Advice
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92The Summer 2026 Bus Timetable
The free bus service across our valley is an excellent way to explore the villages during the summer months. With well-positioned bus...
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77Unmissable Morzine
Whether you’re visiting Morzine for the first time, or you’re a seasoned professional, there’s more than enough to keep everyone happy during...
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111Unmissable Les Gets
There’s a never-ending list of things to do in Les Gets during the summer season; some activities and adventures are brand new...
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129Roc d’Enfer – The Peaceful Resort
I’ll admit to being a little bit ashamed of myself for not shining a light on the Roc d’Enfer ski area in...
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14920 Years Fresh – The Story of MINT Snowboarding
From a single idea in 2006 to a thriving snowboard community, Tammy Esten reflects on two decades of teaching, passion, and building...
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369Beginner Ski Areas Explained – Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz & Roc d’Enfer
It’s one of your most frequently asked questions on our social media channels – which resort is best for beginner skiers and...
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180A Different Kind of Après-Ski
Historians chart the phenomenon of apres-ski back to ancient times in Scandinavia, but more likely, the apres-ski that you know and love...
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265Christmas 2025 in Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz & Roc d’Enfer
Excitement levels are high as we prepare to welcome Christmas skiers back to the mountains this weekend. In anticipation of your many...
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253ALL THE INFO if you’re skiing this weekend
All four of our local ski areas are open this weekend and that’s truly something to celebrate. Here we’ve summarised all the...
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171New Places to Stay in Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz during Winter 2026
As you’ve hopefully come to expect, Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz have delivered a long list of new properties for your next...
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3781Morzine Winter 2026 Bus Timetable
Earlier than ever before, we’re delighted to bring you the timetable for Morzine’s free shuttle network this winter season. The busses will...
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291“No Respect, No Future 4 Bikes”
As previously mentioned in our weekly mailer and on our social channels, there’s a brand new bilingual campaign in Morzine this summer;...
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249New Places to Stay in Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz during Summer 2025
There are so many cool, new properties for you to base yourselves in this summer – and beyond! From brand new and...
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355#Ride another day
My wife Kelli and I grew up together and experienced our first day skiing in the 5th grade on a school ski...
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1.2KSummer 2025 Essentials – Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz
On this page that you’ll find all the essential information you need to help you plan your summer 2025 holiday in Morzine,...
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378Building the Avoriaz Village Igloo
It’s one of the most fun and fascinating ways to experience the mountains, but have you been inside the Avoriaz Village Igloo?...
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373New Places to Stay in Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz
The local holiday accommodation landscape is changing. Once upon a time I’d share a long list of brand new catered ski chalets...
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864In-Resort Transport for Morzine, Les Gets & Vallee d’Aulps – Winter 24/25
We’ll keep this page updated with the timetables and schedules of the local bus service this winter. Morzine You can download the...
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637What’s going on with catered chalet holidays?
By More Mountain Catered chalets have always been the cornerstone of the ski holiday industry. In fact, Jon and I started out...
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689Les Gets looks forward to Winter 25
Whilst the summer season has yet to conclude in Les Gets Bike Park, preparations are already under way for Winter 25 in...
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672Summer 24 Essentials
Our round-up of holiday essentials from across Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz; digest them before your Summer 24 holiday in the mountains!...
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662The one shared with good friends
Serge Pillot knows everything there is to know about wine. And as the co-owner of Domaine Parpalhòl in France’s famous Languedoc region,...
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1.4K1Summer 2024 Essentials – Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz
It’s on this page that you’ll find all the essential information you need to help you plan your summer 2024 holiday in...
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1.4KComplete Not Compete – Eddie’s Spine Race Story
For the unfamiliar, The Spine Race is a non-stop, annual ultramarathon spanning the 268 miles of brutal, inhospitable terrain that stretch between...
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1.6KThrough The Keyhole at Ferme de Moudon (The Grand Designs Chalet!)
“Glamour, charm and breathtaking beauty. I adore this place,” concludes Kevin McCloud as he signs off from episode seven of Grand Designs...
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1.7KTour de France in Morzine & Les Gets – Summer 23
We’ll keep this page updated on logistics, traffic restrictions and other information regarding the arrival of stage 14 of the Tour de...
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1.4KThe Morzine Source Magazine Restaurant & Bar Guide
There are few greater pleasures in life that devouring a plate filled with delicious, local, fresh food accompanied by a crisp glass...
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1.2KSafe Skiing is Your Responsibility – The Piste X Code
Here at the Piste X Code we have a couple of objectives, but the most important one is to help you stay...
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1.0KNew Places to Stay in Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz & Montriond – Winter 2023
Our villages make for the perfect winter holiday destination as they consistently offer quality accommodation to suit all budgets, tastes and group...
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1.3KThe Perfect Ski Boots
Months spent squatting in readiness. Weeks spent dreaming of first lifts. Days spent selecting and packing your very best ski socks. Yet...
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845Easy Being Green
This winter, perhaps more than any other, it’s essential that we pack our sustainability principles alongside our ski socks for our annual...
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3.2KThe Morzine Source Magazine Restaurant and Bar Guide
Back by popular demand, while at the same time tried and tested by the Morzine Source Magazine team (it’s a tough job…),...
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2.2KTake A Moment: The Morzine Source Magazine Spa Guide
For centuries the French Alps have been home to some of the most progressive and well-renowned spas and thermal baths in the...
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1.7KOur 2023 Local Gifts Guide
You asked and we listened! It’s our pleasure to round up some excellent locally-made and locally-inspired gift to enhance your Christmas list...
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2.0KLes Gets Bike Park – An Evolution
By Christophe Gressent, head of Les Gets Bike Park “Ours is the largest bike park in Europe, with 128km of marked trails....
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2.4KLong Live the Seasonaire
It’s been a right of passage for decades, bridging the gap between education and career for so many Brits. ‘Doing a ski...
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1.8KFAQs – Le Tour de France 2022
With a global television audience of 3.5 billion people in 190 different countries, Le Tour de France is the world’s biggest annual...
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1.9KThe Summer 2022 Morzine Source Magazine Restaurant & Bar Guide
There are few greater pleasures in life that devouring a plate filled with delicious, local, fresh food accompanied by a crisp glass...
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1.1KNew Places to Stay during Summer 22 in Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz
As you may well have noticed, there’s been a fair bit of construction and renovation across our villages and valleys in recent...
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2.5KThe Greatest Road Trip
In October, as we do most Octobers, my family and I journeyed back to the UK in the car. There’s a two-week...
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1.4KSummer Runners are made in Winter
They say running is an addiction. I know I am certainly an addict. I need that time outside, in nature, in the...
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1.1KWe’re here to listen
It’s safe to say that we live in one of the most stunning places in the world, surrounded by masses of open...
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1.3KLeg Power Only for 2021
The prospect of avoiding all motorised transport for the whole of 2021 seems unachievable on the face of it. We live in...
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1.7KNew Places to Stay for Winter 2022 in Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz
This winter brings no shortage of new accommodation in which to rest your weary ski legs. Whether your priority is plenty of...
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1.5KPre-season skiing in Avoriaz, Les Gets & St Jean d’Aulps
You wait 21 months for a ski lift to turn, then two arrive at once! Following a rather spectacular snowfall this week...
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2.9KWhat’s New in Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz for Winter 2022?
We may have missed an entire winter season, but time did not stand still here in Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz and the...
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3.5K8COVID-19 and your holiday in Morzine, Les Gets or Avoriaz this winter
Updated 13/03/22 As reviewed on our ‘Travel to France from the UK‘ page, getting to your favourite ski resorts has never been...
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898Doing it for the Kids – Financial planning in the age of COVID-19
For most of 2020, nobody in France has been able to escape the daily Virus update. From a financial planner’s viewpoint, and...
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2.6KThe Facts about Climate change and the future of snow in the Portes du Soleil
Have you wondered what climate change actually signifies in our valley and what the news headlines, facts and figures might mean on...
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6.3K1Winter 2021 Q&A
Despite the best efforts of our local lift operators, the French government has prohibited the opening of our ski lifts for the...
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12.0KHow will we ski this winter?
Here at Morzine Source Magazine we’re in constant contact with the local organisations that manage your favourite ski resorts. We’re expecting each...
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1.4KEllie’s Safe House
There’s no shortage of places to go for help if you’re an adult, and with an increased awareness of mental health problems,...
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1.4KThe state of the Market
My last market report was written in mid-April, one month into the lockdown in France. Normally I write these once a year....
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1.7KMembership of the smug runners club – top tips to get you there
As I may have told you before on the pages of this very same magazine, one of the reasons we moved our...
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2.4KWelcome to Gravel Biking
“It’s a hybrid.” That’s what they’ll tell you when you ask what a gravel bike is. And you’re going to see a...
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3.4KAlta Lumina – New to Les Gets this summer
Once upon a time, not very long ago, we wondered whether we’d see a meaningful summer season here in Morzine, Les Gets...
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2.9KReady for Summer in Avoriaz 1800
Tomorrow the summer lifts of Avoriaz 1800 will come to life for the season. Of course, the ongoing situation with COVID-19 means...
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2.1KYoga: More than just stretching (and shopping at Lululemon)
All too often people I’ve heard people, mainly men (sorry guys), refer to yoga as, ‘just fancy stretching, right?’ And as yoga...
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1.9KA Bee’s Life
When we inherited an empty beehive and my husband Jeremy seized on the idea of making our own honey, I felt we...
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1.1KRest-Less
Like a great cup of coffee, or eight hours sleep, rest is hard to come by. For me, it’s impossible, because I...
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2.8K1Making the Most of Lockdown
We’ve lost count of which day of lockdown we’re on here in our valley and we know that for many of you...
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3.8KChanges to the Snorisk Insurance Policy
You know when you buy your lift pass, either online or from the friendly team at your local lift pass office, and...
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2.8KDon’t Get Ripped Off
As the new winter season approaches and many of you are carefully researching your next holiday in the snow, it pays to...
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2.6KCan you recycle that?
There’s a lot going on in the recycling world at the moment, and it’s not all good news. While we human-folk are...
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1.4KPaw Patrol – the Ultimate Rescue
If only animals could talk. They’d be able to tell us some fantastic stories. I’d love to know what they get up...
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2.4KWhat’s Next? Micro Chipping for Kids?
I’m the mother of two constantly moving, always excited little boys who live year-round in the mountains. In spite, or perhaps because...
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2.3KParlez-Vous Français?
By Natalie Elvy I’ve always been envious of those people who manage to switch between languages effortlessly. Imagining myself in this chic,...
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5.7KThe Source Guide to Luging in Morzine
Summer is officially in full swing, which means it’s time for one thing: luging! While it may not be Morzine’s main summer...
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4.4KHow to Ride Powder
If you didn’t already know, the best way to experience snowboarding is in the deep stuff: powder. Pristine and glorious white, a...
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3.5K1Keep it Green: How to have an eco-friendly ski holiday
Snow sports and the term ‘environmentally friendly’ are not two things that generally go hand in hand. Just this year, a study...
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1.4K#7Daysin Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz – Saturday 30th December
Our weekly round-up of the best events taking place across the valley next week! DOWNLOAD AS A PDF RIGHT HERE!
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15.8KThe Winter 17/18 Bus Timetable
It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for! The Morzine-Avoriaz Winter 17/18 local bus timetable is now available. Download it here! Here’s...
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1.8KThe Ultimate Ski Season
For many years The Tasty Ski Company have been welcoming season workers to Morzine. But what do you need to bring with...
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3.9KStaying Safe Just Off-Piste
By David Gladwin The Portes du Soleil offers so much lift accessible off-piste terrain and for most people, the transition from pisted...