Le Châtelard

Worth seeing in and around Le Châtelard

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Col de la Forclaz

   Col de la Forclaz is a mountain pass in the Alps in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland.

   3.4 km · mountain pass · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lac d'Émosson

   The Lac d'Émosson is a reservoir in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located in the municipalities of Salvan and Finhaut.

   3.8 km · reservoir in Switzerland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Croix de Fer

   The Croix de fer is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, overlooking Trient in the canton of Valais. It is located north of the Tête de Balme and L'Arolette and it is the culminating point of the group between the Col des Montets and the Col de Balme.

   3.2 km · mountain · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Émosson Dam

   The Émosson Dam is a hydroelectric dam development located in Switzerland in the canton of Valais.

   2.1 km · dam in Finhaut in the canton of Valais, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Tête de Balme

   The Tête de Balme is a mountain of the Mont Blanc Massif, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It lies on the range north of the Col de Balme, culminating at the Croix de Fer.

   3.5 km · mountain at the France-Switzerland border · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Les Perrons

   Les Perrons is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and France. The main summit is named Grand Perron.

   3.6 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Col de Balme

   The Col de Balme is a high mountain pass of the Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and France. It connects Trient in the Swiss canton of Valais to Argentière in the French department of Haute-Savoie.

   4 km · high mountain pass of the Alps · Wikipedia

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Getting to Le Châtelard

Airports

Geneva (GVA), 68 km · Turin (TRN), 110 km · Milan Malpensa (MXP), 145 km

Stations

Vallorcine railway station, 3.9 km · Finhaut railway station, 2.6 km · Le Châtelard VS railway station, 200 m · Le Châtelard-Frontière railway station, 1.2 km

• Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône → Le Châtelard

  80 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · €12–16
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Le Châtelard

  247 km · quickest by road, 5h 24m · €35–49
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• Nice, Alpes-Maritimes → Le Châtelard

  238 km · quickest by road, 7h 13m · €48–65
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No local-transport research exists yet for Le Châtelard

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Le Châtelard. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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