Morzine - Les Gets

The Morzine-Les Gets area offers a great mix of of gentle tree-lined slopes which first-time skiers and intermediates will love; plus wider, steeper slopes which are great for carving. The higher slopes around Nyon and Chamosiere offer more challenging terrain for advanced skiers and powder enthusiasts.

Pleney Area

Pleney is the area which can be accessed directly from the centre of Morzine. Many people start their day by taking the Pleney telecabine up into the heart of the Morzine ski area. There is a large nursery area (complete with covered conveyor-belt for ease of access) on the flat plateau at the top of Pleney and a range of blues and red tree-lined runs span out from here in all directions. The Penguin run under the Nabor chairlift is a great little area for kids to practice their jumps, tricks and turns and the Zouzous run is a fun route through the forest where they can spot lots of animals hidden in the trees. Our top tips for mountain restaurants on Pleney are the Vaffieu (for a delicious sit-down lunch) or La Petit Ourse (for a chilled-out snack in the sun). Sledges are available for children to play on and the owner produces an excellent vanilla Rum.

Piste B is considered the easiest route back into town for beginners and the more adventurous can test their technique on the Stade - the steepest red back down.

Nyon and Chamossiere Areas

Nyon and Chamossiere are the two highest peaks in the Morzine ski area. The highest slopes (from the mountain peaks) offer interesting and challenging runs for more advanced skiers. (The run down from Chamossiere is one of the steepest reds in whole area.) The views are incredible and on snowy days there is also some great powder to be found both on and off-piste.

Nyon Plateau offers more gentle slopes (reds and blues) and a fun little snow-park. The slopes around the plateau itself are wide and open, whilst those dropping down from the plateau are narrower routes through the trees. Kids enjoy the Choucas piste where numerous little tracks wind in and out of the forest, with jumps and bumps to play around on.

Les Gets

Les Gets is a wonderful, pretty ski area which is very family-friendly. The main Chavannes area includes lots of lovely, wide blue and red pistes which run down into Les Gets village. There is an excellent nursery area (which you can access by car FREE of charge) and lots of fun pistes for children. The Grand Cry pistes are native-american themed and kids can stop for lunch in a tipi, feed baby goats and get their face painted. The Mika pistes are a fun introducton to snow-parks and snow-cross.

Slightly further afield, the Ranfoilly / Rosta bowl offers lovely steeper, fast carving pistes and some enjoyable, bumpy blacks. All of the lifts out of the bowl serve a range of pistes (blue ,red and black) heading back into the bowl so it is a good place for mixed-ability groups to spend time together.

Mont Chery

Mt Chery is the ski area on the far side of Les Gets village. On a powder day it is quite simply wonderful. Considered a locals-secret, the pistes are much less frequently visited than the main Les Gets ski slopes and hence the snow conditions are often fabulous. There pistes are mostly reds but there are some fantastic, mogul-covered blacks off the back face. On a sunny day the views of Mt Blanc from Mt Chery are exceptional.

If you purchase a Morzine-Les Gets ski pass, it will include the sectors of Pleney, Chamossiere and Nyon (in Morzine) plus the entire Les Gets and Mont Chery ski areas. The pass covers over 120 kilometres of pistes, 46 ski lifts and 66 slopes (9 black, 28 red, 29 blue, 5 green).

Note that the Super-Morzine slopes are NOT included in the Morzine-Les Gets ski pass. They are part of the Avoriaz ski domain.