Browsing entries tagged with Avoriaz
18 Aug 2021
Improving walking and cycling routes, reducing the amount of waste created and helping local businesses become greener are some of the moves that have helped the French ski resorts of Morzine and Avoriaz…
3 Dec 2019
British band The Kooks have been announced as the headline act for the 10th edition of the Rock the Pistes Festival across the Portes du Soleil. Rock The Pistes, from 15-21 March 2020, features concerts…
11 Jun 2019
Work has begun on two new lifts in the Portes du Soleil connecting the French resort of Avoriaz with the Swiss resort of Champéry - Les Crosets. The faster and more efficient connection will be welcomed…
25 Mar 2019
The French ski resort of Morzine is getting in on the early-bird 2020-21 season pass act and offering 5,000 season ski passes for Les Portes du Soleil for just €499 (currently around £435 and half the…
30 Nov 2017
“Nothing can now change the fact that snow conditions in the Alps in early December will be vastly better than they have been for the last three seasons,” says our snow guru Fraser Wilkin, founder…
18 Sep 2017
It’s been snowing again in the Alps, which bodes well for anyone planning a spot of autumnal glacier skiing. For the third weekend in a row, snow has blanketed ski resorts across the Alps, delighting…
6 Mar 2017
It’s currently snowing in the Alps, and if weather forecasts can be relied upon, this month is going to be a goodie for snowfall which bodes well for Easter and late-season skiing. Fraser Wilkin of Weather…
2 Mar 2017
Next week the ski resort of Morzine in France is running “Morzine loves Women” week to coincide with International Women’s Day next Wednesday, 8 March. Each day of the “Morzine loves Women” week…
14 Dec 2016
French Alps specialist Peak Retreats, best known for its wide selection of self-catering ski accommodation, has teamed up with Club Med to offer all-inclusive ski holidays. In response to what it says…
12 Oct 2016
Skiers can now compare train prices at a glance with a new price-checker resource on rail-ski website Snowcarbon. The price-checking tool, which goes live tomorrow (Thursday 13 October), will allow skiers…
15 Mar 2016
Police in France have opened an investigation following the death of a man in the ski resort of Flaine. The 43-year-old skier was on the Serpentine piste, a blue run, at 4pm on Sunday afternoon when the…
4 Jan 2016
Last night, a second wave of snow hit the Alps, with some resorts receiving up to half a metre of snow overnight. “It’s good to have the snow back!” said Avoriaz tourist office on its facebook page.…
26 Aug 2015
Tickets have gone on sale for a new music festival in the Alps this season — with Dizzee Rascal as the headline act. Transition, a “sister” festival to Mayrhofen’s massively popular Snowbombing,…
23 Jul 2015
The Ski Club of Great Britain will offer cut-price instructor-lead on and off-piste ski guiding in France this winter. The Ski Club was last winter forced to withdraw its popular Leading service following…
6 May 2015
A massive clean-up operation is underway in the French ski resort of Avoriaz after it was hit by serious flooding over the weekend. Torrential rain last week, combined with snow melt from the mountains,…
17 Mar 2015
Europe’s first snowball fight competition took place in the French ski resort of Avoriaz last week. Two teams of seven players lined up for the battle — looking remarkably like American footballers…
13 Mar 2015
Major disaster was narrowly avoided in the French ski resort of Avoriaz yesterday when a light aircraft aborted take off careered down a blue run, hitting a skier. The single-propeller, ski-equipped Jodel…
20 Jan 2014
The Stash — an “ecological” snowpark in Avoriaz — has been named the world’s most exhilarating ski run by a panel of the world’s top ski and snowboard experts. Part tree run and part terrain…
11 Jan 2013
Temperatures are dropping and it’s snowing again in the Alps. Just when everyone is heading back to work after the New Year break, the snow is coming — and it’s much needed after this week’s warm…
6 Nov 2012
Völkl and Salomon skis, Avoriaz, Ellis Brigham, Swiss airlines and Geneva airport are among 28 winners of the inaugural World Snow Awards in London last week. While skiers and snowboarders across UK start…
18 Oct 2012
Europe’s highest water park will open for the winter season in Avoriaz on 14 December. The “Aquariaz”, at 18,000ft, is the first water park to be built in the Alps. The €200million (£160m) Aquariaz…
25 Sep 2012
The 50-year-old Les Prodains cable car that links Morzine with Avoriaz in the Portes du Soleil will be replaced by a new, high-tech gondola next February. The long-awaited new Les Prodains lift will carry…
16 Dec 2011
The rest of the Portes du Soleil ski area is due to open this weekend, including all the links between the resorts. And conditions look very promising. New snow enabled the area to get going for the winter…
8 Aug 2011
When three new apartment buildings open in Avoriaz for 2011/12, they will mark a new dimension for the Portes du Soleil resort, being among the first ‘new build’ residences since its conception…
27 May 2011
French self-catering specialist Ski Collection has announced new residences for its winter 2011/12 programme. The company is adding four new options in four big French resorts; all are 4-star smart…
30 Jan 2011
Nissan Adventure Sports is offering skiers and boarders the chance to have the slopes exclusively to themselves, using a First Tracks initiative. First Tracks (Extreme Grip) is common in the US, but less…
13 Nov 2009
Avoriaz is introducing a new learn-to-ski concept this season, for adults only. The French resort has created four special nursery areas, specifically for adults. These new zones are enclosed, in a quiet…
23 Oct 2006
Freshen the image, add some youth culture and spruce-up the old mechanics: must be a ski resort reaching the big 4-0. Life begins at 40, according to Avoriaz. The birthday party begins on 15-17 December.…
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