Last Updated on 2025-03-25
Alps are melting. First week of March in 2025 was still good skiing even at lower elevations where the sides of trails was all bare grass.
The temperature was above freezing even at night but still the snow was very nice and powder soft at the higher elevations and most everywhere in the morning. Noon and later lower parts of trails got clumpy.
Intermediate skier here. Blue trails and a few Red trails.
Morzine and Avoriaz ski areas are part of the huge Portes du Soleil 12-ski-resorts ski area.
The single ski resort have their own passes, and sufficiently large for at least intermediate skiers to spend at least a couple of days each on them.
Two things I learned: pay careful attention to the trail maps. Lifts and trails to crisscross so have to pay close attention to arrows on them to figure out how to get where you want to go.
Keep enough time for the last run in case you miss a turn and risk ending up far from where you wanted to go.
Also, the trails are very long – compared to what I’m used to in most of the East Coast USA.
Avoriaz
This starts at 1800m and goes above 2000m and snow is more guaranteed.
Great snow, great skiing. Town is also nice – car free. I’m more partial to Morzine though.
Walking on snowy streets is not that much fun to do all the time.
Also Morzine is bigger and much more lively.
Morzine
Morzine and Les Gets (le jeh) ski resort.
Lively town, lot of restaurants, and can also get to Avoriaz easily starting with the Super Morzine gondola.
Geneva
- The Morzine ski area in France is a easy 90 minute ride by road from Geneva.
- All shops close very early by 7PM. And Sunday is especially all very quiet.
- Geneva has a fantastic public transportation systems. Stay anywhere and use public transportation.
- Even the airport is accessible by train in under 15 minutes from the city.
- Every direction from Geneva ends up at French border?! France all around.
