Verbier Ski Resort Guide
Verbier is Switzerland's number one resort with great skiing and snow-boarding. The terrain is fantastic, the views superb and the snow reliable. Unfortunately, Verbier is popular and the queues can reflect this. Verbier caters for all abilities but experts will love the off-piste that is straight out of a magazine. Too good to be true? Well, Verbier is expensive and snobby to the extreme. There are ways to cut costs (a nice youth hostel in the valley if you can stand the commute) otherwise expect to pay through the nose for pretty much everything! There are plenty of places to eat and drink if you have the money, it is a party-town as well.
Resorts close to Verbier include:
Bruson (3 km),
Le Chable (3 km),
La Tzoumaz (5 km),
Champex-Lac (11 km),
Haute Nendaz (11 km),
Verbier Chalets, Ski Hotels & Lodging
Select Verbier Location Map Detail:
(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Verbier, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)
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Trails (Pistes): 70 |
Halfpipes: 1 |
| Summit: 3330 m |
Toplift: m |
| Beg: 40% Int: 40% Adv: 20% |
Terrain Parks: 1 |
| Vertical Drop: 1830 m |
X-Country: 29 km |
| Lifts: 45 (20 chair lifts, 16 surface lifts) |
Snowmaking: 2% |
| Gondolas / Cable Cars: 17 |
Slopeside accommodation: Y |
| Restaurants: 60 |
Acres of ski: 2236 |
| Bars: 10 |
Nearest Airport: Geneva |
| Nearest Train: Le Chable |
Tourist Info Phone:: +41277753888,
Verbier Tourist Office Website |
Visitor Reviews of Verbier
M Graham from Switzerland writes:
The greed and arrogance of Televerbier and the powers that be in Verbier has now produced the farcical situation where having built a hotel on the car park of the main lift station (Medran) and banned parking they are now preventing any vehicles other than buses dropping skiers off there. The buses are very overcrowded and unpleasant.
I strongly urge people to stay away from Verbier until they build the new lift at Les Esserts (promised 5 years ago - still no sign of it at all) and start treating people who use the resort (and pay for it) with just a little bit of respect. The tourist office can only shrug their shoulders and say they are powerless. They have been swamped by complaints.
We are strongly considering selling up and moving to a place run by a nicer bunch of people.
2012-02-07 |
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NEW!
Announcements & News from the Verbier ski resort manager
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- Season opens: 1 Dec 2012
- Season closes: 28 Apr 2012
04-05 February 2012 - Ski Cross! Coop Tour. http://www.verbierbooking.ch/en/agenda/ski-cross-coop-tour-148-226
21 February 2012 - Mardi Gras Carnaval: one big fancy dress party all over the village.
01-04 March 2012 - Gravity Show. http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/service-updates/events/event-5722556.html
23-25 March 2012 - Xtreme Verbier 2012. Final of the Swatch Freeride World Tour.
14-21 April 2012 - XSpeedSki 2012. Final of the World Championship Speed Skiing on Mont Fort.
25-28 April 2012 - Patrouille des Glaciers: the famous night races on skis from Zermatt to Verbier.
Information supplied 21 Jan 2012
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