All posts tagged "Morzine"

Play Hockey with the Penguins!

The hockey club of Morzine-Avoriaz-Les Gets have arranged a very fun evening at the Palais du Sport next Wednesday evening to celebrate the...

Behind the Scenes

They’re the unsung heroes of the resort. The army of pisteurs, dameurs, security patrol and engineers who work day and night behind...

Life After Sochi – The Jenny Jones Interview

For many years, within the relatively tight-knit snowboard community, Jenny Jones was known as the golden girl of British snowboarding. All that...

The Frozen Underground

The MUST DO List

The February school holiday are here! So we’ve created a handy list of our favourite must-do activities across Morzine, Les Gets and...

Morzine Summer ’15 Opening Dates

The dates for Morzine’s summer season have just been announced. The Pleney lift will open on Saturday 13th June 2015 for mountain...

Morzine & Avoriaz New Lift Timetable

Ahead of the start of the February school holidays (which start tomorrow in France and next Saturday in the UK), the lift...

50 Shades of Grey – More Tickets Available

We had sold the last of our 50 Shades of Grey Morzine premier tickets for our event on Wednesday 11th February 2015,...

Avalanche Safety Sessions

There’ve been a number of fatal avalanches across the Alps over the last week, which is unsurprising considering the volume of snow...

Severe Weather Warning Issued

The prefecture of the Haute Savoie has issued a severe weather warning for the next five days, the likes of which has never...

10 Reasons to try Telemark

You’ll have definitely seen telemarkers on the Portes du Soleil’s pistes this winter. They’re those folk on skis, lunging as they turn...

Charlie Hebdo Solidarity Gathering

The Mairie of Morzine has arranged a solidarity gathering in memory of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris earlier...

Extra Morzine Activities To Open

In response to the lack of snow in Morzine right now, the clever team at Indianaventures have decided to re-open some of...

Morzine Swimming Pool – Winter Opening

Since opening in 2012 the Morzine leisure complex has become a great apres-ski activity for families and those looking to preserve their...

It’s Back. The 2015 Snow-Camp Alpine Challenge.

The Snow-Camp Alpine Challenge returns to Morzine this winter, between 12th & 15th March. You probably don’t need reminding that last winter...

Follow My Dream

By Lauren Jenkins Images copyright Damian McArthur Photography Many things in life begin as a dream and although starting a downhill mountain bike team isn’t simple,...

The World Cup in Morzine & Les Gets

If you’re lucky enough to find yourself in Morzine or Les Gets during the Coupe du Monde, then you’ll need to know...

Morzine Summer Trail Map

We’re delighted that the Morzine Les Gets summer trail map has been updated to include the new and existing MTB trails, lifts,...

Summer Source hits the streets today

The Summer 14 issue of Source Magazine hits the shops, bars, cafes, chalets, hotels and the Office de Tourisme today and once...

And the winners are…

Drum roll! The team at Protest Boardwear have chosen their favourite entries in our season-long winter picture competition. View the full ‘Picture...

Simple Minds to play in Morzine

There’s no Harley Days and there’s no Tour de France in Morzine this summer. Instead, the Office de Tourisme have booked UK...

International Film Festival @ Bec Jaune

The Future Shorts Film Festival is back, this time with a brand new home – the Bec Jaune Brewery in the centre...

The Summer – 10 reasons to get excited!

You won’t have to search very hard to find someone in Morzine, Avoriaz or Les Gets who’ll boldly claim their preference for summer in the...

Olympic Skier Ed Drake…

British Olympian Alpine Skier Ed Drake practises regularly at The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead whenever he’s in the UK. Whilst he cites...

Your Grand Design

For a growing number of people, the Alpine dream doesn’t start and end with a ski holiday. Your weekly winter fix may be...

The end of the season can only mean one thing…

The More Mountain Slushy Social. It’s the seventh time the event has taken place in Morzine, with reps from Subvert Boardstore, ThirtyTwo,...

High Definition It Yourself

By Rob Purver Traditionally the term ‘High Definition’ was always associated with multimillion-dollar Hollywood blockbusters and David Attenborough’s breathtaking documentaries. Then in 2008 the winter...

How to save a ski resort

The Espace Rod d’Enfer straddles the two valleys on either side of the Col de Graydon (1800m). Because it’s tucked out of the way,...

April Special Offers from Source Magazine

If you’d like our monthly range of special offers from businesses in Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz delivered directly to your inbox...

Ellie Soutter takes 2nd place at The Brits

When 13 year old Ellie Soutter from Les Gets first joined the British Junior BoarderCross team last winter, she was fairly excited...

Cavern 24-7 Videos

It’s fair to say that a good night was had by all at the Cavern 24-7 Film Festival on Thursday night in...

March Source Specials

Sweet Treats from The Tasty Ski Company

Now that Morzine is set to bask in sunshine for the next week we thought a nice bright recipe was the order...

Lapping In Luxury

In 1920, Morzine was largely taken up by farmland and the odd mine extracting slate. But Francois Baud saw a new future for...

How to avoid Wobbly Wednesday

By Bev Fentiman Have you noticed that after one day on the mountain, your legs are really tired and quite stiff? Thigh burn has been...

The Perfect Souvenir

Most likely you’ve spent a lot of time snapping away on your iPhone during your holiday in Morzine, Les Gets or Avoriaz....

Morzine Summer Lift Openings

If you’re tired of all this winter nonsense and you’re longing for a blast about on your bike, then worry not. Summer...

Cavern 247 Entries Open Today

It’s one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the winter season. This year’s Cavern 247 video comp will take place on...

Morzine By Train

Forget the frustrations of queuing and the baggage regulations. My holiday starts in the champagne bar at St Pancras, the longest in Europe. I board Eurostar...

Meet Tony Soutter

Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz aren’t just ski resorts. There’s an active community with a combination of French and English residents, all looking to...

Meet Amy Dearlove

Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz aren’t just ski resorts. There’s an active community with a combination of French and English residents, all looking to...

All New On The Pleney

The Morzine Pleney bubble lift was installed in 1934, during a decade that marked serious advancement and innovation in ski lift technology…...

Mini Yorkies from the Tasty Ski Company

We love this recipe at The Tasty Ski Company. It is the only dish that we served 5 years ago in our...

Les Gets pistes on Google Streetview

There’s been some chat for some time that Google would begin introducing Streetview to ski areas and pistes and now Les Gets...

10 Sochi Facts

1. The Games take place between 7th and 23rd February, while the Paralympic Winter Games start on 7th March until 16th March,...

Not your typical Savoyarde fare…

Tim from the Tasty Ski Company probably mastered the technique of ‘foams’ during his time working for Heston Blumenthal. “Fancy foams used...

The Alpine Challenge 2014

If you’re following us on Facebook or Twitter then you’ve surely been following the progress of team Morzine Source in this weekend’s...

January Source Special Offers

There’s so much going on in Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets this month, you’ll be spoilt for choice. So why not head...

Inside the new Pleney bubble!

€12 million buys a lot of ski lift, and the ‘will it or won’t it be ready?’ question has been raging all...

A Christmas Treat

Here’s Tim from The Tasty Ski Company with the next instalment of his blog. This time round, Tim’s making the most of...

Morzine Swimming Pool – Opening Times & Prices

The indoor swimming and leisure complex in the centre of Morzine is now open for the new winter season. There’s a 25×15...

What should I take on my season?

The Tasty Ski Company’s Tim Maitland is back with his regular Source blog, which makes for essential reading if you’re preparing for...

UPDATED: New ski lift to connect Morzine & Avoriaz

A while back we posted this amazing video (scroll down…) showing the proposed new lift connection between Morzine centre and Avoriaz. Since...

Lift Pass Prices Compared…

It’s at this point each year that we like to congratulate ourselves for living in such an amazing valley. Not only do...

Morzine Right Now

We just stumbled across this amazing video by local Will Nangle, filmed over the course of the last few days in and...

Still hunting for seasonaire accommodation?

Tim from the Tasty Ski Company is back with this week’s blog. If you’re still on the hunt for seasonaire accommodation in...

The Search For Shreddie

Fans of Avoriaz and lovers of The Stash will love this video by Neil Sharp and Stew Monk. Find out what’s been...

UPDATED: Tour de France Route Announced

A return to Morzine-Avoriaz for the Tour de France ’14 wasn’t predicted on many of the cycling forums. Yesterday the Morzine Office...

What’s new in Morzine this winter?

New lifts and then some…

New Morzine Pleney Lift Updates

Here’s where we keep the latest pictures of construction on the new Pleney ski lift in the centre of Morzine.

Tammy’s Park Life

‘I moved to Morzine in 1996 to start my own snowboard school, Mint Snowboarding. We are lucky to have some amazing snowparks...

The Green Article

Whilst only an idiot would choose to ignore the environmental impacts that a ski resort has on it’s surrounding eco system, Morzine,...

Take Your Tartiflette Home

You’ll find Tartiflette on the menu of almost every mountain restaurant in Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz during your holiday. It’s the...

Making the most of your holiday snaps

It’s that horrible moment when you go to download the pictures from your recent ski holiday. What you imagined was a camera...

Nail those small turns!

If you only have six days a year on the snow, you’ll no doubt be keen to make some progression in your...

10 resons to visit Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz this winter…

1 – Transfer time No fewer than 10 airlines fly directly to Geneva from the UK. Les Gets, Morzine and Avoriaz are...

Source Magazine Stockists

Source Magazine is free and you’ll find the current issue in many shops, bars, restaurants and chalets across Morzine, Avoriaz, Les Gets...

The Alpine Challenge 2014

In January this year 20 teams of brave and intrepid skiers took part in the Alpine Challenge – a 150km GPS tracked...

Morzine Bike Wash

Courtesy of Alicia at Chalet Savoyarde, here’s a handy list of the local bike wash areas in Morzine and the surrounding area this...

Sochi 14 Competition Schedule Announced

With just under 200 days to go until the opening ceremony of the Sochi ’14 Winter Olympics, the competition schedule has just...

Ski Weekends Chalet Cookery Courses

If you’re in the UK wondering how you can bag that ski season job next winter, then here’s an idea. Tour operator Ski...

Parkour comes to Morzine

We’re not sure if there could be a better location for a Parkour training camp than Morzine!  Parkour Generation will be in the...

World Snow Awards Nominations Open

Vos Media, publishers of Ski and Snowboard Magazine, announced yesterday that nominations for the 2013 ‘World Snow Awards’ are now open.  The award...

Seasonal Job Opportunities in Morzine

The lads from Ski Season Beds and MTB Morzine Beds have launched a new Facebook page for Morzine job seekers.  It may only...

An End to Rafting in Morzine?

Natalie and Jeremy at Frogs Rafting have just brought this to our attention! Theres a chance that, because of proposed changes in...