Les Gets Portes Du Soleil, France

For Beginners

For beginners, a local area lift pass will give you plenty to keep you occupied. This will get you over to the neighbouring and beginner-friendly resort of Morzine, but won't include Super-Morzine or Avoriaz beyond. A full-area lift pass will be required for these more distant destinations. Ski schools in Les Gets are excellent for skiing and snowboarding alike, and the village features a kids-only ski slope.

For Intermediates / Advanced

For more experienced skiers and those looking to explore into further reaches, the full-area Portes du Soleil lift pass will give you access to the full 650km, taking you all the way to Switzerland and back in one day. If you're feeling brave, advanced skiers with a head for heights can attempt the famous and infamous "Swiss Wall" — a near-vertical drop of unforgiving moguls which is not to be taken lightly.

Off-Piste

On a powder day, off-piste skiers should head for the back of Mont Chery where it is always blissfully quiet. You will also find a couple of nice blacks and some not-too-taxing reds here, also. Beginners and improvers are will find more rewarding terrain on the other side of the village, however. An experienced local ski guide is always recommend for off-piste: just let us know and we can arrange that for you.

Les Gets Village

Les Gets is in many ways the definitive picture-postcard French ski resort. Traditional architecture, regional cuisine and the continued presence of friendly locals have kept this very much a quaint French village, mostly undiluted by the large numbers of visitors each year.

Les Gets is perhaps best known as a family ski destination, and those bringing young children will not be disappointed — there is plenty to keep skiing and non-skiing youngsters entertained. But it is misleading to suggest that Les Gets isn't equally suited to adults-only ski holidays. The bars and restaurants of the village centre offer a great night out for a mature group, even if a younger party-going crowd might look more readily to neighbouring Morzine.

Situated just one hour from Geneva, Les Gets is very easily accessible, making it especially popular for ski weekends and short breaks.

Rock The Pistes March 2024

There is an amazing festival held each year in Les Gets right on the pistes. This features acts from all genres of music. This year is no different, Rock the Pistes packs a number of concerts into one week, with open-air concerts right on the slopes that are only accessible by ski, and après-ski concerts every evening in the resort villages. Click here for more info.

Getting to Les Gets

If you are flying to Morzine or Les Gets then we would highly recommend you fly into Geneva (GVA) airport. Geneva airport is 73 kilometres from Morzine or Les Gets and has a transfer time of about one hour ten minutes. A lot of this is on motorway. This is the route almost everyone who flies in takes.

Lyon (LYS) airport is 199 kilometres from Morzine or Les Gets but It is usually better to avoid Lyon if possible as there are far fewer transfer options available.

Please let us know when you have booked your flights and we can arrange to have your transfers all ready and waiting for you when you land. We do not charge extra for organising this for you.