Portes du Soleil ski area
Morzine
Events calendar for
winter 2018-19
More than 650kms of marked pistes…
2 countries…
199 ski lifts…
14 different valleys...
400 square miles to enjoy…
The Portes du Soleil is one of the two largest linked ski areas in the world!
Morzine is located at the heart of the ski area and is the best location to
access this amazing winter playground!
Weather forecast
Morzine
is
a
small
market
town
located
at
the
heart
in
the
Haute
Savoie
department
of
France
near
the
border
with
Switzerland.
In
contrast
to
many
purpose-built
French
ski
resorts,
Morzine
has
developed
organically
from
it’s
origins
as
a
slate
mining
town
and
therefore
retains
a
lovely
traditional
feel
and
has
many
beautiful
old
chalets
throughout
the
town.
Morzine
was
one
of
the
pioneering
towns
of
skiing
with
it’s
first
lifts
dating
back
to
the
early
1930s - but don’t worry, they’ve been upgraded since then!
In
addition
to
skiing
and
boarding,
Morzine
offers
a
broad
range
of
other
energetic
activities
such
as
ice
skating
(both
at
the
permanent
indoor
rink
and
the
temporary
outdoor
rink),
snow
mobiling,
parapente
and
even
husky-dog
driving!
There
is
also
a
large
indoor
swimming
pool
complex
(with
3
pools
including
a
smaller
children’s
pool
and
warm toddler splash around area) and a cinema which shows films in English throughout the winter season.
Morzine
centre
is
really
attractive
and
has
a
large
selection
of
bars
and
restaurants
that
you
may
wish
to
visit
on
the
chalet
night
off
and
plenty
of
shops
selling
winter
sports
clothing
and
accessories
and
a
range
of
other
shops
selling
local
and
French
specialities
such
as
cheese,
wine
and
saussison!
The
tourist
office
organises
events
throughout
the
season
including
the
weekly
descent
flambeaux
(ESF
instructors
skiing
down
the
mountain
carrying flaming torches!) - ask us for more details!
Visit
www.morzine.com
Avoriaz
Avoriaz
is
a
purpose-built
ski
resort
which
was
developed
in
the
1960s
as
a
way
of
linking
the
Swiss
resorts
of
Morgins,
Champoussin,
Les
Crosets
and
Champery
with
those
on
the
French
side
of
the
border
such
as
Morzine,
Les
Gets
and
Chatel.
It
is
architecturally
intersting
as
the
wooden
building
were
designed
to
blend
in
with
the
rocks
when
viewed
from
the
valley
below.
Today
it
ranks
as
one
of
the
top
ski
resorts
in
France
and
is
one
of
the
top snowboarding destinations in the world!
Avoriaz
is
a
car-free
resort
as
all
the
roads
turn
into
ski
pistes
in
the
winter,
so
you
can
enjoy
exploring
the
town
on
skis
or
take
a
horse-
drawn
sledge
taxi
ride
through
town!
It
boasts
an
igloo
bar
where
you
can
stop
off
for
a
cheeky
vin
chaud
and
there
is
even
the
option
of
dining
there
on
the
chalet
night
off
-
please
ask
us
to
book
this
early
to
avoid
disappointment!
for
those
wanting
a
break
from
skiing,
Avoriaz
also
has
an
indoor
water-park,
Aquariaz
with
a
variety
of
slides,
children’s
play
area,
lazy
river,
hot
tub
and
even
a
small
climbing wall over the pool!
Our
chalets
are
only
minutes
from
the
Prodains
express
lift
which
takes
you
directly
up
to
Avoriaz
town,
allowing
you
to
reach
the
highest
and
snowiest
slopes
very
quickly.
Avoriaz
also
has
a
healthy
number
of
bars
and
restaurants
to
explore
and
you
could
consider
spending
your
chalet
night
off
up
in
Avoriaz
for
some
real
winter
atmosphere…just don’t miss the last lift down at around midnight!
Visit
www.avoriaz.com
The
Portes
du
Soleil
offers
an
incredible
ski
area
with
300
ski
runs
and
30
snow
parks
(including
the
popular
Burton designed “The Stash” park!) and over 90 on-piste resturants!
There
are
13
resorts
in
the
Portes
du
Soleil
area,
of
which
7
are
French
and
5
are
Swiss,
making
it
one
of
the
few
ski
resorts
world-wide
where
you
can
ski
2
countries
in
1
day.
Most
of
the
resorts
have
grown
around
traditional
valley
villages
-
only
Avoriaz
and
the
very
small
Les
Crosets
and
Torgon
were
purposely
built
during
the
mid-
1960s.
The
area
is
heavily
influenced
by
the
microclimate
between
Lake
Geneva
and
Mont
Blanc,
which
generates
very
substantial
snowfall
between
November
and
April
making
it
possible
to
keep
the
area
open
to
skiing
typically
from early to mid December until late April.
8th - 9th Dec 2018 - Morzine - Winter Start Festival
Winter kicks off in Morzine with this fun celebration of winter - Christmas markets, bands etc.
14th - 16th Dec 2018 - Avoriaz - Rock on Ultimate Festival
The
opening
weekend
in
Avoriaz
is
a
major
event
for
all
winter
sports
and
music
lovers.
Each
year
the
latest
skis
and snowboards from over 50 brands are available to test!
22nd Dec 2018 - 4th Jan 2019 - Morzine - The Enchanted Village of Morzine
Two weeks of magical performances in Morzine, including fireworks displays on Christmas eve and New Year’s eve.
5th March 2019 - Morzine - Ladies Night Tour
Downhill ski race - a chance to watch some of the best female skiers around…
17th - 23rd March 2019 - Morzine - Rock the Pistes Festival
Major
artists
performing
in
free
concerts
on
the
ski
slopes,
with
some
30
other
après-ski
gigs
in
the
heart
of
Morzine!
This
winter,
Morzine
and
Avoriaz
play
host
to
the
9th
Rock
the
Pistes
festival.
This
music
event,
which
is
unique in Europe, offers five days of gigs for all, in exciting temporary venues on the slopes in the Portes du Soleil.
23rd-30th March 2019 - Avoriaz - Snowboxx
More
than
5000
people
come
to
Avoriaz
for
this
unique
festival
for
a
full
week
of
electro
shows.
A
crazy
concert
will
take
place
every
night
in
the
"box"
in
the
centre
of
the
resort.
Last
year’s
concerts
featured
Fat
Boy
Slim!
Pool
partys, crazy après-ski etc!
31st March 2019 - Morzine - The Champions Ski Race
A
grand
race
to
end
the
season
high
on
Nyon
plateau,
where
children
can
mingle
with
champion
skiers
from
Portes
du
Soleil
resorts,
who’ve
been
invited
to
come
and
ski,
sign
autographs,
have
their
photo
taken
and
encourage young talent.
View detailed snow forecast for Avoriaz at:
snow-forecast.com
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