The Skiers' Guide to Avoriaz

I have been to Avoriaz twice as an advanced skier and thoroughly enjoyed the wide open runs to properly carve turn, the views from the top of the lifts and the après at Foulie Douche.

The runs are long meaning as an experienced skier you spend more time skiing than on the lifts. Its great for beginners too, theres a wide range of runs, suiting all abilities, theres lots of things for childrens enjoyment (and us adults too), The Stash has small jumps, tree runs, and other fun things, its a long wide green run suitable for anyone, fun for all.

The only thing I would say thats a slight negative, is that, if the surrounding resorts in Portes Du Soleil dont have much snow, Avoriaz gets very busy and the lift queues can get very long. But thats usually over the side where The Stash and Foulie Douche are.

At a certain time the year (March I think), the Snowboxx festival is on, and the ticket price is included in your lift pass. A great way to have even more fun on an already fun-filled holiday.

End of season skiing in Avoriaz was brilliant, a little busy, but not crazy. Just high enough to get some really good snow. And the one or two powder days were fantastic. Supermarket options were great and really easy to access. As was eating out and lunch opportunities, plenty of options. The larger ski area was mostly closed below 1400m but Switzerland skiing was also great. Apres was good fun with a good selection and night life, although was shutting for the season, there were still some brilliant standout bars like The place. Morzine is easily accessible though the Prodain lift and is well worth a day trip to eat and shop.

Avoriaz is a great ski-in ski-out resort. So many runs on your doorstep. Great apres options and places to eat. It is a lower resort meaning they dont get as much snow so off piste is less reliable but is still easily possible.

Resort has a good ski in / ski out setup with decent accommodation available in large apartment blocks mainly. Apres - ski within the town is good, mainly focused around La Folie Douce. There is a good variety of runs available with the Swiss wall worth specific mention. Snowfall is generally the best in the whole portes du soleil ski area.

Nice area, ski in ski out was a huge advantage for the holiday, the ski shop guys were nice and the food was decent, it was a shame the apres wasnt at the top for a ski down afterwards but was ok otherwise, I went late season so it did end up being incredibly slushy but I think peak season the park wouldve been good and its parks had good variation for levels of skiing. The accommodation was nice and fairly cheapish. Food, drink amenities ext were good, there was a good supermarket that was open till late in the centre of town which is rare in France where opening times are usually not great. The bars were ok but there wasnt much variation each night and the playlists tended to be very similar. Overall lovely resort with super nice people but was lacking in some areas.

First time skiing and was very pleasantly surprised, had a great time skiing with the local ski school which now has me hooked!

Avoriaz was an amazing place, great slopes plenty of choice and good fun after the skiing, people friendly and great food and drink!

Very family oriented and good for all to experience!

Perfect resort for beginner and intermediate skiers. Lots of blue runs available and accessible off piste and snow parks for all. Very little waiting time at lifts and enjoyable après ski for all, groups, couples and families. Ski runs were excellent and long and conditions were amazing would definately be returning.

Avoriaz is the heart of Les Portes de Soleil that expands to 600 km of prepared runs both in France and across the border into Switzerland. Plenty of freeride opportunity. Very family friendly and good "Après ski" and gastronomic possibilities. It links to the famous Swiss wall (40° pitch) formal run towards Champèry, usually a run that consists of large moguls with an entry that is unpleasant due to skidding rather than skiing skiers. The chairlift is usually also very popular for descending towards the bottom of the run, providing an entertaining view. All connected towns provide good infrastructure and connectivity to other sections of this humongous ski area.

Amazing resort, so much to explore both on and off the piste! Will be back :)

There is a huge range of slopes, we only explored the blue and red but with access to so many mountains its amazing.

Avoriaz was my last trip this season. I visited this resort for the Snowboxx festival which was a weekly ongoing occasion. The festival offered many different stages and even small party location in-between some of the piste runs to stop off get a free beer and enjoy a boogie! This resort was amazing in the size department. You can start off in france and ski your way over to switzerland just off a few chair lifts and pretty fun and exiting runs. Most the slopes were wide enough for you to take your time as well as had break off points for red and blue piste if you was looking for a little bit more of a challenge. The buttons lifts are massive and get you to locations which are only accessible with certain chairlifts, so its kind of a jump the que situation. The people were friendly but some not soo much, i would put this down to the fact that the festival was on attracting people from all over the globe. Mainly English and we can be the rather roudy lot when away from home. The pistes were great fun. But with many skiers and snowboarders, bumps were easily formed on piste, but i rather found that fact enjoyable. If you are an intense rider looking for a thrill this resort also offers the swiss wall which is a black run consisting of many hardworking bumps almost the full way down the run, unfortunately i didnt get to try this run this time as i was with a group which wasn't confident enough to take this run. I also seen a race course slightly off-piste offering twist turns swirls and speed. With loads of restaurants and bars scattered all over the resort your belly never goes empty. I personally had a great burger which i think my eyes were bigger than my belly for that one this was around 23 euros but worth every cent. Over in Avoriaz town there are cheaper food options where i managed to find a hotdog which was good in size for around 8euros as well as a burger and fries for around 10 euros. I would definitely visit this resort again was a blast!

The Porte du solieu resort is amazing, comprising of the Swiss wall, avoriaz, les gets and morzine.
The après at this resort is good, with plenty of options.
The food and accommodation is very good with a variety for all costs.

4th time skiing at resort. Always very enjoyable. Slopes to cater all needs from nice greens to the Swiss wall.
Always a good coverage of snow. Snow parks for all abilitys

Firstly, ensure to arrange suitable transfer from the arrival zone if your accommodation is not close, the resort will have snow cats or horses to take you to where you need to be. If you dont do this you could end up with a long walk with all your equipment/bags which is not a good start to your holiday.

Highly recommend getting the full ski lift package and visiting the pistes in Switzerland. This area is quieter, has
reduced waiting times for lifts, and are well groomed pistes.

We got just a little unlucky with snow while we were away but had a dump one of the nights which changed the game. The skiing experience was like no other with access to the Swiss wall which was a great experience and challenge. Aprez at the highest quality and amazing people everywhere the only issue we had was due to snow off piste wasnt always an option. The accommodation was among the best Ive been to would recommend to anyone

Whilst staying in Morzine I went to avoriaz a few times during my time in France and was blown away by the amount of amenities the area has. Skiing there was incredibly fun and confidence reinforcing especially on the beginner slopes.
The food choices were great and quality was always there. The people are really friendly and there are so many options. Attempted some mogul skiing (I think in avoriaz) and even though its not for me these runs seemed good for those who enjoy that style of skiing.