How to get to/from the Tour des Combins trail

The Tour des Combins is a circumnavigation of the Combin massif. The trail passes several villages, which allows hikers to select the different start/end location, including Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Le Chable and Mauvoisin in Switzerland, and Saint-Oyen in Italy.

Here is a run down on how to get to/from these popular start/end locations on the Tour des Combins:

  1. Public Transport

  • Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland: ~3 hours by train/bus from Geneva airport. It has a range of accommodation options, from hotels to camping. There are no stores/shops to buy food or gear, but food is available at a handful of restaurants and hotels.

  • Le Chable (Verbier), Switzerland: ~3 hours by train/bus from Geneva airport. Here there are plenty of shops to buy food and gear and many accommodation options and chair lifts to start from a higher point on the main trail or an alternative via Verbier.

  • Mauvoisin, Switzerland: ~3 hours by train/bus from Geneva airport, but transfers are less frequent than Saint Bourg-Pierre. There is only one hotel here and no stores/shops.

  • Saint-Oyen, Italy: 4-5 hours by train/bus from Geneva or Milan airport. A handful of accommodation and food options available. More details can be found here.

2. Private transfer

The price of a one-way transfer by car from Geneva Airport to Le Chable / Verbier / Mauvoisin starts at around 40.-CHF per person, going up to 450.-CHF for a private transfer.

If you’re after something a bit fancier and most definitely faster, the sky can literally be the limit with a private helicopter transfer taking off from 2,500.-CHF!

There are over 20 companies offering their services to organise private transport and you’ll find them all integrated on the Verbier Tourist Information website.

3. DRIVING

For those that are Europe based, driving to one of the trailheads is an easy option. Depending on where you are coming from using the Mont Blanc tunnel that connects France and Italy or the Great Saint Bernard Tunnel that connects Switzerland and Italy. Best to use Google Maps to get the latest road conditions and fastest route options.

Read our separate blog post on where to park your car while hiking the Tour des Combins.