By car On the A9 motorway The following alpine passes are open throughout the year: Col de Forclaz, Pas de Morgins, Simplon, Grand St-Bernard tunnel (information phone: +41 (0)27 788 44 00); Are open only in summer Alpine Pass of Grimsel, Alpine Pass of Furka, Alpine Pass of Nufenen, Pass of Grand St-Bernard. Or through the railway tunnels on vehicle transporters Lötschbergtunnel BLS (Kandersteg-Goppenstein), info: phone +41 (0)900 55 33 33 (CHF 1.50/min.) Furkatunnel (Realp-Oberwald), info: phone +41 (0)27 927 77 71 Simplontunnel (Iselle-Brig), info: phone +41 (0)900 300 300

By train Switzerland: Direct lines from Basle, Bern, Geneva airport, Lausanne and Zurich airport every 30 min. From abroad: Direct lines from Freiburg, Köln, Wiesbaden, Hamburg, Dortmund, Luxembourg, Brussels, Firenze, Rome, Venezia-Milan (Cisalpino), Strasbourg and Paris (TGV). Connections with the entire European network. Info: phone +41 (0)900 300 300 or www.rail.ch

By plane Connecting flights from the international airports of Geneva-Cointrin and Zurich-Kloten or Basle-Mulhouse and Bern. Direct, charter, private flights from Sion Airport (Info phone +41(0)27 329 06 00) Charter and private flights, Air Glaciers (Info phone +41(0)27 329 14 15)