Rallye International du Valais
Rally stages in the Hérémence municipality, including Euseigne; some roads are closed that day.
Les Collons and Hérémence: where our chalet sitsSource: heremence.ch
Events in Thyon and Les Collons, winter 2026/27 and summer 2027
Dates from the official calendars, checked on 15.10.2026. Events are not days in the plan, as their dates are fixed; the planner lists them under the plan.
From 30 December to 1 January
30.12.2026 at 18:30, a torchlight descent in Thyon 2000. 31.12.2026 from 16:00, New Year’s Eve in Thyon and Les Collons. 1.01.2027 at 10:00, New Year’s soup at the Igloo 1850.
Prices and programmes come from the organisers; we give only the dates and places we have checked.
Season opening in Thyon
From 5 December to 11 April the Thyon lifts run every day.
Skiing the 4 Vallées ski area from Thyon and Les Masses: 410 kmSource: thyon4vallees.ch
Concerts with tastings at the Buvette, Les Collons
Evenings of live music and tastings all winter.
Torchlight descent, Thyon 2000
The day before New Year's Eve, after dark: a torchlight descent in Thyon 2000.
New Year's Eve in Thyon and Les Collons
From 16:00 in the village, then dinner for twelve at the house.
New Year's soup at the Igloo 1850
On 1 January at 10:00, soup on the slopes in Les Collons.
Evolène carnival
Carnival in the wooden village further up our valley, from Epiphany to 9 February.
Lac Bleu d'Arolla, Evolène and Ferpècle: the upper Val d'HérensSource: heremence-tourisme.ch
Moonlight snowshoe evenings
Three evenings in the season, on snowshoes by moonlight.
Winter without skiing in Les Collons: spa, sledging and snowshoesSource: thyon.ch
Carnival in Thyon 2000
A carnival day in Thyon 2000, on 9 February.
Family ski holiday in the 4 Vallées: first turns in Les CollonsSource: thyon.ch
Zermatt Unplugged
Concerts to close the ski season.
End of season: Thyon and Mont-Fort
On Mont-Fort you can ski a week longer than in Thyon.
Skiing the 4 Vallées ski area from Thyon and Les Masses: 410 kmSource: verbier4vallees.ch
Inalpe: the cows go up to the alps
Hérens cows head up to their summer pastures; exact dates and places on valdherens.ch.
Montreux Jazz Festival
Concerts every evening by Lake Geneva, a 73-minute drive away.
Verbier Festival
Classical music in Verbier, a 4 Vallées resort.
Thyon-Dixence race
16.35 km and 700 m of climbing from Thyon to the Grande Dixence dam.
Grande Dixence dam and Lac des Dix, 34 minutes from our doorSource: thyon-dixence.ch
Tour des Stations
A cycling gran fondo through the Valais resorts, 10th edition.
Road cycling in Valais: climbs to dams and passesSource: tourdesstations.ch
Sion Festival
Chamber music concerts in Sion in September.
Sion: castles, the old town and Valais wine, 28 minutes from the houseSource: sion-violon-musique.ch
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Drive times: drive time by car from the house or from the Les Masses chairlift, calculated 15.10.2026; “about” marks an estimate. In the mountains and in winter, add 15–30%.
A house for 12 in Les Collons: 5 bedrooms, a terrace hot tub that runs all year and an infrared sauna. The Les Masses chairlift is 1.8 km by road.
Asked before booking, answered straight
What happens in Thyon on New Year’s Eve?
31.12.2026 from 16:00, New Year’s Eve in Thyon and Les Collons, and the day before, 30.12 at 18:30, a torchlight descent in Thyon 2000.
When is the Evolène carnival?
From 6.01.2027 (Epiphany) to 9.02.2027.
Which festivals are on in summer 2027?
Montreux Jazz Festival 2–17.07.2027, Verbier Festival 14.07–1.08.2027 and Sion Festival 1–15.09.2027.