FACTSHEET : CRANS MONTANA 2019

Crans-Montana Resort

Altitude of Crans-Montana : 1’500 meters (resort) to 3’000 m (glacier) 6 villages : , Lens, , Montana, , Mollens 3 municipalities Crans-Montana, Icogne, Lens Surface : 97.8 km2 Residents of the 6 villages : A bit more than 15’000 people Residents in the resort : About 6’000 people Residents/tourists in peak season : About 50’000 people

Best of The Alps member since December 2017 !

Year Round:

Accommodation :

 30 Hotels : . Luxury 6 . First class 5 . Comfort 14 . Economy 5  1 Youth Hostel  8 chalets with hotel services  8 accommodations for groups  12 bed and breakfast  5 mountain huts  1 camping  30 real estate agencies (for appartment / chalet rentals)

4 medical clinics

 Clinique Lucernoise  Clinique Bernoise  Clinique Genevoise  Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie

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2 private clinics

 Summit Clinic (a clinic for beauty and movement)  Swiss Health Center

2 International Schools  Junior and Senior School Le Regent  Hotel Management School Les Roches

Summer Camps for children and teenagers (internal or external stays)

Gastronomy

150 Bars and Restaurants :

Bars  7 tea-rooms  19 cafés-bars  5 après-ski bars  11 lounge bars  4 wine bars  8 night-clubs

Restaurants  2 Michelin starred restaurants  8 Gault et Millau recognition restaurants

 28 restaurants serving specialities from  29 Swiss and international cooking  1 Argentinian  2 Chinese  2 French  1 Indian  12 Italian  3 Japanese  2 Lebanese  5 Mediterranean  3 Portuguese  1 Rotisserie  1 Thai  1 Turkish  7 Snacks

 23 mountain restaurants (mainly on the slopes)

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Wellbeing

 7 spa & wellness centers  11 Beauty institutes  8 Nails salons  15 Hairdressers  20 Massage institutes  1 yoga center  1 Pilatus and stretching class

Swimmings pools

 9 public indoor pools in hotels  1 heated saltwater pool (33°)

10 Fitness Center (8 in hotels)

Culture

1 Convention center le Régent  17 rooms for 10 to 2000 people

5 Art Galleries

6 Museums  Swiss Model Train Foundation  Colombire Ecomuseum (traditional chalets and alp museum)  Museum of Grand Lens  Opale Foundation (Lens)  Château de Vaas – House of Cornalin  Museum Art & Collection

1 3D cinema

1 public library

Activities

Casino

Bowling (4 lines)

Bridge club

Chess club

Billiard

Ping Pong

Riding stable

3 Public indoor tennis courts

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1 Indoor Climbing Hall 100 routes boasting 500m2. The 100m2 bouldering area is host to another 40 routes of all levels of difficulty.

3 golf indoor practices  Performance Center at the Driving range  Hotel Guarda Golf (indoor golf practice for customers and non-customers of the hotel)  Alex Sport Shop (Launch Monitor)

1 x 9 holes golf course – no handicap needed (Noas – Chermignon d’en Bas)

Helicopter flights

1 Aerostatics Club Filghts on request for groups or individual

1 Free treasure Hunt for kids throughout the resort

Beer/coffee Factory  1 brewery  1 coffee factory where the coffee is roasted in the resort

Wine producers 24 wine producers in Crans-Montana – Visits and tastings on request

190 Shops / boutiques :  Fashion boutiques  Sports’ shops  Jewellery / Watches  Decoration shops  New’s shops  Souvenirs / Gifts shops  Electronic shops  Others : food, florists, drugstores, pharmacies, optics, photographers, cigars and tobacco

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Winter Activities

CABLE CAR: OPEN NOVEMBER – APRIL FROM 8.45 AM TO 4.30 PM (Crans-Cry d’Er / Signal-Arnouva / Barzettes-Violettes-Plaine Morte)

3 gondolas located in different places in the resort :  Crans : Cry d’Er  Montana : Signal (free access to Arnouva – intermediate spot)  Montana : Barzettes and Plaine Morte  Plus a 4th one to come in Aminona (2020 ?) A free shuttle bus provides the connection between these places

27 lifts including :  1 Funitel (Violettes – Plaine morte)  3 cable cars (1x6 places / 1x10 places / 1x8 places)  7 chair-lifts  8 drag lifts on the ski area  2 drag lifts on the golf course  2 ski playgrounds for children and 4 carpet lifts (Golf & Signal)

Slopes  14 blue  38 red  9 black  Longuest slope 12 km (1’500 m of altitude difference)

Snow Park of 100’000 sqm in the Cry d’Er sector  Olympic Half-pipe (the only one in Western )  Boarder cross  Area for beginners  Rails  Jumps  Wallride  Box  Hip  C-rail  Rainbow

Cross-country slopes  19 km classic and skating in the resort  6 km on the Plaine Morte glacier at 3’000 m.a.s.l

Ski touring  15 ski touring routes (blue, red and black) with over 40 km of marked and secure paths

Sledging pistes  250 m on the golf (Snowtubing)  6 km in altitude (2 pistes)

Winter hiking  50 km in the resort  15 km in altitude 5

Snowshoe hiking  13 km in the resort  5 km in altitude  4 km on the glacier at 3’000 m.a.s.l.

2 Skis schools offering on demand :  Ski lessons  Snowboard lessons  Ski or snowboard competitions  Ski touring  Torchlight descents  Snowbike / Snowscoot  Sledge descent  Snowshoe hiking  Fatbike  Bike school / camps during the summer

2 Professional guides’ offices

2 Ski areas for kids (Golf and Arnouva)

Funny Land Games, inflatable castles indoor, during the Christmas holidays, New Year and also during Carnival holidays

Outdoor Ice Skating rink

Indoor Curling hall (3 lanes)

Dog-sledging (Huskies) Trekking and initiation on the Plaine Morte glacier or at Vermala.

Fatbike (Winter bike)

Snowbike

Snow Island Daily activities and entertainment for kids with the Crans-Montana mascot Bibi (a marmot)  Bibi’s House  Sledging run  Snowtubing  Beginners’ ski area

Grandeur Nature activities During the season, daily free activities for families.

Main events  Christmas and New Year events  Crans Montana Classics concerts  Women’s FIS World Cup Alpine  Caprices Festival

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Summer Activities

CABLE CAR: OPEN JUNE – OCTOBER FROM 10.00 AM TO 6.00 PM (Crans- Cry d’Er / Signal – Arnouva / Barzettes-Violettes-Plaine Morte)

Fun Forest (Adventure Park in trees) 5 trails for kids and adults, 1 climbing wall (9,50m), 1 jump

HIKING  280 km of paths dedicated to mountain hiking  Guided walks  200 km of marked trail routes all over the destination  6 Bisses (water trails) in or around the resort  Nordic walking

Trail  15 routes with a total of 200km (signposted trail routes)

Vita Trails 3 trails : 5 km / 10 km / 13 km

Petanque  Bluche (Crételles/ Randogne near the Church)  Moubra Lake  Ycoor Place

Activities around Moubra Lake  Outside Fitness center  Petanque  Pedalboat  Paddle  Kayak  Swimming in the lake

Bibi House Free activities for kids from the end of June till the end of August

Grandeur Nature activities Free activities for families in the Aminona Region (hike with a husky, discover how to make cheese, carpentry workshop, …)

Paragliding 3 schools offering tandem flights

Paintball

Fishing 7 lakes where fishing is authorized Free fishing on Ycoor Lake for children aged up to 14 years (maximum 3 fishes)

Pedalboat  Moubra Lake  Grenon Lake 7

Canyoning

Summer pools / beaches  1 public outdoor swimming-pool  5 public outdoor hotel-swimming-pools  Lawn-beach at Moubra lake (July and August)  Sand-beach at Etang-Long (July and August)

Beach Volley  Lake Moubra  Kandahar Residence in Aminona  Etang long

Crans-Montana Beach Club (Etang long)  Sand beach  Petanque  Beach-volley (1 court)  Bouncy Castle on the water  Wakeboard (cablewake)  Water ski (cableski)  Restaurants, Snaks and bar with afterworks and Dj’s

BIKE  200 km of road cycling routes  177 km of marked mountain bike  Bike park opened from June till October  2 Downhill trails o 5.5 km of marked downhill trails (black, red slopes) o Acrobatic gateways (16 posts of varying difficulty) o Pump track (parking Cry d’Er)

GOLF  1 x 18 holes course (Severiano Ballesteros) – handicap 36 required  1 x 9 holes course (Jack Nicklaus) – handicap 54 required  1 x 9 holes course no handicap needed (Super Crans – Vermala)  1 x 9 holes course no handicap needed (Noas – Chermignon d’en Bas) open year round  1 Mini golf course in Ycoor lake

Main events  Ambassadors of Music  Jumping Longines  Swiss National Day (August 1st)  Tour des Stations (road cycling – Look Marmotte Granfondo)  Omega European Masters (golf)

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