Morzine Snow report - Ski and snow conditions in Morzine | OnTheSnow (2025)

Morzine snow report

Resort Overview

Morzineis one of 14 resorts in the massivePortes du Soleil ski area(650km) which straddles the Franco-Swiss border. With 52 hotels and 41 bars and restaurants, it’s a concentration of ski holiday facilities but still manages to pull off that authentic mountain village feel.When it comes to the slopes, Morzine is a fine destination forbeginnersandintermediateskiers, with an abundance of gentle pistes. It’s also a good place from which to explore the Porte du Soleil’s many off-piste options if you’re feeling adventurous. Lifts often lead directly up to these areas, which means less hiking and more skiing. Freestylers, however, may want to skip Morzine and head to neighbouring Avoriaz, since Morzine’s park doesn’t offer anything exceptional.Morzine is sandwiched betweenLes GetsandAvoriaz. If you don't think you'll cover all 278 pistes of the Portes du Soleil Pass, you can opt for a Morzine-Les Gets Pass, which is good for 64 runs or an Avoriaz pass for 49 pistes. Many of the Morzine-Les Gets pistes run through forested areas, making for a pleasant backdrop to a quiet ski day. As for Avoriaz, the pistes are higher up, so the snow quality is better longer.If you're intermediate and up, a Portes du Soleil Pass will be worth the money. It opens the way to 106 blue runs, 100 red runs, and 20 challenging black runs, including theHauts Fortsat Avoriaz and theSwiss Wallat Les Crosets.Powder dayMorzine offers a good starting base for off-piste skiing since theNyonandChamossièrelifts run to the top of the mountain and can get you away from the groomed areas without having to climb on foot. Nyon has a good choice of itineraries between the groomers, so you can choose depending on how adventurous you feel. Just be careful not to go through the trees leading to theVallée de la Manche- on the other side is a drop-off.An alternative choice is thePointe d'Angolon, on the left of the Chamossière lift. The arrival point offers a fantastic view of Mont Blanc before skiing on the ridge to theCol D'Angelo.In terms of challenging pistes, Morzine offers nine black runs and 29 red runs, some of which could actually be considered black if they didn't run right into the village. Pistes A, F, and R are pretty steep for red runs, but at the same time wide enough for making large turns.The redAigle Rougeis a sharp switchback slope but for an exciting variation, you can shortcut the switchbacks by taking a steep off-piste drop that runs back to the piste afterwards. You can also choose to take theAIgle Noi, a bumpy black, or the redCombe, both of which run down to the Pointe lift.Family skiingWith five green and 23 blue runs, Morzine is an ideal destination for beginners and lower-level intermediate skiers. Since easy slopes tend to be near the base village, natural snow conditions can be variable, but the resort makes up for this with a thorough network of snow guns.On the Pleney side, you'll find a special beginner area, with wide tree-lined slopes where you can learn to ski in a pretty setting. This also runs into some gentle and easy enough blue runs that can be done after a few tries on the greens.However, this area gets very crowded during the school holiday times, sometimes, with up to a 10-minute wait for some of the magic carpets. As soon as you progress beyond an absolute beginner level, it's a good idea to try the blue runs, which tend to disperse the crowds a bit better.Piste B,C, andDare all good options, none of which are steep or tricky.Piste Bis the longest and thus, the gentlest while Piste C has just enough slope to challenge advancing beginners.Another option is theProclouarea, on the Super Morzine side of the resort. It is the largest and widest zone where you can learn to ski and is the base camp for the Avoriaz Ski School. But like thePleneyarea, it gets crowded during peak weeks, so come here to build your confidence, then fan out to the less crowded runs.Park/PipeMorzine is Avoriaz's next-door neighbour, and as such is pretty light on park and pipe opportunities. If you are looking for some serious park time, you really should head over to Avoriaz, where you'll find different parks, includingThe Stash, which was designed by Burton and all features ecological modules.Avoriaz groups its park and pipe areas collectively into theAvoriaz Snowzone, made up of five parks, a really big superpipe (120 metres long and six metres high), and two boardercross. All in all, these are some of the best and most varied areas for freestylers of all levels and even kids, thanks to theLil'Stash park.TheChappellePark is good for practising jumps, since they come in threes, meaning more jumps for your queue time. It also has progressively difficult beginner to intermediate modules, you can ride at your level.TheAraresnowpark is for more advanced freestylers, with big modules and skiers rotating, flipping, and spinning in every direction. You'll want to build up speed to clear the modules, so this one is not for the faint of heart or lower intermediate levels. But they can always watch the spectacle put on by the other skiers and boarders.Morzine itself does offer a 200-metre-longboardercrossin the Nyonet area as well as a park accessible via the Nyon lift. Here, you'll find a few easy jumps and a rail or two, but nothing spectacular. It's good if you just want to test the park experience, but if you're looking for something special, head to Avoriaz.Après/NightlifeTibetan Caférecently changed its name from the Buddha Café, but the Asian-inspired atmosphere remains the same-lively and hip. Giant plasma screens show ski, board, and biking action, while fresh-off-the-piste guests lounge on comfy couches and nosh on tapas. The bar is open from 4 p.m to 2 a.m but starts jumping around 9 p.m. You'll find the Tibetan Café between the tourist office and the Pleney.Robinson Bar is an interesting après-ski choice for three reasons: no music, a single beer on tap, and an 8 p.m closing time. Not convinced? The only beer served is the locally-brewed Mutzig, of an unknown, but presumably powerful proof. Instead of thumping tunes, the owners prefer to let guests recount the day's slopeside exploits. And the bar closes early because otherwise, the Mutzig would do you in. Sounds intriguing, no? You'll find it at the end of the village, near the church and the mayor's office.AirportsYou can fly into one of several different airports and get to Morzine from there. Geneva Airport (90 km) is the closest and has many transfer options. Chambery (132 km), Lyon (208 km), and Grenoble (212 km), offer alternate fly-in destinations.

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