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Updated December 2024
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How Skiers Rate Avoriaz

Overall Rating
4.49
Value for Money
4.14
Quiet Slopes
3.79
Après-Ski
4.46
Accommodation Options
4.38
Family Friendliness
4.58
Groomed Runs
4.59
Powder Zones
3.85
Tree Runs
3.93
Mogul Fields
3.73
Off-Piste
3.92
Snow Parks
4.25
Lift Efficiency
4.49
Eating Out
4.28
Ski School Quality
4.50
Beginners
4.59
Intermediates
4.53
Advanced
4.47
Experts
4.26
Snowboarders
4.51

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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.

AI-generated summary based on verified skier reviews

  • 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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Matthew
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 25 2024
Did a season in the pds area and a avoriaz was a very good location, easy to get to from other villages and alway some snow! Accommodation such as apartments are fairly priced and the ski around town is a great benefit
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Chris P
expert skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 24 2024
Such a great experience every time I visit. No cars in the main town so its all skidoo and horse drawn cart to get around. Lots of pistes to go at and to suit all abilities. Snow is usually good as its high! One of favourite locations!
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Sophie
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 23 2024
Avoriaz is the perfect location for all levels of skiers. The Portes de Soleil area offers plenty of options for everyone and the runs are always kept in really great shape. There are so many great options for eating out, with the Goat village being a particular highlight. I would highly recommend a trip to Avoriaz whether you are looking to book somewhere to learn to ski or want an adventure off piste and in the snow parks!
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John
advanced snowboarder 🏂
Dec, 22 2024
Great resort
Pretty busy
Traffic free
Good variety of slopes
Some greta off piste and good parks
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Nick
intermediate skier ⛷️
Dec, 22 2024
Great resort but can get super busy during holidays and when snow is poor at lower resorts. Good options for travelling wider but havent managed to do much yet.
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Pete
advanced skier ⛷️
Dec, 22 2024
Good variety, easy to access off piste, part of huge Portes du Soleil area. Easy access from Geneva. Some areas are low so rain can be a problem. Close to Morzine which is a real town with good variety of shops, bars restaurants etc.
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Ken
intermediate skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 15 2024
Went here during Snowboxx
It was chaos but amazing. Would deffo go back.

First skiing for myself in 14 years, went with a mix of others from first time skier to expert level and 2 boarders. I was nervous.
It was fun for us all! Some good runs that split halfway with red/black options that met again so great for mixed abilities.

The slopes were in surprisingly good shape. I was worried with the festival it would be poor snow but the work overnight by the teams was amazing.
Some good grooming and a fresh snowfall daily helped! Some say its almost a snow sure location.

Deffo get the wider lift pass for the Portes Du Soleil so you can ski up into the Suisse slopes too.

Found some untouched runs up there which was a blessing

It was quite mild as a few of the lower slopes were wet and hard to navigate.
March is very late. But the drinks and music make it a worthwhile gamble.
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Con
expert skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 13 2024
Great place not too cheap. Would recommend the ski park and have great powder runs after a good drop.
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Femi Popoola
intermediate snowboarder 🏂 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 12 2024
A well laid out resort with lots to do as a family, group of friends or a couple's get away.
Loved every second I spent boarding down the slopes.
Would recommend to groups of friends
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Rufus
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 12 2024
The poet de soleil absolutely slaps, its big, its all sorts of skiing and its got a folle douche on
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Tom
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 11 2024
We had a wonderful time last year food was brilliant ski was amazing we had brilliant conditions and lots of partying.
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Domenic
intermediate snowboarder 🏂
Dec, 11 2024
This was my first big high mountain resort and I was blown away. The pistes were exceptional quality with modern lifts and an enormous variety. The lift pass also gives you enormous options to travel through the surrounding valleys.

We stayed in Avoriaz itself, which had a good party atmosphere but I think would also suit families depending on accommodation. Plenty of restaurants and bars. There is even a nice waterpark/swimming pool for a rest day. Being able to roll out of bed and onto the piste was an amazing experience.

There were several terrain parks with all levels in mind. The dedicated off piste areas were also exceptional. We also saw several ski tourers and free riders making use of the lifts to access more serious terrain.

I will 100% be back and cant recommend the resort highly enough!
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George
advanced skier ⛷️
Dec, 11 2024
We were staying in morzine where there was barely any snow so we had to take a bud to avoriaz. It was super crowded from everyone going there as it was the highest mountain in the area. But the slopes were fun and good with some more challenging slopes
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Omid
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 9 2024
I went to avoriaz over christmas and it was 100% worth it. The resort feels like its been plucked right out of a christmas movie. The resort is ski in ski out which was amazing and they even have horse drawn sleighs carrying peoples suit cases around.
Now the skiing, the mountain was pretty good but it felt like most the runs were pretty short and there wasnt too many black runs. Few of the lifts kept closing and people definitely do not know how to que on the resort. But the parks were really fun and had a good selection of jumps. With one of the courses going through the forest had benches and some real cool builds to send off.
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Bruce
expert skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 9 2024
Avoriaz is a great high altitude, snow bowl resort offering great conditions throughout the season. At high altitude there is a great selection of alpine runs and lots of opportunity for off piste skiing, on both marked routes and under chairlifts. There is not a huge amount of tree lined runs but the resort boasts great connections across the whole of port de soluei region which has plenty to offer. There is a range of apres options in the resort allowing for great fun off the slopes. Due to the resorts popularity both lifts and slopes can be extremely busy so if you are looking for quieter pistes I would suggest skiing over the border to the the Swiss side which is considerably quieter.
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Jack
expert skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 9 2024
Have been going to avoriaz for years, I learned to ski there and have gone back since. It is a perfect ski resort for ski in ski out and has a large ski area that is well linked by lifts
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Peter
advanced skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 8 2024
Easy to get to. Good option for eating especially in Morzine. Huge sk area as part of Port du Soleil.
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Ben
expert skier ⛷️ 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 8 2024
Had the best trip ever, great conditions and good variation of runs available for all different levels of ability. Food and drink good price, would definitely recommend.
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Lee
advanced snowboarder 🏂 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Dec, 7 2024
Overall I'd put this resort into the bracket, great for beginners, good aprè ski scene but not an abundance of challenging runs. If it is your first holiday and you want an overall ski holiday experience, the Avoriaz is the place for you to go.
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Ezra
expert skier ⛷️ 🇫🇷 France
Dec, 7 2024
Avoriaz is a great resort, is costly and busy but beautiful location, you can get first tracks as its ski in and ski out, the ski area is massive, and have a huge selection of runs.
A park really near by and lots of great bars dotted around the piste.
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