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Sixt
At the end of the Giffre Valley, set in an area of
outstanding natural beauty with the magnificent 'Fer
à Cheval' and its wonderful waterfalls and
natural reserve, Sixt is still largely unknown
outside France.
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.
 
Sixt has a small and uncrowded domain with a mix of
slopes for all abilities. It is linked to the massive
Grand Massif (265 km of pistes) and it is possible to
ski back from Flaine to Sixt via the very scenic 14km
'Cascades' blue run (just go to Samoëns or
Morillon via the regular free bus service.
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.
Official Tourist office Sixt
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