Student Alpine Week and Student Alpine Ascents
INFORMATION SUMMARY
Getting to Leysin
and the The Hiking Sheep
From Geneva Airport,
a train journey around the shore of Lake Geneva brings you to the town of
Aigle, where the train
connects with a cog railway
going straight up the mountainside to Leysin.
To reach The Hiking Sheep, disembark at the Grand
Hotel Station (the highest and last station of the village). Turn
left and walk 2 minutes gently downhill and the Hiking Sheep is at the
bottom
of the path. (Do have a look at the Hiking Sheep web site which
shows a picture of the building
so that you will recognize it when you see it).
THE STUDENT ALPINE WEEK BEGINS WITH A BRIEFING IN THE LOUNGE of the
Hiking Sheep at 7.00pm ON THE COURSE STARTING DATE. If travel arrangements
make it impossible for you to attend the briefing don't worry -
essential information can be relayed to you later.
Train times can be looked up on the web at: www.sbb.ch/en/index.htm .
A standard return fare Geneva Airport - Leysin is around £40.
[From Zurich airport the journey to Leysin takes around
4 hours by train.]
If coming from the UK by car via the Auto routes, allow
approximately 10 hrs from the Channel.
Booking
extra hotel nights (in addition
to those covered by the courses)
Please book the extra accommodation directly:
Hiking Sheep – Tel: + 41 24494 35 35 www.hikingsheep.com email: info@hikingsheep.com
Information on other hotels in Leysin may be obtained
from the Tourist Office tel: +41 24494 2244 email:
tourism@leysin.ch
