Le Marcheuson

Good
Traveller Type:
  : Great location and nice staff
  : Shower smell, bad canalization

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : This hotel is up ON the mountain. You reach it by taking a Tram or Chairlift up, and skiing down a few hundred meters in a small bowl that has 2 short, groomed runs. You ski down to a lift that takes you up to the main ski resort each morning and everything is right there; it's easy to get first tracks in Porte du Soleil from here. It's a great location - but you have to be OK with being isolated there each evening because the lift only runs 0900-1700. The breakfast is simple - croissants, bread, jam, cheese, corn flakes and apples are available. And the barista will make you a nice coffee if you like. The dinners are simple, but quite nice and filling; mostly salad and (good) fries with a protien (sausage, roast beef, chicken, ribs) or local mountain fare, like tartiflette. We were served a nice dessert every night, too. All service is provided by friendly, helpful staff who also live there. This is a mountain hut, so some people get dorm rooms with shared bathrooms, We chose a 2 person room with dedicated bathroom. Our rooms was clean and the bathroom was surprisingly attractive, if small. Everything looks better than you might expect from a mountain hut. The shared space downstairs has couches to lounge in, plenty of games (including table football and ping pong). There's always music and bar service, plus a very sweet house dog. There's also a sauna and jacuzzi in a back room -- we just asked and they made it available for us (it's already warm (hot, actually) when you get there). When we left, they took us and our (too large) backpacks and ski gear up to the tram by snowmobile and arranged for us to go back down to Champery. Everything is looked after so you can have a beautiful, skiing-focused holiday, and not have to think too much.
  : The room was clean and fine, but very small. We stayed 5 nights and brought too much stuff perhaps, but there was no space for storing our stuff. The bed was crammed into a corner, so one person climbs in. The bed was comfortable enough, but creaked every time you turned over. You have to want to be on the mountain and isolated at night to enjoy this place -- we did!

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Breakfast and evening meals all very nice. Excellent facilities in a lovely little remote area. Ski-in, ski-out the only option in winter! Amazing little place with friendly helpful staff.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Wonderful
Traveller Type:

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : This was an amazing opportunity to stay up on the mountain. Totally ski in/ski out. The staff were all very friendly and helpful.
  : We'd have appreciated advance information on how to access the refuge.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children