Avoriaz
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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 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: 2,277 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: 95%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 176 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 182 km · Lifts: 39 · Balance between piste levels: 81%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?4 / 5
Adult day pass: €41.5 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.23/km · Adult 6-day pass: €211 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 73% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · 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-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 · Adult day pass: €41.5 — 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 (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; 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).
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.
Right now at the LE PLENEY station (1,515 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 985 m · top 2,277 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from December to March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 5.9 h · Dec 5.3 h · Jan 5.5 h · Feb 6.9 h · Mar 8.1 h · Apr 9.8 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December74 cmGood skiing · 85%
- January98 cmGood skiing · 93%
- February122 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March130 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April86 cmVariable · 79%
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
57 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2020-2021 — on average 78 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec22 cmInsufficient · 30 %
- 16-31 Dec33 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 56 %
- 16-31 Jan56 cmVariable · 72 %
- 1-15 Feb66 cmVariable · 77 %
- 16-29 Feb69 cmVariable · 77 %
- 1-15 Mar63 cmVariable · 71 %
- 16-31 Mar48 cmVariable · 54 %
- 1-15 Apr31 cmInsufficient · 34 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1965-1966 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1963-1964 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 404 cm a winter on average, spread over 39 days of snowfall. Measured over 57 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 69 cm — 1993-1994
- Snowiest winter
- 1969-1970 — 816 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1963-1964 — 95 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →217 pistes, by level — 176 km
- Skiable vertical
- 857 m (1,420 m → 2,277 m)
- Lifts
- 2 gondolas, 21 chairlifts, 15 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 8.9 km of marked loops, 6.8 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(3)
Trail Level Length Rouge de chavannes red 4.8 km Bleue des Chavannes easy 3.2 km Verte des Chavannes very easy 0.9 km - Snowpark
- 7 mapped zones — Chapelle · Snowpark Chapelle · Lil' Stash · The Stash · The Stash Main Street · The Stash sous le Télésiège · Arare
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Piste aspect
- N 50% · E 7% · S 8% · W 35% (descent direction of 140 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- La Falaise (1823 m) · Chapka (1823 m) · La Réserve (1820 m) · La Table Du Mil8 (1819 m) · Le Trainô (1818 m) · La Brasserie (1818 m) · Le Fantastic (1817 m) · Les Fontaines Blanches (1817 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 11 December 2026, closes on 18 April 2027
Opening hours lift by lift (10)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TC Super Morzine | TC | 09:00 | 17:15 | official website |
| TSD Zore | TSD | 09:10 | 17:00 | official website |
| TSD Séraussaix | TSD | 09:30 | 16:45 | official website |
| TSD Proclou | TSD | 09:30 | 16:45 | official website |
| TSD Chaux fleurie | TSD | 09:30 | 17:00 | official website |
| TSD Prolays | TSD | 09:30 | 17:15 | official website |
| TC Ardent | TC | 09:00 | 18:00 | official website |
| TSD Mossettes | TSD | 09:40 | 16:45 | official website |
| TSD Lindarets | TSD | 09:30 | 17:30 | official website |
| TK Ecole droit | TK | 09:30 | 17:00 | official website |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 15 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €41.50 |
| 6 days | €211 |
| Season | €490 |
| Child, 1 day | €31.50 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €23.50 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €8 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Roc d'Enfer. Official price list ↗
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured 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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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗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 · 386 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 39 · 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 13 September 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
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 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 September 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →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
Resorts for ski touring →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 |
| Les Hauts-Forts · Couloir Central ou Couloir du Nant d'Ankerne | 4.1 · E1 · D- | 750 m | 1,800 → 2,466 m | N | 1.5 km |
| Pointe des Mossettes · Depuis Ardent | 2.1 · E1 · F | 777 m | 1,500 → 2,277 m | NW | 1.6 km |
| Pointe de Chésery · Versant SW | 2.1 · E2 · PD | 300 m | 1,930 → 2,251 m | n/a | 1.8 km |
| Les Hauts-Forts · face N du sommet 2359 | 3.3 · E2 · AD+ | 1,200 m | 1,162 → 2,359 m | n/a | 1.9 km |
| Les Hauts-Forts · Sommet des pistes d'Avoriaz depuis les Prodains | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 1,028 m | 1,169 → 2,197 m | N | 1.9 km |
| Crête des Rochassons · Depuis Ardent | n/a · F | 720 m | 1,210 → 1,930 m | n/a | 2 km |
| Les Hauts-Forts · Couloir du Signal | 5.1 · E3 · TD- | 750 m | 1,800 → 2,466 m | N | 2.1 km |
| Les Hauts-Forts · Boucle par l'arête des Intrets | n/a · E1 · PD | 700 m | 1,500 → 2,200 m | NW | 2.1 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
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
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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
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 ↗
Ski school
ESF Avoriaz
166 instructors
🇬🇧 159 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinema Les Portes du Soleil
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Avoriaz?
Avoriaz sits at 985 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,277 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Avoriaz have?
Avoriaz has 176 km of pistes served by 39 lifts, within the linked Portes du Soleil area (OpenStreetMap survey).
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 much is a lift pass in Avoriaz?
The adult day pass costs €41.50 and the 6-day pass €211 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Roc d'Enfer).
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?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Avoriaz good for beginners and families?
73% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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