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Avoriaz & Portes du Soleil Lift Pass Options - Winter
| Lift Pass Options for Avoriaz - Winter |
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There is an array of options to choose from for your winter lift pass; depending on whether you are here for a few days quiet skiing, a week-long family holiday or a season of trying out everything the area has to offer. You may even find that you qualify for a discount - worth finding out about before you part with your €uros! |
| Avoriaz or Portes du Soleil Lift Pass? |
This all depends on how much, how often and how far you want to ski. There is plenty in Avoriaz to keep you occupied but if you wish to explore the wider area - and it is a wide area! - then the Portes du Soleil pass may be more your style.
Avoriaz is a well-equipped resort with 45 lifts servicing 75km of pisted runs; the Portes du Soleil has a whopping 207 lifts linking 12 resorts over 650km of piste. The Avoriaz pass can only be purchased for a maximum of 2 days, after that you will have to renew it. The Portes du Soleil pass can run from a half day to 30 days, or a season pass if you are a regular visitor to the area.
If you are holidaying with children, inexperienced skiers, or just fancy taking it easy then the Avoriaz pass will probably offer more than enough; there is a nice variety of intermediate pistes on which to cruise from one lunch spot to the next, as well as a few more challenging runs for those who need to work off their tartiflette afterwards!
Have a look at our Ski Area Guide to help you decide what pass is best for you. Prices can be found here. |
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last updated 3-Apr-2008 |
| Snowpark Pass |
If all your interested in is bigging it up in one of the fabulous Avoriaz snowparks, then there is a special lift pass just for that! For €17.50 a day or €33 for 2 days, the snowpark pass gives budding freestylers unlimited access to the the Chapelle and Arare snowparks, The Superpipe, "The Stash", the Trashers beginners park, the boardercross and and the "Canyon Piste". This in turn gives you access to the following lifts only:
- Prodains Cable Car (return)
- Stade chair
- Surf drag
- Arare drag
- Tour chair
- Lac Intrêts chair
- Snowpark drag
- Chapelle drag
- Ecoles 1 & 2 drags
- Trashers drag
For more info on the snowparks and freestyle areas in Avoriaz and the Portes du Soleil, check out our Insiders Guide.... |
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last updated 3-Apr-2008 |
| Family Lift Pass Options |
Unfortunately Avoriaz does not offer group or family discounts on lift passes; however their age bracket for a child's pass is 16 years and under which is a few years older than most resorts, there is also a reduced-rate beginners lift pass and the unders 5's ski for free. Please see here for Avoriaz lift pass prices.
The resort does however, have a "Family Activity Card" which costs €25 and gives you the choice of 5 admissions to the ice rink, fitness centre (Altiform), gym (Body Form) or spa facilities. You can buy them at the Tourist Office. |
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last updated 12-May-2008 |
| Lift Pass Prices for Pedestrians - Winter |
If you fancy a change of pace you can get a 6-day reduced rate lift pass for €76, which gives you access to the following cable cars and chair lifts:
- Ardent Gondola (return)
- Super Morzine Gondola (return)
- Prodains Cable Car (return)
- Zorre Chair (return)
- Léchère Chair (way up only)
- Plateau Chair (way up only)
- Linidarets Chair (way up only)
You can also purchase a day pass for €17.50 or individual tickets (one-way or return) on the above lifts, so there is no need to miss out on a high-altitude lunch at a mountain restaurant. |
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last updated 3-Apr-2008 |
| Discounted Rate Passes |
Concessions
Children under the age of 5 and adults over the age of 75 qualify for a FREE pass. You may have to provide proof of age so take along a passport when collecting your pass. The initial €3 charge still applies.
Cheap Days
Avoriaz and Morzine/Les Gets offer Weekend or Saturday only passes at a slightly reduced rate. The slopes are also often quieter at weekends as many people are just arriving or leaving so it’s a good time to enjoy shorter lift queues and less piste-traffic! You can find prices here.
Off Peak Rates
There are reductions available to those visiting at the start or end of the season; the snow condition can't be guaranteed perfect but the pistes will be quiet, there won't be any lift queues and best of all you won't have to wait long to be served in the restaurants!
There are a number of areas due to open on 24/11/07 for which passes can be purchased at a daily rate of:
Children – 12€
Adults – 16€
Seniors – 14€
These areas are:
Secteur d’Arare
Bleue d’Arare
Bleue du Lac
Stade d’Arare
Secteur des Lindarets
Prolays
Stade des Lindarets
Combe à Floret
Champ de Ski Plateau
Boulevard des Skieurs
Mossettes
The Portes du Soleil offers reductions to those arriving after 29/03/08, prices can be found here.
So, if you keep an eye on conditions via our Snow Report you might be able to book a cheeky last minute break and bag yourself an out of season bargain! |
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last updated 28-Mar-2008 |
| Lift Passes - Additional Information |
What else do I need to know?
It goes without saying that you must be properly insured before taking to the slopes, but you can also purchase insurance on a daily basis as you buy your lift pass. ”Carré Neige” is the instantly recognised mountain sports insurance in France that covers you for:
Search and rescue expenses, first aid and rescue transport
Medical expenses and repatriation costs (within France only)
Reimbursement of unused days ski pass (restrictions apply)
Carré Neige costs just €2.50 per day for adults (€2 for children).
Photographs
All passes over 8 days require a passport sized photo. The lift office can scan the image from your passport or drivers licence if you do not have a photo with you.
Loss of theft of your lift pass
When you purchase your lift pass be sure to ask for a receipt - many resorts can use the serial number off this to disable the first pass and then reissue you with another one. Once you realise the pass is missing go immediately to the lift pass office as the sooner you report it missing the sooner you can sort out a new one, if you wait until the afternoon they may only issue one starting on the following day and then you have lost a day on the mountain. The best advice really is to avoid losing it by always keeping it in the same pocket of your ski jacket, try not to keep anything else in there, and always make sure you have it at the start and end of every day - not rocket science, but it may save you the hassle of replacing it!
All lift passes for Les Portes du Soleil region can be purchased here. Full details of lift pass terms and conditions can be downloaded here. |
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last updated 28-Mar-2008 |
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