Grand Massif - Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval

However years ago the well known climber and founder of the Alpine Club, Sir Alfred Wills, made Sixt his base for discovering the area and built a chalet in the village. Home to stonecutters since the 15th century, it holds France's 'prettiest village' label.

Life is centred around the 12th century Abbey and is quite simple - a few shops, post office, mini-market, a few cafés and restaurants and a bakery that makes some 'sinful' cakes.  At 6.30pm every Sunday the Tourist Office invites visitors to enjoy a welcome drink of 'vin chaud' while on Thursdays there is tomme cheese making at Cash'ta.  Wonderful walks, snowshoe outings, dogsledding, a challenging 'via-ferrata' (a type of ladder fixed directly onto the rock), ice climbing and village discovery visits, are also available. There is a regular ski-bus service from Sixt to Samoëns and Morillon.

Only a 10-minute drive beyond Samoëns, Sixt is only a 30-minute drive from the motorway exit near the TGV train station of Cluses and only 1-hour drive from Geneva.

Why Sixt?

·          A very pretty, undiscovered village, set in outstanding scenery

·          Superb walks, uncrowded pistes

·          Access to the massive Grand Massif ski domain

·          Easy access from the motorway, train station or Geneva airport

Your Children

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Activities        

Snowshoeing, ski touring, dog-sledging, ice-climbing, Via Ferrata climbing (depending on the weather)…

Eating Out and Après-Ski

Restaurants and bars.  The closest cinema is at Samoens.

Other amenities

Cash point, library.

On Sundays, at 18.30: welcome drink at the Tourist Office with an introduction to the resort.

Weekly guided tours of the village (on Tuesdays): discover the village life and its history, sample some local products… Every Thursday, discover Tomme de Savoie cheese making.

Exhibitions at the Maison de la Reserve Naturelle

In Samoens (5km): Market on Wednesdays, doctors, pharmacy, physiotherapist, hairdresser, laundry/dry cleaning, bakeries, several sports shops…

Farm products sold at the Cash’ta: +33 450 34 91 90.

There is also a farm situated in the very picturesque hameaux Palme-Dessous, just 2 km outside

Sixt Fer à Cheval. The farmer sells local traditional farm products.

Tourist Office  

Tel +33.450.34.49.36

www.sixtferacheval.com or check www.samoens.com

Access                        

By Road: Driving distance from Calais 543 miles (approx 7hrs40)

From Calais, take A26 Motorway towards Reims and Troyes, then Dijon, Mâcon then ‘Autoroute Blanche’ Motorway (A40 Mâcon – Cluses)  Exit Cluses Scionzier. Follow signs to Samoens. Sixt is 5km after Samoens.

It takes approximately 25 minutes from the motorway exit to Sixt Fer a Cheval.

By Rail: Cluses 30km - Shuttle bus +33 450 98 07 81 or Taxi +33 450 34 90 www.giffre-transports.com

Airports: Geneva 70km - Shuttle bus or Taxi.  For further information on car parking, etc: www.gva.ch/en(then select Transportation in menu)or Lyon Saint-Exupery 195 km

Airport Transfer

Pre-book your taxi transfer with Peak Retreats

From Geneva Airport to Sixt - from £71 per person return based on 4 people sharing. 

For all other transfer prices please click here

Access Plan

Sixt

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Resort Map

Sixt

Alternatively try Les Gets and the wider 'Domaine du Soleil'. Cross-country skiers will love the stunning tracks around the waterfalls of 'Fer à Cheval'. There are more than 60km of tracks in the area or enjoy superb views of Mont-Blanc from the 30 km of tracks at Joux Plane at 1700m.

Les Cascades piste - this 14 km piste takes you from the summit of Les Grandes Platières at 2,500 m down to the village of Sixt located 900 m further down the mountainside. A great descent through alpine meadows and forests on one of the finest pistes in the Alps. A forest ski run on the edge of the Sixt Fer-à-Cheval Nature Reserve where it’s not unusual to come across mountain goats. 14 km of quiet surroundings and breathtaking landscapes!

Samoens/Sixt Lift Pass

Save Time in resort and budget ahead by pre-booking lift passes. See below for prices.

PRE-BOOK* your 6 Day Grand Massif Lift-Pass with PR

Children under 5 and seniors over 75 receive a FREE lift pass. Proof of age will be required for reduced price passes.

Please note that there is also a cheaper lift pass called Massif covering only Samoëns, Morillon and les Carroz although we cannot pre-book this. Beginners are advised to buy this pass in resort (€159 for 6 days).

With a 6 Day Grand Massif lift pass you also get to ski one day on the Portes du Soleil ski area (Les Gets, Morzine, Avoriaz, Chatel…).

Samoens/Sixt Ski School

PRE-BOOK* your 6 Half-Day Group Ski/Board Lessons

Please note that a booking fee of £9 per party will be charged.

1 SKI: 20/12-07/02: 09.30-11.45 or 14.00-16.30. 07/02-06/03: 10.00-12.15 or 15.00-17.15. 07/03-19/04: 09.30-12/00 or 14.30-17.00 (March) and 13.30-16.00 (April)

2 SNOWBOARD: Adults: 20/12-02/01: 09.30-11.45, 07/02–06/03: 10.00-12.15. Junior (10-15yrs): AFTERNOONS ONLY: 20/12-02/01: 14.00-16.30, 07/02-06/03: 15.00-17.15

DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGES, TO BE CONFIRMED

Individual Tuitions (08/09 prices, NOT pre-bookable)

The ski school offers 2 kinds of hours: promotional and other hours
Private lessons can be arranged at the following times:

*Promotional hours (a minimum of 5 consecutive days is required for bookings) From Christmas to the end of January: noon to 2 pm
School holidays of February: 9 am to 10 am
March and school holidays of Easter: 12.30 to 2.30
**Other hours (no possible booking in advance but during February French holidays between 12.45 and 2.45 pm) with a minimum of 5 consecutive days.

Individual tuitions can only be purchased directly from the ski school

Please note that prices are only an indication and are subject to change

Ecole du Ski Francais Village  +33 450 34 43 12

Ecole du Ski Français Samoens 1600   +33 450 34 40 86

Mountain Restaurants

Le Tremplin