Winter activities in St Gervais
Skiing and snowboarding
St Gervais is part of the Evasion ski area - A huge area of around 445km of pistes, comprising the resorts of St Gervais, Megeve, St Nicholas de Veroce (which are all linked), and Les Contamines and Combloux which are only a short 15 minute drive away. You'll need a photo for passes of three days or more, but they take these at the telecabine through the glass so it's super quick and super easy!
Costs for 2008/2009 were 171 Euros for an adults 6 day Evasion pass, and 137 Euros for the childs pass. There was the option to buy a family pass, 2 adults and 2 children, for 554 Euros (10% saving).
Here's the piste map for the area so that you see just how big it is! Click here for the area without Les Contamines (800K file) and click here for Les Contamines (200k file)
St Gervais Spa
The Parc Thermal in Saint Gervais/Le Fayet is the perfect
place to relax. The
spa offers a range of medical, health and beauty treatments.
Tel: 00 33
(0)4 50 47 54 54
www.thermes-st-gervais.com
Ice skating
There is an indoor ice skating rink in St Gervais which is open all year and is one of the homes to the Mont Blanc ice hockey team and regularly hosts ice hockey matches during the season.Other activities
There are many activities that are available during the winter in St Gervais and the surrounding area. You can take Europe's
highest cable car up to the Aiguille du Midi from Chamonix (25 - 30 minutes drive away) and once
at the top you can eat in the restaurant or just take in the panoramic
views on the viewing platforms. Or take
the Montenevers rack rail train will to the foot of the Mer
de Glace (Sea of Ice), Europe's largest living glacier. Once
at the glacier you can visit the Ice Grotto carved out of the glacier.
You
could take a day trip to the beautiful city of Annecy, pop into Geneva, or neaerby Megève or evenCourmayer in Italy.
Visit
a husky farm in Chamonix. The Husky farm is open
for visits and trips. Tel: 0033 (0)4 50 47 77 24 www.huskydalen.com
Nearby Megeve offers hot air ballooning and helicopter and plane rides around Mont Blanc and the area.
Click here for
Summer activities in
St Gervais
