MTB Downhill French Championship – Morzine
From 26th to 28th July, the best French DH racers will be fighting in Morzine to earn the “bleu-blanc-rouge” French national jersey. It takes place on a brand new track created for the event on the Pleney side. See map below. Here is the agenda : Thursday...
The Rock The Pistes Festival Is Returning In March
The Rock The Pistes Festival is returning to the Portes Du Soleil for it’s eighth year between the eighteenth and twenty fourth of March. With five free concerts on the mountains of the Portes Du Soleil, and over fifty apres music events in the various towns of...
Snow Report 15th February
This week marks the first week of the busiest period of the winter season, as countries across Europe begin their half term holidays. This busy period will continue for the next couple of weeks, ending around the fourth of March. The mountain has become noticeably...
The Natural Games Are Coming To Avoriaz!
This winter, between the eleventh and fourteenth of April Avoriaz will host the Natural Games – a brand new event combining sports competitions, live music events and special workshops. There will be live music from a number of different artists, with Joey...
Snow Report 7th February 2018
We are just days away from the busy half term holiday period and the crowds descending on Morzine. The slopes are already getting noticeably busier, but what is the snow like at the moment? Last Thursday, the first of February, there was approximately twenty...
Meet The Stars Of Morzine Sport
As one of the great Alpine centres for sports in France it is inevitable that Morzine has nurtured a number of successful athletes over the years. Here is a selection of some of the current sports stars of Morzine. Charles Cazaux: Charles is one of the most successful...
Snow Report 30th January
The weather over the past couple of weeks has been fairly extreme, and unfortunately not in a way that is good for the snow conditions! So how is the Portes Du Soleil looking after the storm has passed? There has not been any snowfall, not even at the highest...
How Is Artificial Snow Made?
This winter Morzine have begun offering the opportunity to visit the headquarters for their snowmaking operations. Artificial snow has become increasingly useful over the past couple of years as snowfall has not been at the usual levels. Of course, this has not been...
Where To Go to Avoid The Crowds
February is just around the corner and that means the school holiday crowds are on their way. This means long lift queues and crowded pistes, with ski schools snaking across the slopes. There are ways to avoid the crowds, however, as certain areas are far more popular...
The Burton Stash Week, Avoriaz
This week has marked the tenth anniversary of the Burton Stash snow park in Avoriaz, with a number of events laid on in and around The Stash, in conjunction with the Burton store in Avoriaz, to celebrate. The Stash park is located below the Prolays lift in Avoriaz,...