The ski station at Château-d’Oex closed a couple of years ago and it’s now a good destination for some ski tours. There’s a high avalanche risk currently so the easy angled slopes are ideal. The best access is via Gérignoz where an older lift ran from but that closed a few years before the rest of the station. It’s possible to drive up to the mid-station but we started from the base. It’s only 950m in height at the base so snow cover there isn’t reliable. There was great cover all the way from Gérignoz on ascent and descent. Our meandering route up and down the mountain mostly worked, there were a couple of sections on our return where we needed to put the skins back on but mostly it worked.
Château-d’Oex Ski Tour
January 20, 2021 By
SwissMountainLeader
Skiing, Alpine and Touring avalanche, ski randonnée, ski touring
About The Author
SwissMountainLeader
I’m an International Mountain Leader and First aid Trainer. I left the UK in 1999 to live and work in Europe. Since 2003 we’ve lived in Switzerland. We are based in Leysin in the Swiss Alps where we also run the Epicea B&B providing accommodation for our clients. I’m a former director of the British Association of International Mountain Leaders (BAIML) and the president of the international body the Union of International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA). I’ve represented UIMLA to the UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation and as a member of the avalanche commission of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR).