Ski Morzine

The skiing

1. “The ski area is excellent!” A L, Hants, new year '05

The Portes du Soleil offers a fabulous winter sports holiday to beginners, intermediates, experts, of all ages and all snow sport disciplines. If you ski, snowboard, snow blade, telemark, cross country ski, randoneé or snowshoe the area offers variety, new challenges, stunning scenery and warm hospitality for those who come here.

The snow record is excellent as we are within the Mont Blanc weather system and this coupled with an advanced snowmaking system and the fact that the pistes are on pasture land not rocks ensures that there are fabulous pistes from early December right through to the end of April.

Morzine is situated in the heart of the Portes du Soleil offering easy access to the whole area. Admire the beautiful peaks from Morzine and easily access the big bowls, winding runs, steep gulleys, gentle valleys and sparkling forests of the Portes du Soleil.

If you want to ski a smaller area than the vast Portes du Soleil during your holiday you can buy a pass for the Morzine-Les Gets sector. This covers all the mountains on one side of Morzine. It links the Pleney, Morzine, Nyon, Chevannes and Mont Chéry in Les Gets and offers 107km of ski runs between 1000 and 2020 metres in altitude.

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Welcome to the Portes du Soleil where we have:

1. 2 Countries France and Switzerland
2. 14 Villages
3. 650km pistes on one lift pass
4. 2466m highest piste
5. 206 ski lifts
6. 288 slopes
7. 41 green slopes
8. 109 blue slopes
9. 110 red slopes
10. 28 black slopes
11. 4 snowcross areas
12. hundreds of kilometres of freeride
13. 90 mountain restaurants
14. 9 snowparks
15. 3 half pipes
16. 5 boarder crosses
17. 170 ski patrollers
18. 1025 ski instructors
19. 513 snow cannons
20. 90 snow cats
21. 243km cross country skiing
22. 200km snowshoe trails
23. 50 peaks
24. The lowest price lift pass per kilometre in the world (3p per km per day)
25. Voted 5th best ski resort in Daily Telegraph Travel Awards, 2001

There really is skiing to suit all levels:

Beginners - Easily accessible nursery slopes which are wide and gentle with many snow cannons to keep the snow at its best.

1. 41 green slopes
2. 109 blue slopes

Intermediates - hundreds of varied pistes throughout the whole area offering challenges or easy cruising to the advancing intermediate. Practice carving on lovely wide pistes and enjoy the tree lined runs, big bowls and the ability to cover the whole Portes du Soleil area on blue and red runs.

1. 109 blue slopes
2. 110 red slopes

Advanced - Challenging pistes and famous runs such as the Swiss wall and the world cup downhill black will keep you progressing and why not take some freeride lessons to enjoy the unlimited off piste available in the Portes du Soleil. Conquer those mogul fields, try some tricks in the snow parks or go for the challenging full day Portes du Soleil circuit covering 80km of Piste, 2 countries whilst never using the same lift twice! Discover the true size of the Portes du Soleil.

1. 110 red slopes
2. 28 black slopes
3. 4 snowcross areas
4. hundreds of kilometres of freeride
5. 9 snowparks
6. 3 half pipes
7. 5 boarder crosses

Snowboarders will love the freeride and parks available with the best super pipe in Europe situated in Avoriaz. The Portes du Soleil was rated as one of the best resorts for boarders due to the endless freeride, pipes, parks, rails, powder bowls and cliff jumps.

1. 4 snowcross areas
2. hundreds of kilometres of freeride
3. 9 snowparks
4. 3 half pipes
5. 5 boarder crosses

Night Skiing

Is available every Thursday night on the Pleney stadium for those of you who have some energy left in your legs! Free with your lift pass.

Discovery circuits

These 12 circuits are coded to the different levels of skier and take around 2 ½ hours. Simply follow the bear, white rabbit, jackdaw, ibex or reindeer to cover many pistes within your level. Simply ask for a discovery route guide.

Mountain restaurants

Whether to thaw out and refuel or to dine al fresco on a sunny terrace while enjoying the striking mountain scenery there is no shortage of fabulous and charming mountain restaurants in the Portes du Soleil. Here are some of our favourites…

The Vaffieu, Morzine, a lovely little restaurant with great atmosphere inside or out, decadent cakes and fabulous speciality dishes.

La Ferme du Piste, Linga, amazing meals, great decoration! A notice on the door that says “if you want your meal quickly go to a self service restaurant, we cook all your meals to order” Great stuff!

Chez Nannon, Nyon, a rustic lttle spot with enormous meat dishes to keep you full all day !

Chez Flo, Avoriaz, great atmosphere, prompt service and lovely meals. Smashing piste side viewing to help the digestion!