Skiing and Snowboarding Holidays
in Morzine - Avoriaz

Skiing Information

Ski Instruction / Lift Passes / Ski and Snowboard Hire / Piste Map & Webcam

Lifts Passes

To help your holiday run smoothly, you can pre-book your hands-free lift passes with us and we’ll have them ready waiting for you in your chalet or apartment. This saves you time and hassle queuing at the lift pass office (always busy!) and it also saves you money, as we don’t charge you the 3€ that these passes cost us, but we recycle them instead so we collect them back in at the end of the week. All lift passes are payable by credit or debit card in advance of your arrival. Lift pass photos not needed if we are arranging your lift passes – they will have “Mountain Highs” on them instead. "Child" means ages 5 - 15, and under 5's are free. Over 60's receive a 20% discount. Before 19.12.09 and from 3.4.10 all Portes du Soleil passes are reduced by 15%, and all Morzine-Les Gets passes are reduced by 20%.

We would only recommend Morzine-Les Gets passes for people who are beginners (or having lessons with any of the Morzine-based ski schools below) or people not wanting to ski full days. For more information on the Portes du Soleil ski area click on www.portesdusoleil.com and for more information on the local ski area click on www.morzine.com.

Ski & Snowboarding tuition - There are now many ski schools to choose from in resort; most of the ones below are based on the Pleney side and 2 are Avoriaz-based. We understand that the choice can be a bit bewildering and so we can give advice about the ski schools to help you decide what’s right for you, and we are happy to make initial enquiries on your behalf, but you do need to book and pay for their courses and private lessons direct. ALL ski schools are always very busy during the peak weeks so it is essential to book well in advance.

BASS Morzine (British Alpine Ski School Morzine) www.britishskischool.com run by Becci Malthouse and Jaz Lamb, has intensive courses and clinics for small numbers at all levels, on the Pleney, as well as private lessons. Prices start at £104 for 3 x 2hr Confidence Builder group lessons for max 6 (adults) and £134 (adult 4 x 2 hr Flying Start) and £65/hr for private lessons. For booking and information email morzine@britishskischool.com or ring (0033) 450747859.

Ecole de Ski Internationale (E2SA) www.morzineski.fr runs 6-day beginners and improvers courses and private lessons for English as well as French speakers, on the Pleney, from €190 - €220 for adults (max 8 per class), and €210 - €240 for children (max 6 per class for beginners) and can be contacted by email on info@morzineski.fr or tel. (0033) 450790516.

French Ski School (ESF) runs 6-day group courses for all levels for adults and children Sunday - Friday, and you can book private lessons through them too. Their website is at www.esf-morzine.com (online bookings taken from 1st November onwards) and their e mail address is info@esf-morzine.com

Mint Snowboarding School   www.mintsnowboarding.com operate snowboard courses and sessions in Morzine and Avoriaz, and have beginner courses starting at €235 per person for 4 half days (12 hours) or a beginner’s 3-hr “taster” session for €75. Email Tammy on info@mintsnowboarding.com Tel (0033) 680 776609

The Snow School  www.the-snow-school.com are an offshoot of the ESF, running smaller group size courses and lessons on Pleney specifically for English speakers. Mini Group Courses for ages 15+ are €209 for 5 x 2 hours. info@the-snow-school.com Tel (0033) 48668 8840

Avoriaz Alpine Ski School (AASS) www.avoriazalpineskischool.com, run by Ian McKellar, has been operating for 16 years now, previously under the name of BASS Avoriaz, offering group and private tuition at Avoriaz 1800m. Courses range from learn-to-ski or snowboard (5 x 2 hrs, €135) to teenage freeride courses (9 hrs, €150) and private lessons are €150 for 2 people for 2 hrs. For more information email avoriazskischool@aol.com or phone 01237 451099 (UK) or (0033) 450383491  during the winter.

Freedom2Ski www.freedom2ski.com iis a small school run by Pete Hughes and a few other excellent instructors, offering group and private lessons up in Avoriaz. Private lessons start at £120 for 2 hours, and there are group sessions for teens and children for £229 for 15 hours. New for 2010: Adult group lessons, 3 x 4 hrs, max 7 people, £215. Email pete@freedom2ski.com or tel (+33)673049412.

Ski Skills offers personal tuition for all levels in Avoriaz, and is run by Mike Hammond. Mike also runs popular Race Camps for kids – see www.skiskills.co.uk or email  contact@skiskills.co.uk. Tel +44 (0)1279 816382 

Alpine Learning Curves www.alpinelearningcurves.co.uk Joe Beer is an independent British instructor working out of Les Gets/Morzine since 2004. He believes that “We all have different learning curves; it's just a question of finding what makes it appeal to you”. Tel +33 (0)450 55 89 21 email: jbeer@alpinelearningcurves.co.uk

Equipment Hire / back to top

For equipment hire and servicing in Morzine, we recommend François Baud Freeride. The shop is one of Morzine's most highly regarded - they have superior quality skis, boards and boots, as well as knowledgeable and friendly English-speaking staff. Skis range from "performance" carving skis to "Elite" level and the latest test skis for experts. All our clients receive a 20% discount on public hire rates for 6 days, 10% if you hire for less than 6 days (payment is made in resort directly to François Baud). You can also get a 10% discount on equipment purchase. There is no need to pre-book any equipment. For more information, see www.fbfreeride.com

However, for anyone preferring to have skis and boots delivered to your accommodation, we also recommend All Mountain Rental, who offer a free delivery and collection service for hired equipment, with boot fitting done in the chalet. You can book all your equipment online at www.allmountainrental.com and you will get 10% discount off all your hire. (Just select “Mountain Highs” from the drop-down list in the booking process and then your chalet, and you will need to input the name of your accommodation or ask them to contact you if your accommodation is not listed). 

Portes du Soleil Ski Area and Webcam/ back to top

For a Portes du Soleil piste map click on www.morzine.com

For a Morzine-Les Gets piste map click on www.morzine.com

Webcams: www.morzine.com