Christmas Skiing and New Year Celebrations Avoriaz, Morzine & Les Gets
What better way to celebrate Christmas & New Year than spending it with friends and family in a winter wonderland? The resorts of Morzine, Les Gets & Avoriaz set in the beautiful Portes du Soleil have everything you’re looking for.
To ensure your celebrations are full of skiing, cocktails and cheers, look at our Christmas skiing guide for each resort and contact us for more information. Our Booking with Ease team can help plan your lessons as well as make recommendations for places to visit, ski hire and more.
Christmas Day is a ski day! Lifts open as normal 7 days a week but, don’t be surprised if you see a few skiing Santa’s! Have fun skiing during the day and then your traditional Christmas Dinner in the chalet or restaurants from late afternoon into the evening.
If you are looking for the perfect Christmas Gift… look no further than our personalized Ski With Ease Lesson Gift Vouchers. Contact us for more information.
Christmas skiing and New Year celebrations Avoriaz 1800:
Avoriaz is the highest of our Ski school resorts at 1800 metres and offers great snow cover for our beginner to advanced lessons. With a PDS (Portes du Soleil) lift pass we can ski you to Switzerland as part of your lessons or as a family/friend tour (of up to 8 people) enjoying over 600 km of slopes.
At Christmas, Avoriaz is lit up by fairy lights to bring you that true Christmas spirit, seeing the horse-drawn sleighs and stunning views adds to the magical feel.
Mass is held all evening in the Church during Christmas Eve as well as a carol concert outside the Avoriaz Tourist Office. The Great Avoriaz Christmas Show will be wowing the crowds with a grand pyrotechnic show of lights and sounds in the resort centre. Watch the Santa Claus parade leaving town after his large distribution of gifts followed by a fireworks extravaganza.
Tuesday 24 December 2024
The show starts at 7:00pm
A big performance of music and lights after Santa Claus has emptied his huge sack of gifts and leaves Avoriaz followed by the pyrotechnic show.
In the heart of the pedestrian resort, the sleighs of Avoriaz are illuminated for you to follow with your mulled wine and hot chocolate.
For more information visit:
https://www.avoriaz.com/en/fiche/christmas-in-avoriaz/
New Years Eve in Avoriaz
To celebrate the passage to a new year the resort offers you 3 festive spots with 3 different DJs. Finish 2024 in style and begin 2025 with the best dance floor sound and fireworks display at midnight in the heart of the resort.
Party from 10pm until 02.00am. For more information visit:
https://www.avoriaz.com/en/fiche/new-years-in-avoriaz/
You’ll also enjoy the:
A torchlight descent: More than 200 instructors from the ESF Avoriaz who will light up the slopes.
Build an Igloo: Who doesn’t dream of building the perfect ice house? Visit the Village Igloo ice bar Avoriaz for inspiration perhaps.
Electric snowmobiles for children: Also snowmobiles for all sizes!
New Fat Bikes… Mountain bikes for snow! And if you are not worn out after all this and a day on the slopes, you have a selection of bars and restaurants with bands, DJ’s and more until the early hours. Take a look at the video below…
Christmas skiing in Morzine
Each year the celebrations get bigger and better. The Tourist Office hosts this free family-friendly event in the centre of Morzine.
A feast for the eyes with a colourful parade. Face painting, illuminations, parades, Christmas markets, Ice Skating, DJ’s and more. There’s always vin chaud (as well as hot chocolate) on offer to keep the adults entertained too. Firework displays are frequent throughout the week too so, just visit the Morzine Tourist Office for the full week of events.
When spending Christmas skiing in Morzine you have so much choice:
You can visit Santa in Morzine or you can hop on the Santa tour to his Les Gets magical forest all week during the Christmas holidays. You can watch him and his elves making presents as well as storytelling.
You’ll be spoilt for choice… Morzine is a resort that caters for all ages and budgets you’ll find a huge number of bars, restaurants, clubs, bands and DJs to cater for your needs well into the early hours.
For skiers staying in Morzine, we always recommend having lessons in Avoriaz this time of the year. We keep most of the team in the higher resort as it’s fully open covering all your lesson needs. Reach the Avoriaz ski area from a choice of 3 different lifts from the Morzine area. Don’t worry, if you still want to ski in Morzine only, we have a team in each resort.
For more information and whats on, visit:
https://en.morzine-avoriaz.com/
Christmas skiing Les Gets – Santa’s second home!
Don’t believe what they tell you – Father Christmas lives in the Les Gets magical forest preparing your Christmas gifts. And when Santa is not skiing or gift wrapping, he spends his time with his helpful, loyal friends, the elves. You can visit them in the enchanted forest and see them work and play!
Included in the week’s programme are storytelling visits in the heart of his magical land, numerous other activities and surprises for the whole family from workshops with the elves.
There will also be a Christmas market, shows, local village fêtes and fairs, fireworks and the arrival of Father Christmas.
For clients staying in Morzine, you can jump on the Santa bus to take you to Les Gets.
As Les Gets is a family resort, you will have plenty to enjoy in the evening from outdoor ice skating to restaurants, bars, bands and DJs.
For more information visit Les Gets Tourist Office:
https://www.lesgets.com/en/details/les-gets-tourist-office-478625-En/
For ski lessons in Avoriaz, Morzine or Les Gets during Christmas and New Year, contact the office or fill in our contact form. We will plan your private ski lessons to accommodate your lunch or celebration plans.
