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Sauna, plunge and the long terrace

Wellness

A Finnish cedar sauna with a south-facing glass wall, a spring-fed cold plunge, and the cedar hot tub looking straight down the valley.

Cedar Finnish sauna interior with a full-height south window, stone stove, and a golden-hour valley view through the glass.

Warm The cedar sauna, golden hour.

Green Vals quartzite cold plunge at Chalet Solaire facing snowy larches and the Rhône valley.

Cold The stone plunge, fed from spring water.

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Warm, then cold

Sauna, plunge,treatment room

The sauna faces the valley through a full-height south window. Beside it, a small treatment room for booked massage, and a stone cold plunge fed from spring water that runs at four to eight degrees through the winter.

4–8 °C

The plunge, through the winter

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The long terrace

The cedarhot tub

Cedar hot tub on the lower terrace at sunset, steam rising over the Rhone valley, a brass tray and linen towel on the deck.

38 °C

On the lower terrace

Held at 38°C on the lower terrace, it is the most-used feature of the house from October to April. Steam, the Rhône valley, and the lights of Sion coming on one at a time.

  • Sauna and plunge are heated year round.
  • Massage is booked in advance through the caretaker.
  • Towels and robes are in every room.

The whole house. Your kind of stay.

Arrive, thenstop moving

Most guests find they use the terrace more than the pistes. That is allowed.

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