Châtel is a picturesque village nestled at the top of the Val d’Abondance and serves as one of the base camps for the expansive Franco-Swiss Portes du Soleil ski domain. Bordering the Swiss canton of Valais, accessible via the Pas de Morgins (1,374m), a pass well-known to cyclists, the village has hosted the Tour de France twice: in 1975, Lucien Van Impe won a challenging time trial from Morzine here, and in 2022, Bob Jungels achieved one of his greatest successes in this location.
• Commune in the department of Haute-Savoie (74)
• Population: 1,200; 42,600 within the Pays d’Évian Vallée d’Abondance municipality; 841,500 within the department of Haute-Savoie
- Châtel: chatel.com/hiver
- Department of Haute-Savoie: hautesavoie.fr