Snow Conditions For New Year’s Week

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...
The Portes Du Soleil Football Tournament

The Portes Du Soleil Football Tournament

Next Friday, the twelfth of January, will see Champery host the inaugural Portes Du Soleil Football Tournament as part of the Karembeu Indoor Trophy. The tournament will take place at the Palladium in the prescence of retired French International footballer Christian...
What’s On In Morzine Next Week

What’s On In Morzine Next Week

On Saturday sixth of January the Morzine Avoriaz ice hockey team will be playing a Division Three game against local rivals Annecy. The game will take place at the Skoda Ice Arena below the suspension bridge in town and begins at eight thirty PM. Tickets are eight...
Safety On The Slopes

Safety On The Slopes

We are coming in to one of the busiest weeks of the season. The pistes are getting busier and there will be skiers of all different levels and experience on the slopes. This can make things more dangerous and it is important to do everything you can to make things...
Snow Conditions Over Christmas Week

Snow Conditions Over Christmas Week

We are nearing the end of the Christmas week now and snow conditions were excellent throughout. The week started sunny with hard packed pistes and the general feeling was that, despite an amazing December and the fact that it was nice that the sun had come out, the...
What’s On In Morzine Next Week

What’s On In Morzine For New Year

It’s the New Years week coming up and town is sure to be extra busy. The town has plenty of events and activities planned throughout the week to see the New Year in in style. Starting on Sunday, New Years Eve, there will be a torchlit descent with fireworks on the...
Meet Yohann Taberlet, Morzine-Avoriaz’s Paralympic Hopeful

Meet Yohann Taberlet, Morzine-Avoriaz’s Paralympic Hopeful

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...
What’s On In Morzine Next Week

What’s On In Morzine This Week

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...
Snow Report For The Opening Weekend

Snow Report For The Opening Weekend

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...
Winter Lift Openings This Weekend

Winter Lift Openings This Weekend

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...
New Developments For Pleney And Nyon

New Developments For Pleney And Nyon

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...
Chatel Celebrates Its 70th Birthday

Chatel Celebrates Its 70th Birthday

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...