Avoriaz Reviews: 4.48/5 from 900+ Verified Skiers | Snomad
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How Skiers Rate Avoriaz

Overall Rating
4.48
Value for Money
4.14
Quiet Slopes
3.76
Après-Ski
4.44
Accommodation Options
4.39
Family Friendliness
4.57
Groomed Runs
4.60
Powder Zones
3.80
Tree Runs
3.91
Mogul Fields
3.73
Off-Piste
3.91
Snow Parks
4.23
Lift Efficiency
4.47
Eating Out
4.28
Ski School Quality
4.48
Beginners
4.62
Intermediates
4.52
Advanced
4.45
Experts
4.25
Snowboarders
4.50

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What Skiers Say About Avoriaz

Avoriaz attracts a wide range of abilities, from beginners to experts, with many families and groups visiting. Reviewers consistently mention the ski-in/ski-out convenience, car-free village with horse-drawn transport, and access to the large Portes du Soleil area including Switzerland. Snow conditions are generally described as reliable due to altitude, though lower runs can become slushy or icy in afternoons. The après-ski scene, particularly La Folie Douce, is frequently praised. Accommodation is often noted as expensive or basic, and lift queues can be significant during UK and French school holidays.

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  • ski-in ski-out access
  • car-free village
  • Portes du Soleil area
  • snow reliability
  • après-ski atmosphere
  • family-friendly facilities
  • terrain variety
  • accommodation cost
  • lift queues peak times
  • lower run conditions
  • resort busyness holidays
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Honestly such an epic place to go skiing, awesome atmosphere at the folie douce acres ski, amazing food and the skiing/boarding is epic!!!!
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I had a brilliant time at this resort. Lots of good food, drinks and excellent skiing. Lots of variety in pistes and great nights out as well.
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Our first time skiing with a young child and this was a brilliant place to do it. Lots of options for skiing with us down blue runs with amazing stops along the way like the "little stash", basically a kids park in the middle of the ski run. Tree top bridges, huts, slides, banana swing. It also has a great water park which is perfect for tired days or an afternoon treat, complete with outdoor hot tub to watch others skiing. We enjoyed having some long blue runs with the chance to eat plenty of snacks on the long chair lifts back up. Our first time ski in / ski out (it was a little tricky for our son so didn't always use it). My husband had a wonderful time enjoying the black runs on a very sunny morning. Ski school was handy, a little strict, we thought there may have been more games / fun for them, would possibly look at the other options for next time. Our hotel was awesome, crepes on the balcony most days that we got back and meals / treats throughout the day. We also used some of the restaurants / cafes near the ski school and along the runs, some more expensive than others. It was great to see the supermarkets there too for the option of self catering in a group for future visits.
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Really good resort, all ski in ski out. Lots of runs, easy to access the whole portes du soleil ski area.
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Avoriaz was incredible! The food, the views, the drinks, the accommodation and especially le follie douc, was all absolutely impeccable. Me and my friend’s had a great time there two years in a row and I wouldn’t change a thing. Would definitely recommend Snowboxx in March!
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I have amazing an experience in this area . The slope are great and some are fun and wide . Very recommendable to anyone from beginner to pro
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A nice place for families with young children. A bit tame for party animals, even with a folie douce, the party goes flat when this closes. Most of the restaurants have near identical menus. Many use the same suppliers.
The slopes are nice, you'd definitely want the portes ski pass to enjoy the mountains.
Would I return? Yes, with my young family, not with friends.
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I rented skis at the start of the week and boarded for the last two days. The board lesson was really helpful and made me progress to blues extremely fast. The lift pass covered such a large area and apres was incredible. Overall the holiday was not that expressive but felt premium
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Great resort for advanced to beginner level skiers - went with the whole family (7 people) and something for everyone. We love the town and the horse drawn carts (and no cars!) and while we were lucky with snowfall and weather believe the skiing would have been good even with limited snowfall. The Swiss wall is a great challenge and skiing over into Switzerland in the rest of the Porte du soleil is a fun full day.
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Burton stash was amazing. Lots of varied pistes to cater for all abilities. Lots of good off piste and tree runs
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The Porte Du Soleil is such a vast area, even after a week you will never get bored.
There is plenty of varied terrain, beautiful mountain restaurants and fun Apres.
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This is my favourite place to ski, I feel like it has easy runs if you're wanting a slow day but also has good advanced runs if you want to challenge yourself. It has a great snowpark with rails and jumps for a range of abilities and the stash is my shining star of this resort - so much fun and my first time ever doing anything like this.
You can ski into Switzerland etc from here too so many linking resorts and options for a change of scenery if you want it.
A real highlight of this resort too is the no cars thing, completely snowlocked everywhere and I think it's beautiful, basically means almost all accommodation is ski in ski out and if you want to get around without walking you need to rent one of the horse drawn carts or use a snow mobile.
Good selection of bars and restaurants in town and also a spa/pool if I remember correctly. Highly recommend and will absolutely be back
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Was surprisingly good early season powder, cheap compared to the rest of the alps and good ski in ski out so early on in the season.
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Really good resort, with lots of different options of the top of the main lifts. One thing i would’ve enjoyed more was more longer runs, but with lifts being down the bottom it’s not too bad
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Great resort has enough for everyone from beginners to pro, with great links to all other areas of portes du soleil. With breathtaking views to leave you feeling unbelievably free. Great place for long or short stays with some of the best apres ski and easy to get up and down with the Avoriaz 1800 gondola. Would highly recommend for those who love off piste and quirky runs like the stash or lil stash great places to have fun including so great side hits
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Avoriaz is an excellent family resort with something by for everyone. Beyond the amazing ski options, the village itself has lots of entertainment like a fab swimming pool, bowling and a cinema. Our favourite family skiing place.
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Great week, 2 days of fresh snow, great slopes, trips to Morzine for nightlife.
10 adults, will return.
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Good resort plenty of runs and varied was there the week before Christmas so was not to busy for us and snow was good for that time of year
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Really enjoyed the trip to Avoriaz, the town itself is beautiful and has a really cool vibe with plenty of bars and restaurants located on the same street. Highly recommend upgrading your lift pass to cover the whole Portes Du Soleil ski area, so many amazing runs throughout!
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My favourite ski resort, having the extended area lift pass and being able to board uninterrupted for an hour without having to take any lifts is bliss, then back up on the main gondola. Folie is fantastic, the food is great, in town and on the slopes, and the slopes have a great range of difficulty with not too many flat sections
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