Avoriaz Reviews & Ratings

We had an excellent time skiing for the Snoboxx Festival. The options for a for a bit of tech but also easy going powder runs was brilliant. Day drinking was also good with not only Après Ski but also bars dotted on the piste such as village igloo.

Food and lofts became a slight problem as it closed quite early. It was nearly impossible to get food after 3pm and the ski lifts closed at about 4pm.

It was a brilliant week and would recommend the ski in ski out resort to anybody.

Avoriaz is a great all-round resort thats snow-sure for most of the season. Its a good place for families and beginner skiers, with bunny slopes located directly next to (and through) the resort. The ESF also has an office there, which is ideal if youre looking for lessons. Intermediate skiers will find a good range of pistes to choose from, with wide open pistes found around the Fornet lift, and treeline runs found closer to the Lindarets bowl. Avoriaz is also a good spot for those learning freestyle tricks, with smaller features found near Little Stash, and more difficult features located in Big Stash and the Arare snow park. On a powder day, you can find some good off-piste lines around the Lac Interets lift, or around the Lindarets Bowl. Intermediate to advanced skiers should buy the Portes du Soleil area pass, as this will allow them to experience a larger mix of runs. This includes the Chatel area (which is great on a powder day), and skiing down into Switzerland via the Swiss Wall, if youre up for a difficult mogul challenge.

An amazing resort with so much to offer! Will definitely be returning in the future!
Had the most amazing time there with my partner and his dad, really got to experience the full coverage with lots on offer for all ski types

Avoriaz is a great resort! Mostly comprised of blue and red runs - not too many green and black runs. The Folie Douce is excellent for apré skiing, especially after a hard morning ski. Would definitely recommend buying the Portes du Soleil loft pass so you can venture out to Morzine, Les Gets, Chatel, and across the border into Switzerland!

Avoriaz and the entire Portes du soleil are incredible! Hundreds of kilometres of pistes, loads of fast lifts, amazing food, great bars, snow parks and epic apres in Morzine. Loads of different towns and activities to explore and lots of fresh snow to finish the season with good off piste areas. Just over and hour to the airport and campervan friendly too

I worked a season in Avoriaz this winter season. Avoriaz is so great in my eyes as the resort itself is relatively small, however, the Porte Du Solie is a massive ski area. This meant the finding your way around the resort for dinner or nights out was incredibly convenient, and skiing opportunities were endless.

Ski Tip: During peak times or poor snow conditions, head more over to Switzerland or Châtel. Slopes tend to be much quieter over there as local lift pass owners cant venture that far. Fornet area is also a great area to ski in and often is quite quiet by the end of the day. If you enjoy last lifts, enjoy having the slopes to yourself in this area while you make your way down.

Aprês Tip: Everyone knows Folie as the aprês to go to in Avoriaz, however, there is another Aprês bar called Happy Hours which is incredibly popular with the seasonnaires. Its located at the bottom of the Ardent lift. If people are wanting a lively and chaotic Aprês experience, come to Happys on a Wednesday. If theyre staying in Avoriaz, they will need to leave Happys by 7:30pm for the bus to catch the Prodains Gondola back up to Avoriaz. This is important to know otherwise they will be paying hundreds for a taxi.
For nights out, I would recommend going to The Tavern, Globetrotters and ending in The Place. All are located near each other. The first Monday of every month there is a Techno event in Le Roc, the bowling alley. This is always great fun, however, can be a bit of a walk away.
For food, I would highly recommend La Cachette, which is also located near the bowling alley. Here they serve traditional French food such as fondue and stone grill. I would recommend to every meat eater to try the meat stone grill here. It is the best in Avoriaz and incredibly delicious. Le Fontaines Blanches is another restaurant I would recommend, not necessarily for its food or service, but it is one of the only places in Avoriaz which do not take reservations upon arrival. Chapka restaurant also are good at welcoming people in last minute.

Hope this is helpful :)

Little options for beginners, besides the large plateau area, but general low access to easier runs was a problem for less confident riders in my group.

But for me it's the best resort in the world

Love avoriaz for the ski in and ski out on your doorstep. As a boarder avoriaz is also really good. My partner is a skier and boarder, and loved avoriaz for both riding. Theres a few parks, the stash is pretty fun to ride down. Theres some lovely restaurants there too, which are a little pricy but you do expect it.

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.