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Hi
I am going to Morzine next week. Long and the short of it is that the two people I travel with will be looking to hire Snowboard and Ski equipment respectively.
First question: Can anyone recommend any hire companies that are particularly good?! Any deals would also be of help - especially as I am not the most internet savvy person.
Second question: Any advice on the general area would be much appreciated. Looking for info about how accessible places like Avoriaz are - are they worth going and best ways of getting there. Also I have a close friend in Les Prodains at the same time. Looking for similar info.
Any "Must-Do", "Must-See" or "Must check-out" would be great.
Thanks in advance
Sorry for all the questions
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ViolentLoser, welcome to Snowheads 
We're just back from Morzine and booked our kit vis www.snowbrainer.co.uk and used Matthias Sport, which is very close to the new Pleney lift (look on the website and you'll see that you can select a shop from a choice, when it's a town the size of Morzine). They were the most friendly and pleasant of people to deal with, always a smile and a cheery Bonjour! The kit was fine and booked via Snowbrainer, a very good price. You can leave your walking shoes/boots there during the day, and kit overnight for no extra charge (this may not be very common - in another resort, we had to pay around 35 euros per couple, to use the store at a ski shop were 10 of us had booked kit).
Nice places for coffee are Beanies and Dotty's, both in the older part of town, close to the church. We ate out one night (we were in a catered chalet) in a restaurant the name of which escapes me, but it was very good and pretty reasonable. If you go to Matthias Sport it is the restaurant to the right of there, as you stand looking at it.
Enjoy - we loved it 
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Wow. Thanks.
My Chalet recommends SnowMountain which look really good but seem a fair bit pricier than the rest. Almost twice the price of booking online through Mathias Sport. Does anyone think it is worth paying that much higher premium for any reason - they do come out to the chalet ... but?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Just back from Morzine today.
After much deliberation, we decided to rent with inter sport right by the super morzine lift. The main reason being that I HATE schlepping about in ski boots/carrying skis. This place is very convenient as it's right next to the lift and you can leave the skis (and your own boots should you wish) overnight there and pick them up in the morning. You can also leave your shoes there while you ski. This was really useful for us, the price was reasonable too.
Avoriaz is easy to get to from super morzine, it's up there then zore then proclou, or a bus to prodains and straight up that way.
My biggest tip to you would be to book a restaurant on an evening, especially on a Wednesday, so you aren't traipsing about like a pair of eeejits in the snow looking for somewhere to eat in the cold.
I echo the beanies comment, nice coffee in there. Rhodes bar does nice burgers but we had a super meal at l'etale - really recommend this place!
Enjoy!
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Ski Hire
I tend to do Morzine with HOFNAR and they use Hubert Sports for ski hire. Just around the corner from the Super Morzine lift and free ski lockers for customers (though friends can usually sneak their equipment in too provided you aren't taking the micky).
Free mulled wine when you drop your skis back on Friday too.
Things to See/Do
Don't just jump on the Super Morzine every day - there's some very good skiing on the Morzine/Les Gets side too.
Worth getting over to Mont Chery on the Les Gets side - nice mountain restaurant, nice runs and generally not too busy.
If weather's a bit pants the run down to the bottom of the Ardent gondola can get a bit busy but is good fun and in the trees.
If you're good skiers and fancy a full day doing the ring Morzine->Avoriaz->Chatel->(bus)->La Chapelle->Torgon->Morgins->Avoriaz->Morzine is a nice day run.
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