Morzine
Morzine is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 985 m and the ski area rises to 1,746 m, a skiable vertical of 759 m.
The area offers 105 km of alpine pistes, 123 marked pistes (26 green, 67 blue, 25 red, 5 black), 44 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Morzine belongs to the linked Portes du Soleil area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 5 km (Cabri) and the highest lift tops out at 2,247 m.
The resort holds the Flocon Vert and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 06 by road from Genève and 34 min from Cluses railway station.
3 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,746 m · Bottom of the pistes: 987 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 78 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 88%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 105 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 182 km · Lifts: 44 · Balance between piste levels: 80%
- 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?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 76% · Magic carpets: 5 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 6
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 43 · Nearest railway station: 34 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 5 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 30
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 18 · Nightclubs: 1 · Restaurants: 46 · 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: 5 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 32% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · 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).
Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.
Right now at the LE PLENEY station (1,515 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 985 m · top 1,746 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 6.2 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 10.3 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December56 cmGood skiing · 80%
- January70 cmGood skiing · 94%
- February82 cmGood skiing · 93%
- March92 cmGood skiing · 85%
- April—no record
- 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 →123 pistes, by level — 105 km
- Skiable vertical
- 759 m (987 m → 1,746 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 4 gondolas, 18 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 8.9 km of marked loops, 1.7 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 - Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 39% · E 29% · S 10% · W 22% (descent direction of 82 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Chez Nannon (1535 m) · Le Grand Cry (1487 m) · La Croix Blanche (1484 m) · L'passage (1469 m) · La Petite Ourse (1469 m) · La grenouille du marais (1468 m) · Ler’Noyon (1461 m) · La Pointe de Nyon (1420 m)
Opening hours lift by lift (9)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosta | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Ranfoilly Express | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Nauchets Express | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:20 | OpenStreetMap |
| Chéry Nord | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Mont Chéry | télécabine | 09:00 | 16:20 | OpenStreetMap |
| La Pointe | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Planeys | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Perrières Express | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:10 | OpenStreetMap |
| Turche | téléski | 09:00 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
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 Morzine only (“MORZINE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Morzine
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image.
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 Morzine
From Paris: 6 hr 32 (594 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 06 · 60 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 18 · 90 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 46 · 131 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 20 · 187 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 40 · 203 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 18 · 268 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 18 · 289 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 34 · 234 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 41 · 315 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 23 · 373 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 02 · 400 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 25 · 494 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 30 · 503 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 43 · 519 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 23 · 521 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 32 · 594 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 46 · 642 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 42 · 728 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 21 · 760 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 37 · 918 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Cluses station
regional station · then 34 min drive (28 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 16 by road.
- From Cluses station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line Y92 — CLUSES → MORZINE (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 55 min to the “Gare Routiere” stop — 5 departures a day on weekdays, 5 a day at weekends · first 05:40, last 18:40 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 30 by road · 68 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 49 by road · 131 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
4 charging stations within 2 km
9 charging points · up to 120 kW
- MORZINE - Taille Du Grand Mas · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- MORZINE - Parking de la poste · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 120 kW · 0.4 km
- MORZINE - Route Du Palais Des Sports · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.5 km
- MONTRIOND - Vieille Route · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 2 km
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: Bouquetin · Lièvre · Aigle noir · Orchis · Gazelle
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 Morzine — up to 1,575 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de Ressachaux · Face SW | 3.3 · E2 · AD+ | 1,170 m | 1,000 → 2,173 m | SW | 2.3 km |
| Pointe de Ressachaux · Versant NW (voie normale) | 2.3 · E2 · PD+ | 1,160 m | 1,014 → 2,173 m | W | 3.1 km |
| Pointe de Ressachaux · Les Fangles | 5.1 · E3 · TD- | 1,100 m | 1,075 → 2,173 m | N | 3.2 km |
| Pointe de Ressachaux · Lanche aux Chamois | 5.1 · E2 · D+ | 1,000 m | 1,162 → 2,173 m | N | 3.5 km |
| Pointe de Nantaux · Voie normale par l'arête du Marteau | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,270 m | 940 → 2,170 m | SW | 3.8 km |
| Pointe de Nyon · Versant NW - par les pistes de ski | 2.3 · E1 · PD- | 600 m | 1,427 → 2,019 m | NW | 4 km |
| Roc d'Enfer - Sommet E · Par l'arête E - depuis le col de l'Encrenaz | 3.1 · E4 · AD | 850 m | 1,433 → 2,188 m | NE | 4.1 km |
| Col du Pic à Talon · Par Morzinette | n/a · PD+ | 900 m | 1,162 → 2,041 m | N | 4.2 km |
| Les Hauts-Forts · Arête W par Zore | n/a · AD | 1,450 m | 1,080 → 2,466 m | W | 4.3 km |
| Pointe de Nantaux · Face S en traversée Montriond > Essert la Pierre | n/a · AD | 1,300 m | 935 → 2,172 m | S | 4.3 km |
| Mont Chéry · par le Mont Caly | 1.3 · E1 · F | 636 m | 1,190 → 1,826 m | S | 4.3 km |
| Pointe de Nantaux · Tour en hélice | 3.2 · E1 · AD+ | 1,575 m | 940 → 2,170 m | W | 4.6 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 Morzine
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Morzine · 0.1 km away
- Bobluge de Pré la Joux · Châtel · 8.9 km away
Ice rink
- Indiana'Ventures -Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 0.2 km away
- Patinoire extérieure · Les Gets · 3.4 km away
- Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 5.9 km away
- Patinoire extérieure · Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 7 km away
Swimming pool
- Espace Aquatique · Morzine · 0.6 km away
- Piscine extérieure de l'Hôtel et Spa Neige et Roc · Morzine · 4.2 km away
- Piscine de la Grande Ourse · Taninges · 9.5 km away
Paragliding
- ABC de l'Ecole professionnel de Parapente et de Speedriding des Portes du Soleil · Morzine · 0.2 km away
- Airéole - École de Parapente à Morzine · Morzine · 0.3 km away
- Aero-bi Parapente · Morzine · 0.6 km away
- Ecole professionnelle de parapente et de Speed-riding des Portes du Soleil · Montriond · 2.8 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Musique Mécanique · Les Gets · 3.1 km away
- Ferme Ecomusée du Clos Parchet · Samoëns · 8.6 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Rex · Morzine · 0.4 km away
- Cinéma Le Club · Les Gets · 3.7 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 ↗
Tourist office
Bureau des Guides de Morzine-Avoriaz
📍 614 Avenue de Joux Plane
Ski school
ESF Morzine
163 instructors
🇬🇧 134 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Ice rink · Patinoire
- Cinema · Rex
- Ice rink · Skoda Arena
- Swimming pool · Bassin Olympique
- Swimming pool · Bassin d'apprentissage
- Swimming pool · Pataugeoire
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 Morzine?
Morzine sits at 985 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,746 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Morzine have?
Morzine has 105 km of pistes served by 44 lifts, within the linked Portes du Soleil area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Morzine?
The longest piste is Cabri: 5 km (red run), for 355 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 Morzine?
The highest lift, TSD de Chamossière (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,127 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Morzine have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 26 installations at Morzine (1 aerial tramway, 1 gondola, 13 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 36,255 people per hour, of which 3,000 for TSD de la Charniaz alone. The fleet spans 1960 to 2023, an average age of 27 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 Morzine?
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 Morzine?
By road, Morzine is 1 hr 06 from Genève (60 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Cluses, 34 min by road from the resort. From Cluses station, line Y92 — CLUSES → MORZINE (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Gare Routiere” stop in 55 min, 5 departures a day on weekdays, 5 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 30 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Morzine?
6 hr 32 for 594 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is the snow reliable in Morzine?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Morzine good for beginners and families?
76% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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