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Avoriaz
⛰️ 1100–2466 m (1366 m vertical) · 🎟️ €69 day pass · 📅 Dec 13 to Apr 19
7.4
Snowlist score
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Ratings
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Key facts
| Altitude | 1100–2466 m |
| Vertical drop | 1,366 m |
| Pistes advertised | 600 km (Portes du Soleil) |
| Pistes mapped on OSM | 296.4 km (whole area) |
| Lifts (mapped near village) | 67 · 54% gondola/4+ chair |
| Day pass | €69 |
| Passes | none |
| Avg snowfall (mid) | 4.4 m / season |
| Nearest airport | GVA · 90 min |
Brochure vs map. Portes du Soleil advertises 600 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 296.4 km of piste centrelines.
The brochure is 102% longer than the map. Resorts often measure the widest line down a slope or count ski routes and linked areas.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
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Now at 2316 m
☁️ 6°
Now at 1100 m
10°
Gusts at top
8 km/h
Freezing level
3,190 m
8-day forecast (summit)
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0° / 7°
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💨 43
Sun
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-5° / 0°
💨 45
Mon
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-5° / 1°
💨 23
Tue
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-7° / -3°
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Wed
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Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 2316 m (summit) and 1100 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 1783 m
Avg snowfall / season
4.4 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
7
Snowy days
66
Avg temp at base
3.1°
Average snowfall by month · best: Dec
Nov
79
Dec
101
Jan
94
Feb
28
Mar
75
Apr
66
By season: 2022/23: 4.1 m · 6 powder days2023/24: 5.4 m · 5 powder days2024/25: 3.8 m · 9 powder days
When to go
| Month | Avg snowfall | Tuesday 11:00 | Saturday 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | 101 cm | ~1 min | ~0.8 min | SWEET SPOT |
| Jan | 94 cm | ~1.8 min | ~1.6 min | |
| Feb | 28 cm | ~4.2 min | ~3.6 min | |
| Mar | 75 cm | ~2.2 min | ~1.9 min |
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Dec 13. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~3 min, worst 10 min.
Saturday changeover: chalets swap guests, slopes are quieterFrench school holidays (all zones rotate through February)UK half-term
🪑 Plateau
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,200 p/h · 718 m
10 minpredicted
🚡 Nyon
Cable car · 35-seater · 1,016 m
8 minpredicted
🚠 Pléney
Gondola · 10-seater · 580 p/h · 1,354 m
7 minpredicted
🪑 Cuboré
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,350 p/h · 376 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Cuboré
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,350 p/h · 500 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Dromonts 2
Button lift · 125 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Dromonts 1
Drag lift · 251 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Surf
Button lift · 162 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Chapelle
Button lift · 820 p/h · 324 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Tour
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 747 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Grandes Combes
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,640 p/h · 1,810 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Prodains Express 3S
Gondola · 35-seater · 2,000 p/h · 1,462 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Prodains
Drag lift · 705 p/h · 144 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Prolays
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,412 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Barmettes
Button lift · 800 p/h · 245 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Baron
Drag lift · 1-seater · 900 p/h · 410 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Hameau
Button lift · 600 p/h · 205 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Crusaz
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,000 p/h · 850 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Pré Favre
Chairlift · 4-seater · 845 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Dromonts 1
Drag lift · 126 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Dromonts 2
Button lift · 251 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Écoles 2
Button lift · 600 p/h · 230 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Proclou
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,400 p/h · 1,597 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Cases
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,500 p/h · 2,001 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Léchère
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,700 p/h · 1,723 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Chavanette 1
Drag lift · 900 p/h · 1,419 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Fornet
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,570 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Chavanette
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 817 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Ripaille 1
Button lift · 600 p/h · 1,174 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Pierre Longue
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,521 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Grand Conche
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,403 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Gueilly
Button lift · 1-seater · 720 p/h · 279 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Écoles 1
Button lift · 600 p/h · 232 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Trashers
Button lift · 460 p/h · 180 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Arare 1
Button lift · 808 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Arare 2
Button lift · 807 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Séraussaix
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,600 p/h · 995 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Chaux Fleurie
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,066 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Chaux des Rosées
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,073 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Queyset
Button lift · 411 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Mossettes
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,681 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Marcheuson
Button lift · 600 p/h · 369 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Atray
Chairlift · 3-seater · 796 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Pointe de Nyon
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,379 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Stade
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 758 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Mossettes
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 2,240 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Lindarets
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,178 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Chavanette 2
Drag lift · 700 p/h · 1,417 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Choucas
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,800 p/h · 1,288 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Ardent
Gondola · 9-seater · 2,200 p/h · 1,472 m · bubble
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Cuboré
Drag lift · 605 p/h · 422 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Cornebois
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,600 p/h · 1,741 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Combes
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,669 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Rubis
Button lift · 199 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Crosets
Chairlift · 8-seater · 4,000 p/h · 821 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Pré la Joux
Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,380 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Super-Morzine
Gondola · 6-seater · 1,800 p/h · 1,393 m · bubble
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Mas Verjus
Button lift · 108 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Fys
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,350 p/h · 1,161 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Lac-Intrêts
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,600 p/h · 1,829 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Brochaux
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 894 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Rochassons
Chairlift · 6-seater · 761 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Zore
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,248 m
2 minpredicted
⤴️ Ripaille 2
T-bar · 1,200 p/h · 1,173 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Pauvre Conche
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 938 m
2 minpredicted
⤴️ Bouchet
Button lift · 165 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Planachaux
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,400 p/h · 709 m
2 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
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Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
Where to sleep 53 places mapped · 28 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
| Beginner | 23.2 km · 8% |
| Easy (blue / green) | 154.6 km · 52% |
| Intermediate (red / blue) | 94.5 km · 32% |
| Advanced (black) | 23.3 km · 8% |
| Expert | 0.9 km · 0% |
Longest named runs
| Ripaille - Grand Paradis | 7.2 km |
| Tovassière | 6.7 km |
| Abricotine | 4.8 km |
| La Belette | 4.4 km |
| Combe à Floret | 3.8 km |
| Ripaille | 3.7 km |
| Choucas | 3.6 km |
| L'Itinéraire | 3.5 km |
Après & food
Bars & pubs
22
Clubs
1
Restaurants
106
Mountain huts
5
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Getting there
Nearest major airport: GVA, about 90 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Avoriaz is a French mountain resort in the Portes du Soleil in the French commune of Morzine, on a shelf above the town of Morzine. Wikipedia