St Gervais, Mont Blanc Information & Webcams
THE VILLAGE
As a spa resort, St GERVAIS MONT BLANC has attracted tourists since 1806, but it came a ski resort as well with the opening of the first cable car to the Bettex as early as 1936! It has remained very French even into the Twenty First Century, and, despite huge recent British property investment, it remains a relatively undiscovered haven nestling between it's better known sisters, Chamonix and Megève. The main 'Voie Royale' climbers route and the summit of the Mont Blanc (4810 metres) are all in the commune of St Gervais. Above all, this a very friendly, Alpine 'living' village, not frequented by the package tour industry and with one of the prettiest ski areas anywhere in the Alps.
Catered Chalet in St Gervais Mont Blanc: LA VIEILLE FERME
WINTER
The main ski area of St-Gervais has 130kms of pistes, with 36 lifts spread over the open spaces of the Mont Joly and the tree lined slopes of Mont Rosset.It links seamlessly into the Megève system, and the Evasion Mont Blanc ski pass covers 445 kms of pistes and 113 lifts, all with a hands-free skipass set up. It has a terrain park with a half-pipe and is accessed by a fast, 20-person gondola from the edge of the resort to Le Bettex. The second stage goes up to St-Gervais 1850. Skiing on the Mont Blanc side of St-Gervais is served by the Tramway, a mountain railway that climbs slowly to the Col de Voza at 1,653m, where it links to the skiing above Les Houches.
St-Gervais has three nursery-slope lifts and two kindergartens. The ESF at St-Gervais and StNicholas, and the ESI at Le Bettex, all offer standard lessons, as well as cross-country, slalom and telemark. The two local mountain-guiding companies are Compagnie des Guides de St-Gervais and Guides des Cimes, and both can organise heli-skiing.
Après-Ski
St-Gervais village has a small but excellent range of restaurants, from the good value 'L’Eterle' ( a lot more than just a simple pizzaria), through to the very fine 'Sérac'. Le Galeta and Le Robinson serve a variety of local specialities, while in St Nicholas, 'Le Coin du Feu', is well worth the detour. There is a good variety of bars, with The NPA and the Yucatan both very popular with the late-stop-out crowd because of their atmosphere and live music.
Key Facts
Access:
8 kms from the end of the A40 autoroute, approx. 8 hour drive from Calais
50 minutes transfer from Geneva airport.
Village Altitude: 850 m
Location: Haute-Savoie
Evasion Mont Blanc Ski Area:
Slopes 1100- 2350 m (with red piste down to St Gervais open January and February)
Number of ski runs 135
Number of Green ski runs 22
Number of Blue ski runs 42
Number of Red ski runs 52
Number of Black ski runs 19
Number of km of ski runs 445 km
Number of ski lifts: 113
Nordic Skiing: 156 km
Mont Joux snowpark and half-pipe
2007 Evasion Lift Pass price (Adult): 162 Euros for 6 days. 10% reduction for family of 4.
Free skibus
Activities in Winter:
Skiing and snowboarding, snowshoeing, paragliding, ice skating, in-door swimming pool, Spa centre
Activities in Summer:
Walking, paragliding school,tandem paragliding, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, climbing, glacier walking, tree adventure parks, tennis, outdoor heated swimming pool, horse riding.....
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