By Everett Potter

The new Six Senses Crans-Montana is the most exciting luxury ski hotel opening in Europe this winter. It debuts as the sixth Six Senses property in Europe, joining others in France, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.

The brand is luxury personified, but the resort may not be familiar to Americans who only know such Swiss resorts as Zermatt and St. Moritz. Crans-Montana is one of Switzerland’s largest ski resorts, situated on the north side of the Rhone Valley, not far from Verbier. Thanks to a broad south-facing location just shy of 5,000 feet, the twin towns of Crans and Montana offer two of the most desirable amenities of any European ski resort: abundant sunshine and panoramic views. The resort claims 300 days of sunshine a year, a boast only matched by the sunny slopes of St. Moritz … continue reading