Here are the walking and MTB maps and guides for sale at the Tourist Board.
Also at your disposal the Portes du Soleil MTB Guide, a free map showing you on one side the whole area map and on the other side the details of Châtel MTB map and equipments. You can also download this map here beside.
Walking circuits in Châtel.
On a IGN background.
Scale: 1/30000m.
A selection of 8 walking circuits in Châtel and themed trails.
Recto: map with the drawing and numbers of the circuits, legend, lifts opened in the summer.
Verso: description of the routes, advises.
Printed in French or in English.
Price: € 3.50
Guide of 40 walks and outings in Châtel and in Chablais area.
Nice book of 120 pages, with a shining cover, sized 13 x21cm.
You’ll find in it: texts and illustrations about Châtel’s Mountains, the Abondance breed, the mean elements of environment, flora, mushrooms, fauna; 28 walks in Châtel, 9 outings around Châtel and 3 outings with stages.
For each walk you have: description of the route, on an IGN background, the duration, the difference in level, the difficulty, a photo.
Printed in French
Price: € 8
The walking Portes du Soleil map .
New edition 2012
Background: IGN
Scale: 1/ 33 000.
Size (bended): 20 x12.2 cm.
Walks between France and Switzerland.
Reco: the complete map of the Portes du Soleil, Abondance Valley and Aulps Valley walks.
Verso: suggestions of circuits to do with the Multi Pass.
Legend in French and English.
Price: €6
Le Chablais, les Portes du Soleil...à pied.
New edition 2012.
Book of 130 pages with a shining cover, sized 13,5 x 21cm.
In this topo guide you'll find: pratical and usefull information, information about fauna and flora, some of the history of the Portes du Soleil, texts about patrimony and to discover the area, and 41 walking circuits.
Each circuit is explained with all details about duration, difficulty, signing and shown on a IGN background map.
Printed in French.
Price: €14
Balades et randonnées en Vallée d'Abondance.
Pouch with 34 sheets, sized 22 x16cm when closed, including pratical and usefull information, 1 map of the Vallée, a plastic envelope to protect the sheets. 32 of those sheets are describing in details 32 different circuits on the Vallée d'Abondance area with: difficulty, duration, map, photos...
Printed in French.
Price : €5.
Portes du Soleil Mountain Bike trail map
Backround orthophotoplans of RGD 73-74 and Swiss National Map.
Scale: 1/35000m.
Recto & verso: maps of all the MTB circuits on the 12 resorts of the Portes du Soleil.
Legend with levels, type of trail, distance, difference in level...
Written in French and English.
Price: €5
Portes du Soleil VTOPO
New edition 2012. Printed by Editions VTopo, it presents 56 detailed circuits for mountainbikers. Printed in French and in English.
Price: €20.23