Val d'Anniviers in south-west Switzerland is one of the country's most picturesque valleys.
Set beneath the 'Imperial Crown' of five 4000m peaks - Bishorn, Weisshorn, Zinalrothorn, Obergabelhorn, Dent Blanche - and with the Matterhorn looming just beyond, this is still one of the wilder regions in the Alps, yet it can be reached in just two hours from Geneva airport.
The SkiZinal chalet 'Edelweiss' is in the hamlet of Mottec at the foot of the Piste de Chamois, two kilometres before Zinal.
The valley's resorts are served by free ski buses which stop directly outside Chalet Edelweiss.
