Avoriaz
Off season · opens 11 December 20261,420 mBottom of the pistes
2,501 mTop of the ski area
600 kmLinked pistes · Portes du Soleil
39Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Avoriaz is a winter sports resort located at an altitude of 1,800 m, in the territory of the commune of Morzine, in Haute-Savoie.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →StationSkaping
Station · MeteoSkaping
FornetSkaping
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Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 11 December 2026 and close on 18 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to late March. 78 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 404 cm of fresh snow, measured over 57 winters at the Météo-France “GETS (LES)” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 57 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,420 m · top 2,501 m
Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 French resorts we cover — 5 stars means “among the best in France on this point”, not “perfect”. Nobody types these in.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,501 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,420 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 78 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 92%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 600 km · Lifts: 39
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 73% · Magic carpets: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 59 · Nearest railway station: 49 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 46
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 5 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 42 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 6,137 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 32% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish
“Atmosphere” and “Luxury” are indexes: they count what OpenStreetMap and the event listings publish within 2.5 km (bars, nightclubs, rated hotels, spas, upcoming events), not what you experience there. A zero means “nothing mapped”, not “nothing there”. Sources per criterion: snow (altitudes declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; value (the resort’s official price list) ; families and beginners (OpenStreetMap pistes, price list, ESF ski school, Famille Plus label, OpenStreetMap leisure) ; access (OSRM drive times from 20 cities, SNCF stations, GTFS shuttles, airports) ; atmosphere and après-ski (bars, nightclubs and restaurants within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap), upcoming events (OpenAgenda), collective tourist beds (INSEE)) ; luxury and comfort (rated hotels within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap) and by category across the commune (INSEE), spas and boutiques (OpenStreetMap), day pass price).
- Skiable vertical
- 1,081 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 8.9 km of marked loops, 6.8 km from the resort
- Snowpark
- 7 mapped zones — Chapelle · Snowpark Chapelle · Lil' Stash · The Stash · The Stash Main Street · The Stash sous le Télésiège · Arare
Ski-area figures — bottom: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan); km of the linked area: Resort’s official website (read by SkiRadar) (23 Sept) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20267 kmLongest piste — Ripaille - Grand Paradis (red), 837 m of vertical
837 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,906 → 1,069 m, 7 km
2,501 mHighest lift top — TSD Brochaux-Mossettes (detachable chairlift), national lift register
66,262Total lift capacity, people per hour — 39 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 2 gondolas, 18 chairlifts, 16 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
28 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1968, newest 2023
3,200Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD Proclou (detachable chairlift, 2014)
123 kmTotal length of lifts — 141 lifts mapped
15,412 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,658Inhabitants — Morzine (INSEE 74191)
Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Avoriaz only (“AVORIAZ”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Avoriaz
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Collective accommodation
6,137 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 37 hotels · 1,063 rooms (9 × 4★, 17 × 3★, 4 × 2★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 1,054 bed spaces
- 11 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 5,083 bed spaces
Commune: Morzine · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Sowell
Club hotels and flats in the resorts, northern and southern Alps.
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Avoriaz
Toboggan runs
- Bobluge de Pré la Joux · Châtel · 4.4 km away
- Luge d'été · Morzine · 5.4 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 0.8 km away
- Indiana'Ventures -Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 5.2 km away
- Patinoire extérieure · Les Gets · 8.6 km away
- Patinoire · Châtel · 9.8 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine extérieure de l'Hôtel et Spa Neige et Roc · Morzine · 1.2 km away
- Espace Aquatique · Morzine · 5 km away
- Le centre aquatique Forme d'O · Châtel · 9.3 km away
Paragliding
- Aero-bi Parapente · Morzine · 4.8 km away
- Ecole professionnelle de parapente et de Speed-riding des Portes du Soleil · Montriond · 5 km away
- Airéole - École de Parapente à Morzine · Morzine · 5.2 km away
- ABC de l'Ecole professionnel de Parapente et de Speedriding des Portes du Soleil · Morzine · 5.3 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Musique Mécanique · Les Gets · 8.3 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Rex · Morzine · 5.1 km away
- Cinéma Le Club · Les Gets · 8.9 km away
- Cinéma Le Chamois · Châtel · 9.7 km away
- Cinema Les Portes du Soleil · 0.8 km away · OpenStreetMap
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Avoriaz
166 instructors
🇬🇧 159 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
In case of accident
112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 8 Marked off-piste itineraries · 8 km
2 km Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Combe du Machon · Patenaille · Snowcross Pschott · Chavanette (Le Mur Suisse) · Snowcross Marmottes · Combette
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Avoriaz — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saix du Tour · Versant N | 1.3 · E1 · F | 812 m | 1,211 → 2,023 m | N | 0.8 km |
| Pointe de Vorlaz · Les Drobounes | n/a · AD- | 1,150 m | 1,800 → 2,346 m | W | 1 km |
| Pointe de Vorlaz · Couloir SE direct | 5.1 · E2 · TD- | 1,200 m | 1,162 → 2,346 m | SE | 1.2 km |
| Pointe de Vorlaz · Couloir S | 4.1 · E1 · D- | 1,146 m | 1,200 → 2,346 m | S | 1.3 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
Pistes coloured by level, lifts as lines. The resort’s official map is the reference in season.
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Getting to Avoriaz
From Paris: 6 hr 48 (607 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 21 · 72 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 34 · 103 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 01 · 144 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 35 · 200 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 56 · 215 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 33 · 302 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 34 · 280 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 50 · 246 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 56 · 328 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 38 · 383 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 16 · 411 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 40 · 506 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 46 · 516 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 59 · 531 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 38 · 534 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 48 · 607 km
- From Perpignan: 7 hr 02 · 654 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 58 · 741 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 37 · 772 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 53 · 930 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Marignier station
regional station · then 49 min drive (41 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 32 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 46 by road · 81 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 05 by road · 143 km
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 October 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.
Road conditions
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).
Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Avoriaz?
The Avoriaz pistes start at 1,420 m, and its ski area rises to 2,501 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Avoriaz have?
From Avoriaz you can ski 600 km of slopes across Portes du Soleil, 39 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Avoriaz?
The longest piste is Ripaille - Grand Paradis: 7 km (red run), for 837 m of vertical. Measured on the OpenStreetMap map, segments of the same name and level joined end to end, altitudes from the IGN RGE ALTI terrain model — a resort sometimes advertises a longer run by chaining several pistes.
How high do the lifts go in Avoriaz?
The highest lift, TSD Brochaux-Mossettes (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,501 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Avoriaz have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 39 installations at Avoriaz (1 aerial tramway, 2 gondolas, 18 chairlifts, 16 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 66,262 people per hour, of which 3,200 for TSD Proclou alone. The fleet spans 1968 to 2023, an average age of 28 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How do I get to Avoriaz?
By road, Avoriaz is 1 hr 21 from Genève (72 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Marignier, 49 min by road from the resort. No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 46 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Avoriaz?
6 hr 48 for 607 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Avoriaz open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 11 December 2026 and closes on 18 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Avoriaz?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to late March. 78 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 404 cm of fresh snow, measured over 57 winters at the Météo-France “GETS (LES)” station. This verdict rests on 57 winters of Météo-France measurements (1959-2021); in season the daily report prevails.
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