The Skiers' Guide to Morillon

Loved it so much the ski school were super professional and helpful and the resort itself was small but friendly with plenty of options for beginners and intermediates

Easy access from valley with free parking. Good selection of lift options to speed you to the top where you can explore the valleys.

Morillon 1100 is a family friendly, no cars resort. All you need for a great ski trip. This is not a party resort, but great for kids and beginners. It links to the rest of the Grand Massif which gives options for all levels and a huge variety of off-piste as well. The runs are wide and well groomed and the lift system is fast and all the links are well thought out and clear. Signage and edge of run marking are also very good. Its busy in Feb, but the rest of the time its very relaxed. Go, you will love it!

Morillon on its own isn’t a hugely extensive resort but it is part of the Grande Massif which is. The benefits of staying in Morillon is its cheaper than other ones in the Grande Massif, it has good tree runs if the weather is bad, including one of the best greens in the Alps called Marvel. Great long run for beginners but enjoyable for advanced too especially at the end if the day. We had a couple of bad weather days where they closed the lifts at Samoens and Les Caroz but Morillon always stayed open. If theres lots of snow you can ski all the way to the village otherwise the main cable car goes down. Its probably not the resort if you want bars and nightlife, but if you want a resort close to Geneva airport, cheaper accommodation with good access to the Grand Massif then Morillon is a good option. The lifts are quick and efficient.

Family friendly, 1100 is a car- free resort. Restaurants and bars are all friendly and well run. Supermarkets and bakery as well a good choice of ski-hire shops. 70mins from Geneva. Ski-school is ESF, very efficient. Great links to the other resorts in the Grand Massif. A number of new, faster lifts have gone in over the last couple of years makes skiing even better.

Excellent ski area with great connections to the Grand Massif. Beautiful tree lined runs, gorgeous views, lovely restaurants. Skiing wonderful.... suitable for all abilities.

When links to flaine and rest of grand massif are open this is an amazing ski resort to stay in. Really beautiful, lots of blues and reds in the area. Have been twice and would return again!

The Grand Massif is a great linked ski area which caters for all abilities and very family friendly. Close to Geneva and easily accessible by car or public transport.

Clear runs, well looked after, no lift queues. Good variety for beginner and experienced skiers. Good access across the grand massif

Morillon is very well linked with the rest of the Grand massif huge ski area. We were a mixed group of intermediates and advances and had a good mix of slopes available to suit all levels. Dont expect wild night life though!

Morillon is a part of Grand Masiff ski area in the beautiful part of French Alps 40 min from Geneva airport.
My son (snowboarder) and I (skier) have taken the full opportunity to explore all resorts in Grand Masiff which consist of Samöens, Morillon, Les Carroz, Flaine and Sixt resorts. For full 7 days over Christmas and New Year 2024/25 we have explored all resorts in Grand Massif using Morillon 700 gondola as a base. We have stayed in Verchaix, just across the beautiful Giffre river from Morillon gondola and 10 min walk from accommodation to the gondola station. All above mentioned resorts are interconnected with great quality speedy chairlifts which makes exploration of them a breeze and makes your day fully enjoyable as all the runs you take to connection chairlifts have different terrain levels and open the amazing views around every corner you take! Not the most exiting but most memorable run is Cascades from Flaine to Sixt, its a 14km long blue run which starts at the top of Flaine accessible by Les Grandes Platieres gondola from Flaine bowl. As you exit the gondola, right in front of you the is the Mont Blanc range with breathtaking views with Aiguille Du MIDI clearly defining the position of Mont Blanc to the right of it.
Your descent in to Sixt start at this point and takes you through the ridge of Flaine dropping down to the Cascades run with plenty of fresh pow either side on the first highest section of the run, then it goes in to the valley and becomes more like a true blue run with some sections which could be considered as a red run about midway. Cascades run is almost always empty due to misconception about how to get back to the main part of Grand Massif from Sixt. No need to worry about that! Grand Masiff has a free ski bus service which takes you from the bottom of Cascades to the Samoëns Village Grand Masiff Express gondola in leasurly 15 min drive, so from the time you arrive to Sixt to the time you are back at Samöens 1600 is a 30-40 min and wherever in any of the resorts you stay, you can access all the runs with Grand Masiff ski pass, there is an option of purchasing just 4villages ski pass (Morillon, Samöens, Les Carroz and Sixt) which excludes the Flaine resort chairlifts and gondolas but for 3 price difference compared to Grand Masiff pass its hardly a saving and you get soo much enjoyment in higher slopes of Flaine! All in all, the Grand Masiff is our choice for a second year running which offers soo many activities for non skiers as well as slopes crazy people!
Safe skiing everyone!

Compact little resort with very quiet pistes, no queueing for lifts. Staying in Les Esserts, the middle station makes it much more convenient especially with kids but this drastically reduces the apres ski and dining out options. Limited advanced runs unless you head over to the Flaine area

Used to go to Morillon every year and absolutely loved it! Amazing runs and apres ski. Slightly less snow sure than other resorts now though. Great resort for taking children, lots of really fun green runs through the trees and good ski schools.

Beautiful, quiet place to ski for beginners and intermediate snow users with family's and are wanting to learn the resort is best for them and most aspects needed with many green, blue and red runs.

We have stayed at Les Esserts, the mid station above Morrilon. We have found it to be family friendly with a relaxed atmosphere. Most of the accommodation is self catering, but there are enough places to eat out if needed. There are plenty of ski hire shops, all with friendly and helpful staff.
It is not a resort for wild apres ski.
For beginners the nursery slope is well located and well looked after.
There is good access to the higher slopes with two chair lifts, and an easy green run back.
The main chair leads on to a wide range of slopes taking you to all parts of the Grand Massive. These slopes are well maintained with a large number of snow making machines and well served with a wide range of mountain restaurants.
We have found that there is plenty of scope for morning skiing and being back in Les Esserts to meet up with the rest of the family for lunch.

Very good for families with ski school near accommodations. Lots of family friendly runs and enclosed piste areas that all lead to one point at the bottom. Quite low altitude so can sometimes struggle with snow cover and quality depending on the time of year. Good access to the whole grand massif and over to flaine.

Its a nice quiet family friendly ski resort. Nothing amazing but the valley that the village sits in is lovely.

Was a really nice simple resort and very family friendly good ski school and was great while learning to ski.

Runs were reasonably well groomed and lift staff were helpful and very efficient.

Was a good first ski holiday

Lovely resort. With good skiing across into Flaine and Samoens.
Very nice atmosphere in the bars and restaurants with some delicious food.
Lovely walk between Morillon and Samoens is a must do, some beautiful views!

Morillon, part of the grande massif is a small but great resort. Links well to 4 other villages that make up the resort and is a quaint, attractive and very enjoyable area to ski.