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Les Diablerets General Overview Les Diablerets is a little known resort outside of the major European ski fraternities. The rest of the skiing world is a lot worse off for it. Although a smallish entry, Les Diablerets has everything you would find within the borders of bigger and better known destinations, but with small town prices to boot. Plus it does have a dynamite glacier, which guarantees good skiing if not for 365 days per year, then damn close to it. The point is, Les Diablerets, with its superb location and its strong retention of unique Swiss flavor, in addition to some pretty formidable skiing, might be just what the doctor ordered. If you are looking for a combination of real Swiss mountain atmosphere, as well as good skiing, the resort must be a candidate. On the skiing scene, Diablerets has a variety of terrain and challenge. Nursery to nerve racking is probably how we would best describe the ski action. There is truly something for everybody. New facilities on the glacier have greatly improved the scope there, and make the available skiing terrain bigger and better. Better skiers will enjoy the steep and deep runs back to the village from the Isneau area. On a good day these runs can provide thrills and pleasures equal to anywhere in the Alps. Toward the village centre are the pistes of Meillert and Les Mazots. Lifts right from the town centre will transport you to these slopes, which in turn have a network of higher lifts to whisk you around once you are in the system. Les Mazots, with it's wooded runs, provides a good bit of challenge, and Isneau is best suited to the talents of the recreational skier. Good skiers should take the run to Villars at least once. It is most stimulating. Cross country skiers will find good possibilities in Diablerets, and non and apres skiers will find just about any diversion that comes to mind. Les Diablerets is one of the best value ski resorts in the Swiss Alps. Almost unknown across the big water in the North American market, Diablerets is rapidly increasing in popularity with Euro Ski readers in Europe. However it's relative obscurity in North America, plus the fact that it is not extensively used by the British ski tour operators have served to keep prices realistic. By the way we had the great good fortune to visit Diablerets in summer this year. What we found was incredible beauty enhanced by the fact that normally closed mountain passes were open, and tremendous bargains in some first class hotels. Try it.
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