The Skiers' Guide to Châtel

Very good resort for skiing just Chatel village lacks so much infrastructure eg bars and restaurants the town had out grown the catering for the skiers staying there!

Lovely skiing, even though it was busy we managed to get away from those areas to find some really good skiing. The resort wasn't to my liking as limited places to eat due to food intolerance.

Beautiful traditional Alpine village. Stay in Chatel for a relaxed, picturesque resort experience, with the benefit of snow sure Avoriaz, snow parks, Follie Douce etc higher up.

Chatel is a lovely original Alpine ski village. It contrasts to neighbouring Avoriaz & Morzine by being more French. The skiing around the Linga and Plan Dranse areas is the most snow sure in the area. A great resort for families and more mature skiers.

Have been to Chatel around 5 times. Always stay at a family friendly hotel Le Renard. It’s close to Linga ski lift so can walk there in 5-10 mins. Taking Linga lift gets you high quickly into the wider PDS ski area, where for long varied piste skiing the variety is fantastic. Great mountain huts, for lunches, being able to go from France to Switzerland is always fun. Overall highly recommend Chatel and the wider PDS area.

Fab place. Great ski area with very modern lift system leading to practically no queues. Linked into the Portes du Soleil system so huge ski area. Tons of off piste and fantastic piste preparation.

Great resort couldnt reccomend more great for all skier/snowboarders level wise and just a great place to escape would move if i could

5 weeks skiing here, fantastic snow, expertly managed, 640km of piste over Portes de Soleil.
Large off piste areas, great food options.
Excellent value.
Fantastique !

A lovely, family resort offering relatively inexpensive skiing for all. Chatel is well connected to the slopes which are predominantly blue and red, with a few black runs.

Nice resort, good selection of pistes, including really fun red and black ungroomed ones.I was a bit concerned about the town and its bottom lifts being spread out over a stretch of the valley but the free buses are great and made it no problem to get about

So many km of runs available to all levels of skiers, snow boarders and d visitors. Apres is good in central locations.

Excellent family ski resort, great ski and snowboard lessons Lovely ski village and plenty of restaurants

Great resort Chatel not to busy we had three days of clear blue sky and great snow conditions.Really nice restaurant and bars with friendly staff

Absolutely maxing time with great passes. Huge skiable area we didnt even do it all and amazing runs. There was very little people there even on the best of days

Went with a friend, both quite experienced but the other a snowboarder. Great atmosphere, loads of extra bits going on and family friendly. My kids would especially love the merry go round and the town itself had everything you needed a stones through from each other. Ski hire quick and reasonably priced and was directly opposite the shop to buy ski passes which was done without even having to speak to a human. Bus stopped directly outside my accommodation up to the lifts. Bought a pass for the whole PDS which would recommend to get best value for money and access to harder runs. Will definitely go back with the whole family next time.

Had a great time with my family, the ski resort had great connections to other resorts such as avoriaz and morzine! Would definitely return in a heartbeat

Lovely resort with many different sections to ski, each section connects to other areas in the Porte du Solie.

I learnt to snowboard here and have been back several times now over the past ten years. My sister got into an accident a few years ago and the staff in restaurants, emergency response team and hospital were all amazing and supportive throughout. A large variety of slopes and difficulties, beautiful views and beautiful resort:) The bars are amazing with wonderful staff, and so many tasty options to eat out!! 10/10 would recommend and be returning again.

Fantastic traditional alpine village with skiing for all levels. Very family friendly and great ski schools. New lifts in the super chatel area means no need to travel to pre la joux any more to access the portes du solieux
Even in half term weeks the areas around chatel are less crowded than other resorts with minimal lift queues.

Great place for first time skiers
Good places to stay and eat plenty of places to go for drinks after a long day