The Portes du SoleilA 4 seasons domain

A 4 seasons domain

Les Portes du Soleil, a large ski area that invites you to cross not only geographical borders but also seasonal borders and to look at the mountain with new eyes.
It is an alpine territory composed of 11 mountain village resorts in Haute-Savoie and the futuristic resort of Avoriaz 1800 that is constantly renewed according to the seasons.
The landscapes that are offered to your eyes during your stay in the Portes du Soleil are drastically different depending on the season. Between your New Year’s ski holiday and your Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB weekend, everything will have changed and that’s part of the wonder of nature. By choosing the Portes du Soleil all year round, you will witness the variation of the colors of the flora, the size of the fauna’s coats and a palette of infinitely rich smells.
The playground changes but the pleasure remains!
Each season has its own emotions and flavors.
Admire the spiral of the seasons, the vertigo of the plants that despair, regain hope and go to fire! Strong activities adapted to your desires are offered to you throughout the year to fill up with emotions.

FALL

GATES OF THE SUN

Season of shimmering colors, the crackling of falling leaves, the picking of mushrooms or blueberries… Summer is over but autumn is so beautiful!

The demagnetization empties the mountain pastures of the herds that until then grazed quietly. The mountain finds its quietude and prepares to put on its winter bower. You can hear the deer bellowing amidst the stratus clouds that form each year in the valleys.

It’s time to rise on our beautiful hiking trails to admire the evanescent lapping of a sea of clouds against the backdrop of the spruce forest. The foliage of the trees goes through all the tones of reds and oranges; garnet, vermilion, crimson, a joy for the retina.
The summits find an immaculate whiteness. They stand out from these rainbow forests, as if chiseled in the crystalline air.
A grandiose spectacle that we warmly recommend and that the most talented manage to immortalize behind their lenses.

Winter

the Portes du Soleil

This is an opportunity to practice alpine skiing with family or friends
Take advantage of your stay in the Portes du Soleil to put on your skis and discover our 600 km of skiing! Our cross-border area will be delighted to welcome you on its snowy slopes. Thanks to the 208 ski lifts, you will be able to ski from one end of the domain to the other!

This is also the opportunity to discover our 11 Snow Parks and 4 Boardercross! Experienced freeriders or beginners: it’s the perfect time to come and make new tracks in the powder!

If you’re not big fans of downhill skiing, don’t panic! Portes du Soleil offers a moment of serenity and connection with nature to take time to breathe during your vacation. Grab a pair of snowshoes or ski touring boots and explore the mountain and its snowy forests. Discover our tours dedicated to these sports and enjoy a day in the heart of snow-white landscapes. What a pleasure to feel the frost crunching under your crampons, to see your warm breath materialize into a fine mist when you touch the crystalline air or to walk along a stream frozen into an ephemeral ice sculpture. Following its course you will inevitably end up at a lake where you can skate in the heart of the high Savoyard winter.

SPRING

in the Portes du Soleil

An explosion of sensations

Spring in the French-Swiss Portes du Soleil area means longer days, the sun warming you up more intensely every day until the first marmots show their face. It’s also being able to finally ski light and lounge around in a T-shirt in a deckchair’ on the terraces of our many high-altitude restaurants!

So don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy “carpeted” snow that has just returned to the sun and to party.
The area offers you for that

Quality skiing at low prices thanks to our good deals on Les Portes du Soleil ski passes
A Music + Ski Festival on ephemeral stages in France and Switzerland
The Festival is
– 5 live concerts during the day at an altitude of 1600m
– 25,000 festival-goers
– 30 “Off the Pistes” concerts after skiing in the heart of the resorts
So meet up in our beautiful area to take part in the springtime of the mountains, keeping this motto in mind: In spring, do everything ski you like!!

SUMMER

and its 1001 activities

in the Portes du Soleil

The summer season opens with a bang in the resorts of Avoriaz 1800, Châtel, Morgins, Val-D’Illiez Les Crosets Champoussin, Champéry, Morzine-Avoriaz and Les Gets with the weekend of the Pass’Portes du Soleil MTB, one of the flagship events on the mountain bike planet.
This is the unmissable Franco-Swiss mountain bike ride! Known for its gargantuan refreshment stands where you will be offered a number of local specialities, the Pass’Portes is a concentrate of strong sensations, of wonder at the grandiose landscapes, of shared sporting moments and good humor! After this mountain bike festival, the summer in the Portes du Soleil is punctuated by the hosting of prestigious events. Judge for yourself the events that the resorts of our territory have hosted in recent years: Tour de France, World Mountain Bike Championships, World Cup, European and French Mountain Bike rounds, Harley Days. Impossible to get bored in summer.

But rest assured, this fervor specific to major international events is circumscribed to the resorts. A slight step aside will allow you to easily find the freshness and tranquility you come to seek on our summits.
To fill up on activities and experience microadventures at low prices all summer long, the Portes du Soleil offers you the Multi Pass.

Low cost vacations

Mutli Pass

for the whole family

The Multi Pass is the key to making the most of a mountain getaway with your tribe, for a few days or by the day. Thanks to this sesame, a multitude of activities are offered on simple presentation of the card!
Fun, cultural or sports activities, to be tried out solo or with the family:
+ 27 ski lifts for pedestrians
+ swimming pools and landscaped lakes + museums and cultural sites
+ mini golf courses
+ climbing wall
+ tennis centers
+ fun Park
+ small tourist trains
+ inter-station shuttles
+ endless hiking trails!
BUT ALSO discounts on many complementary activities (summer sledding, adventure courses, mountain bike rentals…) in the 12 Portes du Soleil resorts, simply by presenting the Multi Pass card.