Morzine piste maps: Find your way around the ski area

Below are links to the latest versions of all the different Morzine piste maps.

There are three maps to consider because Morzine is one of the towns that make up the huge Portes du Soleil ski area.

So, there is a piste map for:

• The local ski area – Morzine-Les Gets
• The neighbouring Avoriaz ski area
• The whole of the Portes du Soleil ski area

The local area piste maps show more detail than the Portes Du Soleil map which provides more of an overview of the whole ski area.

The Portes Du Soleil Piste Map

The Morzine Piste Map

The Avoriaz Piste Map

The best places to pick up piste maps in Morzine are the lift pass offices and the tourist office.

If you’re staying at our self-catered chalets or self-catered apartments you will find piste maps in your accommodation when you arrive.

However, you can also pick up piste maps from the following locations:

Pléney lift pass office

Tourist information office

Super Morzine lift pass office

You can also get piste maps from the lift pass offices at Prodains Telecabine, Nyon Telecabine and Ardent Telecabine which are all located further out of Morzine.

If you haven’t got hold of a paper piste map, or always find they become screwed up in a ball in your pocket then there is another option – access the piste map on your phone!

The best way to do this is to download the free Portes Du Soleil app on iPhone or Android.

At the time of writing this, the app doesn’t have very good reviews. This is because some of its other features are a little hard to use but we’ve found the map feature works well.

Once in the app, you’ll see a map on the start screen. Tap the map to show the full Portes Du Soleil piste map.

In the map you can:

• Tap the locate button to find yourself on the piste map – this is brilliant if you’re lost whilst out skiing!
• Zoom in and out to see more detail
• Overlay extra information over the piste map – mountain restaurants, lift names and status, toilets, etc.

The app also provides other information that will help you make the most of your ski holiday such as lift status (open or closed), weather and snow conditions, the current avalanche risk and more.

Another feature we like about this app is the easy access to the dozens of webcams that are located around Morzine and the Portes Du Soleil ski area. These allow you to have a sneak peek at the weather conditions on the mountain whilst you’re still having breakfast in your chalet each morning.

When you first look at any piste map it can be hard to understand. There are lots of coloured lines going in different directions and icons everywhere!

The Portes Du Soleil piste map can be especially hard to understand because the ski area is so big. The PDS is the biggest international ski area in the world so there is a lot crammed onto one piste map!

To help you quickly get to grips with the map, we’ve put together a quick guide.

Pistes and snow parks

Ski lifts

Ski lifts are shown on the Morzine piste map and Portes Du Soleil piste map as black straight or curved lines. They have a small arrow with two tails to show you the direction of travel and a small icon to tell you what type of lift they are.

Other Useful Info

Geography

There is more to the Morzine piste maps than just ski runs, lifts and mountain restaurants. They also give you some interesting information about the geography of the region.

Pléney

The Pléney télécabine is the main lift from Morzine that takes you into the Morzine-Les Gets ski area.

At the top of the lift are some green nursery slopes as well as a choice of steep and challenging red runs or tree-lined, meandering blue pistes. All these pistes eventually end up at the bottom of the télécabine allowing you to ski lots of different runs all within the same small area. This is a great area of the mountain for families and beginner skiers.

You can find the Pléney by looking slightly to the right of the town of Morzine on the piste map.

Le Ranfoilly

This bowl is a skier’s dream! It has dozens of rolling red pistes and fun blue runs all served by five chair lifts. These means you can spend a whole day in this area of the mountain without skiing the same run twice.

The views of Mont Blanc from the viewpoint at the top of Le Ranfoilly are spectacular and there are some lovely mountain restaurants to choose from.

To find Le Ranfoilly on the Portes Du Soleil piste map: Find Morzine and then look up towards the top of the map.

Grandes Combes

The Grandes Combes lift is a chairlift that sits above Avoriaz and takes skiers towards Les Hauts-Forts peak (2466m). The ski area below features steep and fast red & black runs as well as technical, moguled black pistes. It’s a lot of fun if you’ve got the skills – experts only! :)

To find Grand Combes on the piste map, find Morzine town and look left and slightly up. Alternatively, it is diagonally up and right from Avoriaz.

Morzine and its neighbouring towns of Avoriaz and Les Gets offer dozens of cross country skiing tracks.

The Super Morzine plateau offers six different tracks which can be accessed from Morzine and Avoriaz easily. They vary from easy (green) up to very difficult (black).

• View the Morzine/Avoriaz Cross-Country Skiing Piste Map

In the Morzine-Les Gets ski area there are 12 tracks to choose from. They can be cross-country skied, snow-shoed or, if the snow conditions are right, walked on foot.

• View the Morzine-Les Gets Cross-Country Skiing & Walking Piste Map

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