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1 / 14Les Crosets ski resort is in Portes du Soleil, France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Savoie Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie). It offers 580 km of pistes.
Trail information
The Les Crosets ski resort has been one of the largest in the world for more than 50 years. The area has 12 stations in total, located between France and Switzerland and just an hour's drive from Geneva.
Overall, most pistes are served by high-speed four- and six-seater chairlifts. Fast gondolas or chairlifts lead from the valley villages to the ski resort. Naturally, there are still many J-bar lifts, as is common in France, but you do not have to use them. Modern chairlifts are available instead. With one exception in Champéry, none of the lifts have bubbles. Les Gets, Avoriaz, Châtel, Champéry and, partly, Les Gets have invested in new, high-performance lifts in recent years. In Morgins, Champoussin and Torgon, you will find older lifts.
Good to know
With 580 km of pistes available, everyone can find a favourite. Everything is straightforward and accessible in Les Crosets. Around half of the pistes are easy. Alongside challenging slopes, there are also many deep-snow runs.
Connection information
The ski resorts of Abondance, La Chapelle d'Abondance and St Jean d'Aulps are not directly connected to the slopes at Les Crosets.
Longest run
The longest descent here is Chamossière-Morzine, 11 km long, with a vertical drop of 1002 m.
Most difficult run
Chavanette (Champéry). Length: 1 km. Vertical drop: 330 m. This piste has a gradient of 50%
Snowparks
Snowpark / Fun park
Halfpipe
Features
Public timed race - sometimes for a fee
Night skiing
Available at Stadion Linga (F) Champéry / Les Crosets (CH) Morgins (CH)
Maps
Lifts
- 2Aerial trams
- 9Gondola lifts
- 71Chairlifts
- 72T-bars and platters
- 5Rope tows
- 5Magic carpets
Webcams
Video
Contacts and opening hours
Mid · 1 620 м
Updated at 01:14
Average monthly snowfall at Les Portes du Soleil - Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets/Châtel/Morgins/Champéry
Snowfall per month - cm. Below each bar - how many days it snowed that month. Observation data for the last 3 completed seasons.
Accommodation
Montriond
Les Gets
Other accommodation near the resort
What visitors say about the resort
Les Portes du Soleil is praised for its scale and the chance to ski between two countries, with around 600 km of pistes on both sides of the Franco-Swiss border. Visitors highlight Morzine for its lively town and Avoriaz for its ski-in, ski-out access.
The main drawback is the altitude: much of the area lies below 2,000 m, and in warm winters the links between sectors close. The other issue is time spent travelling: you cannot cover the whole area in a day, and you need to make sure you get back to your own village by evening. Visitors also complain about queues on the "Wall" at Châtel.
An editorial summary of public reviews on specialist sites. This is not a visitor review: we retell what is written about the resort most often, both praise and criticism.
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