Verbier Ski Resort
Verbier is a cult ski resort, the place where any skier or snowboarder who wants to test their mettle or tick one of the world’s best off their list will make the effort to visit. With a vibrant town and spectacular setting amid soaring peaks Verbier is a compelling destination for mountain lovers worldwide. It is the main resort in Switzerland’s large 4 Valleys area, the country’s largest lift-linked ski domain and comes with the added bonus of a massive vertical drop of almost 2000 meters (off-piste from the 3330 meter Mont Fort glacier). All up Verbier offers 412km of runs divided into 39% beginner, 44% intermediate and 17% advanced set between 4920 feet to 9920 feet (1500 meters to 3025 meters).
Ferrying people around this vast terrain is a network of 80 lifts which link heady peaks and span enormous valleys all the while affording jaw-dropping views. Extensive panoramas of dramatic mountain scenery stretch in every direction. From the highest points of the resort, namely the Mont Fort, views extend to the unmistakable spire of the Matterhorn and Europe’s highest mountain, Mont Blanc, in France.
Powderchasers and expert skiers and snowboarders are drawn to Verbier equally for the challenging terrain both in and outside the resort, as Verbier is well-recognised as having among the best lift-accessed off piste in the Alps. Intermediates and beginners however need not fear Verbier’s well-deserved reputation for challenging slopes which has seen it become a major location for extreme free riding competitions. There is plenty of gentle terrain here too, with sunny learner slopes and wide leisurely blue runs. While novices cruise, the advanced can fling themselves down long steep slopes including a World Cup run, leap into several huge mogul fields and hire a guide for off-piste adventures.
Along with the world’s best skiers Verbier is a magnet for the international jet-set, and as such has its fair share of luxury lodging and high-priced venues alongside the generous amount of more moderate options. Nightlife here is renowned, kicking off at apres before rolling onto fabulous restaurants and then into the night at lively and stylish cafes, lounges, clubs and bars as well as the many chalets which cater for groups. Verbier is on the larger side for a ski resort yet conveniently laid out, with the shops, restaurants, major hotels and chalets concentrated in the streets leading to the main gondola.
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Accommodation, lifts, lessons and package deals will launch in 2019 for the 2019/20 season.
How To Get To Verbier
Verbier is located 167 km from Geneva International Airport. To transfer from the airport to the resort is around two hours 10 minutes by road or about three hours by rail.
Flying To Verbier
Sion airport to Verbier – 61 km
Bern Airport to Verbier – 170 km
Geneva airport to Verbier – 167 km
Zurich airport to Verbier – 290km
Lyons airport to Verbier – 296 km
Milan Malpensa airport to Verbier – 265 km
Rail Travel To Verbier
From Geneva airport to Verbier 3 hrs – take an InterRegio train – Brig – changing at Martigny – regional train to Le Chable, 9 km from Verbier – the Post Bus station for the 25 minutes bus ride from Le Chable (821 m) to Verbier (1500 m).
From Zurich airport to Verbier 5 hrs – take an InterCity service, direction Brig – changing at Visp – direction Geneva Airport – changing again at Martigny for the regional train to Le Chable – the Post Bus service from Le Chable to Verbier.
Driving to Verbier
Zurich to Verbier – 286 km
Milan to Verbier – 310 km
Frankfurt to Verbier – 584 km
Paris to Verbier – 636 km
London to Verbier – 1,020 km
| Skiable Terrain | 177 km (109 mi) |
| Vertical | 1,829 m (6,000 ft) |
| Top Elevation | 3,330 m (10,925 ft) |
| Base Elevation | 1,500 m (4,921 ft) |
| Average Snowfall | 8.4 m (331 in / 27 f) |
| Beginner Terrain | 36% |
| Intermediate Terrain | 37% |
| Advanced Terrain | 27% |
| Trails | 94 |
| Parks | 1 |
| Winter lifts Total | 82 |
| Gondolas Trams | 17 |
| Chair Lifts | 17 |
| Surface Lifts | 48 |
| Longest Run | 8 km (4.9 mi) |
| Season Opens | November |
| Season Closes | April |