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Where to stay in Châtel

A village at 1,197 m in the Portes du Soleil ski area, France.

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Lift season: The lifts aren't planned to run during your stay: they run from 19 Dec 2026 to 18 Apr 2027. Planned dates can change with the snow.

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About Châtel

Ski area
Portes du Soleil (12 villages)
Country
France
Altitude
1,197 m
Pistes
600 km across the whole Portes du Soleil ski area
Piste difficulty
9% green, 51% blue, 33% red, 5% black and 2% unclassified of the mapped pistes
Lifts
191 lifts: 13 gondolas and cable cars, 75 chairlifts, 93 drag lifts and 10 magic carpets
Lift season
19 Dec 2026 to 18 Apr 2027 (planned for 2026/27). The dates for the whole linked area; some resorts open their own lifts earlier.
Piste map
Official piste map (en.portesdusoleil.com), external site, opens in a new tab
Webcams
Official webcams (en.portesdusoleil.com), external site, opens in a new tab
Snow in the village
Around 12 Dec 2026: 10 cm (median of 28 winters)Through the winter: Mid-Dec 16 cm · Christmas 21 cm · Mid-Jan 37 cm · Mid-Feb 57 cm · Mid-Mar 16 cm
Snow on the slopes
No mountain station near enough with a long enough record

Location and altitude: IGN place names (BD TOPO) and altitude (RGE ALTI), via the Géoplateforme.

Piste length: Portes du Soleil official website, external site, opens in a new tab.

Lift season: Portes du Soleil official website, external site, opens in a new tab. Planned dates, which can change with the snow.

Piste difficulty and lifts: as mapped on OpenSkiMap, external site, opens in a new tab, © OpenStreetMap contributors, external site, opens in a new tab, downloaded 9 Oct 2026. Volunteer-mapped and counted by us, so they can differ from the ski area’s own figures; railways and funiculars aren’t counted as lifts.

Snow in the village: measured at the Châtel weather station (1,155 m, 1.4 km away).

Typical depth is the median over the winters 1994/95 to 2023/24 with readings that week, shown only with at least 24 of them. Natural snow on open ground, not groomed pistes; past winters, not a forecast or snow report. Météo-France daily climatological data, external site, opens in a new tab (meteo.data.gouv.fr), Licence Ouverte 2.0, external site, opens in a new tab, counted by us.

Lift pass

€373 for an adult 6-day Portes du Soleil pass, 2026/27 main season.

Mid-range36th cheapest of 79 ski areas with a 2026/27 price.

€352 online. A €3 hands-free card is also compulsory.

Source: Portes du Soleil official price list, checked 25 Sept 2026. Public price; early-booking, online and package deals are often cheaper. Not part of the village scores.

Listed accommodation in Châtel (28)

Real businesses from official directories, credited below. We don’t have their availability or prices, so they aren’t part of the score. Contact them directly to book.

16 hotels, 6 residences, 3 rentals and 3 others. How many are listed depends on what each directory covers, which varies a lot between villages, so a low count doesn’t mean little accommodation.

Officially classified capacity: 2,831 guests across 22 establishments, plus 6 listings without capacity data. Capacity is for whole establishments, not a single booking.

Source: DATAtourisme (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0), copied on 25 Sept 2026.

Source: Atout France, register of classified accommodation (Licence Ouverte / Open Licence), copied on 25 Sept 2026.

Supplied by Atout France, Châtel Tourisme, Gîtes de France Haute-Savoie. Records updated between 15 Feb 2022 and 23 Sept 2026. Register addresses located with the Base Adresse Nationale.

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