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,...
Snow Report, 24th January 2018
The sun has finally returned to Morzine after another week of stormy weather. Following heavy snowfall at the start of last week the mountain was once again shut due to the extreme weather. The avalanche risk went up to five out of five meaning that any off piste...
Morzine And Avoriaz: Two Contrasting Ski Stations, One Commune
Morzine Avoriaz is one commune with two very different villages. Morzine and Avoriaz are two of the most well known ski resort towns in the French Alps. They feature prominently in the history of French skiing, as well as European snowboarding and are amongst the most...
Snow Conditions For New Year’s Week
The first week of January has been and gone, the New Years crowds have thinned out and it is getting quieter on the slopes. So what kind of condition are the slopes in at the moment? After an excellent start to the season, with plenty of snow falling throughout...