The default location is Château-d'Oex, but you can get forecasts for other parts of the country too

Good in the skiing season for skiers, but also in the rest of the year as a reliable (in the short term!) general forecast. Scroll down the page for detailed weather prospects 

The Village Square, with some 4 weeks of archive shots. Can give an idea of weather conditions, especially of snowfall patterns in the winter.

This spectacular event happens over 8 days at the end of January each year. The website is well worth visiting and has some local information that is useful all year round 

An excellent facility in the town. Details of opening hours, tariffs, etc.

What's on now and in the near future.

Free-fall parachuting. Not for the faint-hearted!

Details of the excellent local hospital. Includes an indoor swimming pool which is open to the public most afternoons (see under Infrastructure/Piscine)

Loads of local information and facility for on-line booking of accommodation

MySwitzerland.com is the offical website of the Swiss National Tourist Office. Find all information you need for your vacation, your holidays in Switzerland. Book hotels, apartments and chalets. Buy souvenirs, gifts or rail tickets. Get comprehensive information about the current weather, snow conditions, skiing, water temperatures, summer or winter vacation in the alps, swiss mountains, airports, family holidays, exhibitions, events, seminars and business meetings, congress organisation, mountain biking, nordic walking, wellness, spas, accomodation, ski resorts.

Easy to use. Addresses and phone numbers of individuals and businesses. Also useful as a classified directory, it accepts categories input in English.

Plan your trip to and from St Peters. SBB Hompage: Online Timetable, Ticket Shop (print@home), Online Travel Agency

The company that runs the 1-metre gauge railway from Montreux: details of all the services on their spectacular network