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...
Portes Du Soleil Opening Dates

Portes Du Soleil Opening Dates

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...
Bar Robinson is getting something new this winter

Bar Robinson is getting something new this winter

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...
Morzine Harley Days

Morzine Harley Days

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...
The Portes Du Soleil is open for summer

The Portes Du Soleil is open for summer

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...
Spartan Race 2017 in Morzine

Spartan Race 2017 in Morzine

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...
Pass’Portes Du Soleil 2017

Pass’Portes Du Soleil 2017

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...
Crankworx 2017 in Les Gets

Crankworx 2017 in Les Gets

The Portes Du Soleil is a world famous mountain biking destination with terrain that offers something for all abilities and disciplines. As such it is an ideal place to host one of the stops on the Crankworx tour. What Is Crankworx? The Crankworx Mountain Bike...

Summer events in Morzine

June 17th-18th, Paris-Nice Cycling 23rd-25th, Pass’Portes du soleil MTB   July 1st-2nd, Spartan Race 7th-9th, Bik’Elec show 13th-16th, Morzine Harley Days August 1st-4th, MTB race for youngsters 12th, Hauts Forts running race 25th-27th, Haute Route...

Local Dishes

The French Alps are well known for its food. The local cuisine developed over hundreds of years and is a result of the Alpine surroundings and climate. Before the arrival of modern roads and the introduction of electricity it was important to produce food that could...

End of the season in Morzine

The winter season is coming to an end. Here are some info on what’s happening. The Pleney will be closing on April the 9th. The “course des champions”, a ski race for the local kids, has been cancelled due to the lack of snow in Nyon. Avoriaz is...