Torgon, Switzerland

Torgon is a ski resort that you will find in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais (or Wallis), and on this page you will find most of what you need to know for a skiing holiday here. The skiing season in Torgon usually starts in mid December to end April.

Torgon has pistes totaling 580 kilometer, of which 310 kilometer are blue easy pistes, 210 kilometer red and slightly more challenging slopes, and 60 kilometer black and more difficult pistes. Here you'll find 164 lifts, with a total capacity of 250146 passengers/hour. As Torgon belongs to the ski area Les Portes du Soleil - Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets/Châtel/Morgins/Champéry, one have access to all facilities in all ski resorts included there. The highest point in the ski system is at 2254 meter, which gives a vertical drop of 1269 meter. The longest piste in Torgon is 3 kilometers.

If you haven't had enough of skiing after a day on the slopes, you can continue skiing even after the sun has gone down as there is the option of night skiing in Torgon. Other alternatives to skiing or snowboarding on the slopes are to try the fun park and halfpipe facilities in Torgon.

In case some of you feel like doing some Nordic skiing, Torgon holds 600 kilometers of prepared tracks for doing that. If you like hiking and want to do it in a beautiful winter environment, you also have access to special trails that are prepared for winter hiking.

If you want to fly to Torgon

For those of you who want to fly to Torgon the nearest airport is Geneva International Airport. The distance from this airport to Torgon is 59 kilometers. It is also possible to fly to the airports Belp, Bern, which is 82 kilometers away, and Aix Les Bains, Chambery, which has a distance of 108 kilometers from Torgon.

Other ski resorts nearby Torgon

Just nearby, with a distance of 6 kilometers from Torgon, you will find Chatel. Other nearby ski resorts are La Chapelle d'Abondance (7 kilometers) and Morgins (9 kilometers).