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Hi all,
We have just booked to go to Avoriaz on 29th December and I am hoping for some advice on the resort.
We are two families (1 adult + 16, 14, 10 year old) and my brothers family (2 adults, 13 and 11 year old). This is only our 3rd trip (we've been to Les Arcs Easter 2017 and last year Folgarida in Feb half term). In ability we range from early intermediates (who like nice easy cruising blues) to the older boys and my brother who are happy on reds.
Would you recommend the local Avoriaz or area Portes du Soleil lift pass (in Les Arcs and Folgarida we just had the local pass which was fine)? What area does the local lift pass cover I'm a bit confused by the website is it just Avoriaz or does it include Morzine and Les Gets?
Any suggestions for private ski lessons (we've done group lessons and had mixed experiences)?
I'm anticipating that it will be really busy with long lift queues at New Year any suggestions as to where to go on our first day to suss out the area?
And any other advice thank you?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Gillap, i’d Recommend getting the full area lift pass as the local Avoriaz area is quite small if you’re intermediates. You can easily got all the way to Switzerland on easy blues.
Here’s a map of the local Avoriaz area - it doesn’t cover Morzine
http://www.alpelino.com/winter/avoriaz
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Hi @gillap, The Avoriaz pass covers quite a small area (although lovely) that your better intermediates will have done to death within 2-3 days. It doesn't allow you to ski Les Gets/Morzine. It's basically the resort itself, Lindarets valley and the Fornet and Arare area.
The only other alternative is the PdS pass, which will allow you to venture to the other side of Morzine and the Les Gets/Morzine linked ski area, which is well worth a visit. The pass will also allow you to go over to Chatel and into Switzerland via Les Crosets. Both links have eminently skiable blue runs down from them, which you should all be able to manage.
My family are done with lessons, but friends have used LGS and Evolution and been happy. Other regulars here may know more and be able to advise better.
Yes New Year will be busy. There is a particular bottleneck at the Tour chairlift, as basically all pistes from accommodation in Avoriaz lead down to there, so I would advise get out early and get out of that bowl as quick as you can. An alternative is to take the Plateau chair from the top of Prodains, to the nursery slopes, head down through the tunnel and get the Proclou chair up to access Lindarets. The blue piste down to the bottom of the Prodains lift can sometimes be quiet when everywhere else is busy, and if you are out early and go right to the top of Lindarets or Le Fornet, you can get a few quieter runs in before the crowds come out. Although teenage kids and getting up early are often mutually exclusive ! My other tip would be lunch early, or late, and ski whilst everyone else is eating.
For getting your ski legs back on your first day the blue pistes in the Arare area (accessed from the Stade or Lac Intrets chairs) are very forgiving.
For lunch, I recommend La Poya in Avoriaz (opposite the top of the Prodains) L' Auberge du Crot (on the blue piste down to Prodains) and in Lindarets La Passe Montagne and Les Brocheaux. If you go to Chatel, the self service in Pre de la Joux is also good.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday, I will be there with my OH, three teenage girls and friends with two teenage boys, so we may see you there!
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Thank you for the replies that's really helpful. We'll get the area pass. And thank you for the advice about where to go and eat. Have a wonderful holiday too. I'm really looking forward to visiting Avoriaz.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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2 other top tips for getting around Avoriaz when its busy:
If you want to get to the Top of Arare sector and do not like the look of the queues for Stade or Express, then take the Crot piste down under the Télépherique to halfway down, and come up on Grandes Combes.
If heading back to Avoriaz when in the Chavanette Bowl to avoid the road followed by the big queue for Tour, go up Cuboré and then ski down Abricotine and up Brochaux.
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For a quick lunch in Avoriaz it's hard to beat the burgers at Changabang. They've had a refurb. over the summer too and apparently much speedier than before (which was never THAT slow).
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@WindOfChange, @Mjit, @Wrekingirl,
Thanks ever so much. We are really looking forward to visiting Avoriaz despite the weather since last Thurs/Fri!
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Word of warning on passes. If like when we were there last year it's raining below 1500m you'll be reluctant to descend far enough below avoriaz to use much of the pds pass area. In which case you might as well just buy avoriaz area daily passes. It's still great, especially the slack off piste in the lindarets and the reds reached by the lifts up towards Switzerland.
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