Leysin
A sun-facing Vaud village with a revolving summit restaurant at Berneuse and long views down to Lake Geneva and across to the French Alps.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
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When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Leysin's heaviest snowfall lands in December; the snowpack peaks in March.
- Snowfall
- peaks Dec
- Snowpack
- peaks Mar
- Typical season
- Oct – May
Snowfall: SLF IMIS, station observations (1994–2023).
Snow depth: SLF IMIS, station observations (1994–2023).
Location
Leysin sits on a south-facing terrace in the Vaud Alps of western Switzerland, above the Rhône valley where it bends toward Lake Geneva. The setting is high-alpine but open and sunny, with terrain reaching well above the tree line.
Getting there
Fly into Geneva (GVA), about 2 hours from the resort by road.
- Geneva (GVA)2 hoursDirections
- Basel-Mulhouse (BSL)3 hoursDirections
- Sion (SIR)an hourDirections
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