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Mid-December to mid-April

Winter

One hundred and forty kilometres of marked piste from the door, and a heated ski room that dries everything overnight.

Chalet Solaire at deep winter blue hour, warm interior glowing through the south windows, hot-tub steam rising, snow falling.

Blue hour, snow falling

Plans-Mayens · 1,700 m

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From the door

One hundred and fortykilometres of piste

Crans-Montana’s marked runs start from the plateau, and the Plaine Morte glacier holds snow into the spring. The heated ski room takes skis, boards, boots and gloves, and dries all of it overnight.

Instructors and guides are booked through the caretaker. A minimum stay of seven nights applies in winter.

140 km

Marked piste

7 nights

Minimum stay in winter

Chalet Solaire’s heated ski room with skis, snowboards, boot dryers and fresh snow outside.

The ski room Heated; everything dry by morning.

Chalet Solaire’s warm larch and Vals quartzite entrance open to fresh snow at blue hour.

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Arrival

Arrivingin the snow

The drive self-clears and holds a 22 kW charger. Geneva is ninety minutes by car on the A9 to Sierre; Sion is thirty minutes by aircraft and car, or eight minutes by helicopter to Bella Lui.

90 min

Geneva, by car

8 min

Helicopter to Bella Lui

22 kW

Charger on the drive

Larch-clad chalet in February golden-hour light, snow on terrace and roof, the Rhone valley behind.

The whole house. Your kind of stay.

Book thewinter early

Christmas, New Year and February half-term are usually taken a year ahead.

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