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375Summer 23 in Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz
On this page we’ll round up Summer 23 lift opening dates, activities and events in Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz as they’re...
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486Our 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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641The 2022/23 Lift Pass Price Comparison
Each year we compare the standard price of an adult six-day lift pass in the Portes du Soleil with pass prices across...
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716Les Gets & Morzine Ski Lifts Vs the Energy Crisis
Updated to include statements from the Morzine Ski Area. Not long ago, a small group of ski resorts elsewhere in France sounded...
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926Long 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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763The 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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731Leg 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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995New 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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1.2KThis Weekend in Morzine, Avoriaz & Les Gets
Today marks the official start of the Winter 2022 season in Avoriaz 1800, where there’s so much snow that the resort partially...
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919Pre-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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1.9KWhat’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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1.9KLift Pass Special Offers for Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz and the Portes du Soleil
Many of you have asked us for information on lift pass special offers for the coming winter season, so we thought we’d...
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1.2KWelcome to the Hive
hive: noun: a colony of bees verb: a place swarming with activity Morzine got itself a brand new, year-round, purpose-built gym this...
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767Ski & Bike – Enjoy both in Avoriaz 1800 this weekend
An exceptional amount of snow has fallen on the highest slopes of Avoriaz 1800 this spring and the forward-thinking folk in the...
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1.1KMorzine Summer Essentials
As life takes a slow but steady return to normal here in Morzine, excitement for the summer continues to grow. If you’re...
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5.6K1Winter 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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3.5KWhat’s New in Morzine this Winter? Part 2!
Yesterday we introduced you to seven exciting and new developments taking place in Morzine right now in preparation for the Winter 21...
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3.8KWhat’s New in Morzine this Winter? Part 1!
With so many exciting new developments in Morzine for the Winter 20/21 season, we’ve divided them into two posts! The second will...
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1.3KA special end to the season
This blog originally appeared on the excellent website of Les Gets lift operator SaGets at the beginning of April 2020. With their...
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1.5KA Never Ending Summer
(This article was first published in our Summer 20 magazine, before the UCI MTB World Cup in Les Gets was cancelled and...
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3.4KWhat’s New on Pleney for Summer 2020?
It’s fair to say Morzine’s Pleney Lift Company have not been idle during confinement. With an intended summer opening date of 27th...
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3.1KChanges 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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2.9KThe Portes du Soleil App – 650k of pistes in the palm of your hand
As we all know, there are two types of phone app in the world – those that look pretty and seem like...
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3.5KAvoriaz Opens This Weekend
Thanks to early season snow falls, we’re excited to let you know that Avoriaz will open this weekend, Saturday 30th November. The...
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854Paw 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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2.9KHow not to lose a child
If you’re Morzine-bound for your annual family ski holiday this month, consider this post to be a public safety announcement. Every day...
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3.8KBuilding A Sustainable Empire
Change is on the horizon this year in Morzine. In September 2018, the much talked about plans for a new cable car...
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6.8KBehind the Scenes at La Folie Douce
Renowned for its epic après parties, electric live performances and impeccable service, La Folie Douce is a small but mighty collection of...
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2.8KOur Winter 19 Portes du Soleil Highlights
With all those kilometres of piste to explore, venturing beyond Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz is always recommended by the team at...
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2.1KOur Winter 19 Avoriaz Highlights
The Portes du Soleil’s highest resort gets better and better each winter. Here’s some of our favourite unmissable developments in Avoriaz, fresh...
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1.8KOur Winter 19 Les Gets Highlights
Following on from yesterday’s Morzine essentials, here’s what’s fresh next door in Les Gets this winter! Wild Beets Kitchen This Winter Don’t...
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3.5KOur Winter 19 Morzine Highlights
Each winter we round up the best bits. The new openings, the anniversaries, the new activities. The key features that will really...
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1.3KLes Gets WILL open this weekend!
Les Gets lift operators SA Gets have just announced partial opening of the Les Gets ski area this weekend, Saturday 15th and...
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2.4KAvoriaz Opening Weekend – Friday 14th December 2018
The Winter 19 season begins in Avoriaz this Friday, as planned, for the Rock On Ultimate ski and snowboard test weekend and...
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1.6KAvoriaz Apartments get a New Lease of Life
We love the apartments in Avoriaz for their mind-bending shapes and the way they look perched up on the Avoriaz cliffs. But...
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18.0KThe 2019 Morzine Winter Bus Timetable
Looking for the 2019 summer bus timetable? Find it in our 2019 Summer Resort Essentials guide HERE. Earlier than ever before, we...
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4.2KSnow Biking: What’s it all about?
If you’d mentioned snow biking in Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets to us five years ago we’d have scoffed in to our...
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2.8KThe Morzine Boulder
As we’ve previously reported on our Facebook page, an evacuation zone is currently in place in the Udrezants area of Morzine. As...
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5.6KMichelin Stars come to Morzine
Michael O’Hare, chef-patron of The Man Behind The Curtain in Leeds and proud owner of one Michelin Star, has conspired with the...
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6.8KA statement from Jo Watts
Version Français >> Jo’s partner Marc Sutton died while mountain biking on the Super Morzine on Saturday 13th October after being shot...
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5.2KNew this Winter in the Lil’ Stash Avoriaz
The Lil’ Stash eco-friendly snow park in Avoriaz has always been a major hit with families, kids and anyone making their way back...
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7.4KLes Gets to Host MTB World Championships and World Cup Races from 2019
We know it’s almost winter but we can’t ignore this exciting mountain biking news from Les Gets…! Not only is Les Gets...
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3.1KLe Bowling Avoriaz gets a Revamp
You probably wouldn’t normally think of going bowling in a ski resort, yet many ski resorts seem to host a bowling alley...
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1.9KTwo New Events for Les Gets this Winter
Les Gets hosts so many incredible events over the winter, it’s hard to imagine them being able to fit any more in!...
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3.2KProject EMA: What’s new?
In April 2017, following rumours from as far back as 2009, it was announced that a new cable car would be built,...
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9.7KMorzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz Winter 18/19 Opening Dates
After last winter’s bumper snowfall, we’re expecting big things from Season 18/19. Here’s the Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz opening and closing...
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20.2KLa Folie Douce to open in Avoriaz
La Folie Douce, the legendary apres venue, is coming to the Portes du Soleil’s highest ski resort this season. Opening in December...
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2.9KInside Alpine French School’s New Classrooms
Alpine French School has been going from strength to strength since it first opened, as Lost in Translation, in 2003. Over the...
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3.1KBrand New: The Morzine-Montriond Triathlon
Morzine has seen so many amazing sporting events this summer, from the French Downhill Mountain Bike Championships to regulars like the Trail...
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5.3KWould You Go EXTREME?
If you’ve visited Morzine in the summer, you’ll no doubt be familiar with Indiana’Ventures and their treetop adventure park down at Les...
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4.1KPersonal SUPs and Swimming Still Allowed at Lac Montriond
You may have heard about recent confusion relating to a crackdown on the use of privately-owned SUPs and ‘floating devices’ on Lake...
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5.1KEarly Season Lift Openings in the Portes du Soleil
Yes, it’s too early for those #BestSeasonEver hashtags, but it’s certainly shaping up to be a very snowy start to proceedings across...
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4.3KHot Property – Hotel Le Boomerang becomes luxury apartment residence
For many years Hotel Le Boomerang in the centre of Les Gets has been a landmark building, close to the slopes of...
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4.6KPlanning Your Ski Day Just Got Easier in Les Gets
Image: N.Joly We’ve probably all used the Google Maps Route Planner at some point in our lives – you know, the one...
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3.8KPortes du Soleil: the New Home of Trail Running in the Alps?
It’s finally happened. No longer will you have to just start running and hope for the best; Morzine, Avoriaz and the entire...
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5.5KMorzine Swimming Pool Opening Times – Summer 2017
You know it’s officially summertime when the Morzine swimming pool opens. Here are the dates and times you need to know for...
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10.3K1€147.9 million on lift and piste development over the next 20 years
The big news at last night’s town council public meeting was the formal presentation of a new lift development connecting Morzine and...
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4.0KMorzine to Extend Winter Season by Helicoptering Snow from Samoëns
This article was our contribution to April Fool’s Day 2017 – we hope you enjoyed it! It has been announced today that...
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2.5KAction Academy returns to Morzine with a series of inspirational speakers
Following their successful branding masterclass event at Café Chaud in December, the team from Action Academy are returning to Morzine for a...
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2.8KTamsin’s Marathon
It’s -10, bitterly cold, the sky heavy with snow and I’m running on a completely unploughed mountain road. I blame it on...
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Sting Plays Avoriaz France Bleu Festival
It’s been announced today that Sting is to headline the new France Bleu Live festival in Avoriaz this March. The festival takes...
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3.5KJunior Workshop by Jenny Jones comes to Morzine
Olympic medalist and all-round lovely lass Jenny Jones has launched Workshop by Jenny Jones, a series of unique snowboard camps in the...
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6.6KThe Snow Situation
So, it’s not news that there’s very little / no snow across our valley at the moment. This isn’t a situation that’s...
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22.0KThe Winter ’17 Bus Timetable
The local ski bus service is the most efficient way to move between Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz. It connects the resort...
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8.3KLifts & pistes opening in Avoriaz this weekend
The pisteurs of Avoriaz have been working astonishingly hard to get the resort open this weekend. It’s not a secret that it’s...
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8.0KWaitrose, Tesco & Asda Deliveries to Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz
Despite the fact that Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz have their fair share of supermarkets, independent food shops and even now an...
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5.6KLa Vie Claire organic supermarket opens this month!
La Vie Claire is a small but growing French supermarket brand based entirely on the provision of organic produce and healthy, natural...
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3.8KThe Snow-Camp 2017 AJ Bell Alpine Challenge in Morzine
With temperatures as low as 3 degrees here in Morzine today, the rapid approach of Winter 17 is impossible to ignore. Once...
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2.4KAction Academy: For Adventure Entrepreneurs by Adventure Entrepreneurs
The days of the ski bum are on the wane. This season you’re more likely to find your chalet host, transfer driver...
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6.9KCanyoning in Morzine – What’s that all about?
As each and every summer issue of Source Magazine demonstrates, there’s never any shortage of activities to keep all members of the family entertained. But have you ever...
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2.3KEat like a Tour de France Rider
The average human being burns around 90 calories per hour when resting. That’s around 2100 calories each day. Tour de France riders burn a...
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2.5KVive Le Tour – All you need to know
Any road cycling lover that’s ever watched Le Tour on TV can’t have failed to notice the sheer passion on the faces of roadside...
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6.5KPhil Liggett’s 10 Legends of the Tour de France
This July, the Tour de France – La Grande Boucle – will make its 103rd* journey around the hexagon of France with a...
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2.6KSummer Fitness with Buzz Performance
It’s no surprise to learn that Morzine based fitness coaches Buzz Performance have expanded their summer programme to include several Spin classes each week,...
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2.3K#TRENDING: What’s hot this summer
THE PORTES DU SOLEIL MULTIPASS If only everything in life were as simple and as cheap as the Portes du Soleil MultiPass. When...
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6.1KWhere to watch the Tour de France in Morzine
On Saturday 23rd July the eyes of the world will be on Morzine. Those of you lucky enough to be in town...
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5.5KTOUR DE FRANCE UPDATE: Traffic & Parking
On Saturday 23rd July Morzine welcomes the penultimate stage of Le Tour de France. The world’s best road cyclists will cross the...
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3.0KBuilding for Crankworx – Behind the Scenes
Local videographer Will Nangle has been granted special behind the scenes access to Crankworx and he’s taking Morzine Source Magazine readers with...
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4.2KLes Gets Bike Park opens this weekend
We may have woken up to a new smattering of snow on the hills this morning, but as far as the good...
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3.5KThe Jungle Jam
Last Sunday, hundreds of Morzine residents poured into L’Aubergade Hotel to support refugees in Calais at the second Jungle Jam event of...
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3.4KFine Dining. Any way. Anywhere.
Morzine’s newest catering company has a new philosophy. Fine dining food, however you like to eat it, anywhere. That includes like-side lunches...
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4.4KVolunteering at the Etape du Tour and the Tour de France
With no fewer than six major events taking place in the valley this summer, the Mairie de Morzine-Avoriaz and the Office de...
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Montreux Jazz Festival Line-Up Announced
Expectations were high for the line-up of the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival, released today. Taking place on the shores of Lake Geneva...
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#7DaysIn Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz – 8th April 2016
It may well be the very end of the winter season in Morzine, but there’s no need to slow down your weekly...
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Morzine’s First Gin Festival
Down the steps and through the doors of the Tibetan Café, a botanical paradise has been unleashed at Morzine’s first ever Gin Festival....
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April Special Offers, Deals & Discounts
The end of the winter season may well be on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean there’s no deals to be had...
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REVIEWED: The Cavern 24-7 Film Festival
For one feverous week, Morzine’s film-makers have been drawing up story boards, writing scripts and hitting the slopes with Go-Pros and costumes in...
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U2 to play Morzine this Summer
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS AN APRIL FOOL! It’s been announced this morning that legendary Irish rockers U2 will play a special one-off...
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Critérium du Dauphiné begins in Les Gets – 5th June
After months of speculation it’s been confirmed today that Les Gets will host the prologue of the prestigious Critérium du Dauphiné on 5th...