Torgon is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

Swiss Alps The Alps, Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main Physica ...

, located in the canton of

Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion, Switzer ...

. It lies on the western part of the canton, in the region of the

Chablais The Chablais (; ; ) was a province of the Duchy of Savoy. Its capital was Thonon-les-Bains. The Chablais was elevated to a duchy in 1311 by Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor. This region is currently divided into three territories, the '' Chablais s ...

, at an altitude of 1,085 metres. The village sits on a sunny terrace overlooking the Rhone valley, above

Vionnaz Vionnaz is a municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Geography Vionnaz has an area, , of . Of this area, or 30.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 54.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land ...

. Politically Torgon belongs to the latter town. Torgon is a winter sports resort and is part of the ski area

Portes du Soleil Les Portes du Soleil (, literally "The Doors of the Sun") is a major skisports destination in the Alps, encompassing twelve resorts between Mont Blanc in France and Lake Geneva in Switzerland. With more than 650 km of marked pistes (claime ...

. Mountains around Torgon are

Le Linleu Le Linleu is a mountain in the Chablais Alps on the Swiss- French border. Towards the Swiss side, it displays a towering wall of several hundred meters, but it is easily accessible from the French side via a marked hiking path. It offers a beaut ...

(2,093 m), the

Haut Sex The Haut Sex (also known as ''Pointe de Recon'') (1,961 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. O ...

(1,961 m) and the

Tour de Don The Tour de Don (1,998 m) is a mountain of the Chablais Alps, located west of Vionnaz in the Swiss canton of Valais. The summit lies about 200 meters east of the border with France. See also *List of mountains of Switzerland accessible by publi ...

(1,998 m). As of the 2016/17 season, the two main

ski lifts A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/ Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. Types * Aerial ...

into Torgon village proper have shut permanently due to safety and monetary issues. Skiing is now almost entirely limited to the Plan-du-croix sector of Torgon which have access to the Portes su Soleil area.

References

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topographic maps

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* * Villages in Valais Ski areas and resorts in Switzerland {{Valais-geo-stub