trees!
The views from La Bernuese, where there is a revolving restaurant at the top, are great you can see the Dents de Midis, and the whole of Lake Geneva.
There is a good mountaineering school, ski school and mountain guides for real off piste expidtions.
The village is quiet with a handfull of good restaurants. There is a very good sports centre with swimming pool and an ice rink at the bottom of the village.
There is plenty of good accomadation to suite all tastes, although few chalets, and only one 4 star hotel. Night life is confined to two bars, we never went, however they looked well attended by the boarding fraternity, but Leysin is not a place for partying I would guess, since the Club Vagabond closed down some years ago. Food and accomadation is cheap by Swiss standards.
We stayed at Chalet Orchides the last time I visited, which was friendly and reasonably priced and only a 5 - 10 minute walk from the main lift complex.
A good resort for mixed ability couples or families on a budget.

2005-06-27

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