A Portes du Soleil ski pass entitles you to ski Abondance, Chatel, La Chapelle d’Abondance, Les Gets, Montriond, Morzine-Avoriaz and St. Jean d’Aulps on the French side. And, Champery, Morgins, Torgon, Val-d’Illiez-Les Crosets and Champoussin on the Swiss side. Only in Europe can a person ski from country to country and end up back where [...]
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Skiing in The Portes du Soleil Area of France and Switzerland
December 11th, 2010 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in France, Switzerland 
Tags: accommodation, adventure, culture, destination, event, events, food, hotels, log, morzine, nature, sightseeing, skiing, snowshoeing, sports, switzerland, tours, transportation, travel, travel advice, winter, winter sports 
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Flying From Chicago to Geneva: Gateway to Portes du Soleil in France
December 10th, 2010 Sheila Simkin United Airlines, our carrier of choice, doesn’t have a non-stop flight from Chicago to Geneva, Switzerland but they do fly from Washington, DC Dulles Airport. No choice if you want those loyality miles to add up and off we went to Washington, DC. Economy class for us since we try to always save the miles [...]
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Day Hike Up and Over From Adelboden Over to Lenk, Switzerland
February 6th, 2010 Sheila Simkin It’s a little complicated getting to Adelboden from Kandersteg. Take the train to Frutigen and transfer to the PostBus that stops at the Frutigen train station to Adelboden. If you manage to miss the scheduled bus and want to add more and easy distance to the hike, walk. There are marked trails on both sides [...]
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Transportation in The Kandersteg, Switzerland Area
February 5th, 2010 Sheila Simkin We made excellent use out of our Swiss Rail Passes purchased from Rail Europe that included unlimited travel on the Swiss Travel System including trains, buses and boats. Choose either a Consecutive Day or Flexi Pass. We opted for the Consecutive pass available for 4, 8, 15, 22 days or 1 month of consecutive travel. [...]
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The Exceptional Gemmipass Trail Hike in Kandersteg, Switzerland
February 4th, 2010 Sheila Simkin The Gemmipass Trail begins in Kandersteg and ends in Leukerbad with an estimated walking time of almost 7 hours. One of my favorite very long but not difficult hikes with the exception of the steep descent…View image…from the top of the Gemmi pass to Leukerbad. Steepness with sheer drop-offs, correctly known as “exposure”, gives me [...]
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Snowshoe, Cross Country or Ice Climb in Kandersteg, Switzerland
February 3rd, 2010 Sheila Simkin One winter, we took the cable car, Luftseilbahn, up to the Sunnbuel plateau and did some cross-country (primarily flat) on the high alpine 5-12 km/3.1-7 mile loops. There are restaurants at the top of Sunnbuel, Schwarenbach and back country ski tourers can go as far as Hotel Wildstrubel at the Gemmipass or up and over [...]
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Die Hards Can Hike, Climb, Back Country Tours in Kandersteg, Switzerland
February 2nd, 2010 Sheila Simkin For strong hikers and ski tourers, there are quite a few routes that are operated by both the local tourist bureaus and different adventure tour operators in either Summer, Winter or both seasons. The complete tours below all have sections that are too difficult for us to attempt and, instead, have hiked sections as day [...]
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Hiking or Skiing in the Lotschental Valley of Switzerland
February 1st, 2010 Sheila Simkin There are only two ways to get into the Lotschental Valley from Kandersteg. Hike over the Lotschenpass Pass – a hard and difficult hike, winter or summer – or take the 15-minute train ride through the Loetschberg Tunnel. Before the Loetschberg Tunnel was built around 1910, it was very difficult to access the Lotschental Valley. [...]
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Up the Bluemlisalp to Oeschinensee in Kandersteg, Switzerland
January 31st, 2010 Sheila Simkin The turquoise blue Oeschinensee is easy to reach from the center of Kandersteg on skis, by foot or lift, Winter or Summer. A great route no matter what manner of access you decide on. There are two hiking trails. One follows the Oeschinen stream on either side through the woods or hike up directly under [...]
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Kandersteg, Switzerland Has Accommodation For All Budgets
January 30th, 2010 Sheila Simkin Kandersteg has hotels, Mountain Huts, B&B’s, Camping in the Summer, SAC huts, etc. If you are not familiar with exactly what a SAC Hut/cabin is: – A SAC (Swiss Alpine Club) Hut is located high in the remote mountains. The SAC operated 153 huts throughout Switzerland are used primarily by Alpinists, climbers, hikers, families and [...]
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