Dec 27, 2017 | News
The Pyeongchang WInter Paralympics are coming up in 2018, and one Morzine-Avoriaz local will be hoping to end his career on a high. Yohann Taberlet was born in Thonon Les Bains on March twenty ninth 1981. He took upskiing at an early age and skied in competitions for...
Dec 22, 2017 | News
It’s going to be a busy week in Morzine as the holiday season is well underway. The town is putting on plenty of events to welcome people to town and keep them entertained during their stay. On Saturday the twenty third there will be free welcome drinks outside the...
Dec 18, 2017 | News
Despite early openings over the previous couple of weekends, this past weekend saw the official opening of Avoriaz, with parts of Morzine, Chatel and Les Gets also opening. There is now a great base all over the mountain, ranging from one hundred centimetres on the...
Dec 14, 2017 | News
Although Avoriaz was scheduled for a partial opening this coming weekend the decision has now been taken to open up even more of the ski area due to the high snowfall so far. Avoriaz, Chatel, Morzine and Les Gets all opened some of their lifts last weekend, with...
Dec 8, 2017 | News
There have been a number of new developments around the Pleney and Nyon areas of Morzine in preparation for this coming winter. This are aimed at improving the overall experience for those skiing in the area. Over summer a number of trees were removed in order to...
Dec 5, 2017 | News
Chatel, one of the villages of the Portes Du Soleil, has just celebrated its seventieth birthday. In the winter of 1947 the Vonnes Teleski, the first step that would eventually see it join up with the Portes Du Soleil several decades later. During the continued...
Dec 4, 2017 | News
Winter has well and truly arrived in the Portes Du Soleil, with plenty of snow and early openings for some of the ski areas. This hasn’t happened for a number of years, so it’s a sign of just how much snow has fallen! Champery/Les Crosets Champery/Les Crosets was the...
Oct 25, 2017 | News
Bar Robinson is probably the most popular and well known bar for après-ski in Morzine. Serving the famous (or infamous) Mützig Old Lager it is a great place to unwind after a day on the slopes, and a few demis help relieve any aches and pains. The bar originally...
Jun 25, 2017 | Events
Harley Days is a festival held in Morzine every couple of years, organised by the Harley Owners Group (or HOG) France, a group for the owner of Harley Davidson Motor Bikes which has around thirty different chapters, with members from Normandy in the north to Bayonne...
Jun 23, 2017 | News
With the Passportes Du Soleil event running from the twenty third of June to the twenty fifth of June the Portes Du Soleil mountain bike area is officially open for summer. Les Gets initially opened for four days from the twenty fifth to the twenty eighth of May and...
Jun 20, 2017 | Events
At the start of July one of the toughest races in France is held in Morzine, with obstacles throughout the town and on the mountain itself. The Reebok Spartan Race Morzine is one of a series of races that take place worldwide. History In 2007 Julian Kopald, Andy...
Jun 15, 2017 | Events
The Portes Du Soleil offers a huge area for mountain biking and is historically one of the leading locations for the sport in Europe, if not the world. It is also the largest mountain biking area in the whole of Europe, and one of the largest in the world. The area...