Portes du Soleil
5 villages · France & Switzerland
Slope breakdown
Portes du Soleil at a glance
Portes du Soleil is a ski area spanning France and Switzerland with 600 km of marked slopes served by 196 lifts. The lifts reach 2,466 m from a lowest base of 1,000 m, a vertical of 1,466 m.
Those figures describe the whole linked network, not one village. All 5 bases on Intski sell the same skiing, which is why each of their pages shows 600 km and 196 lifts. Choosing between them is a question of altitude, atmosphere and price rather than terrain.
The graded pistes break down as 321 km easy (54%), 217 km intermediate (36%) and 62 km expert (10%). That makes it a gentle area by Alpine standards, and a good one to learn on. Gradings count marked piste only, so off-piste terrain does not appear in them.
An adult day pass starts at 55 EUR for 2026/27. The first planned opening is Champéry on 28 November 2026.
Slope figures come from the resorts and their operators; the difficulty breakdown follows the published piste statistics for this area (source).
Where to stay in Portes du Soleil
Every village here sells the same 600 km of slopes, so the skiing is not what you are choosing between. This is what is: the altitude of the village, the sector on its own doorstep, when it opens and what a day costs.
| Country | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoriaz | France | 1,800 m | 2,466 m | 130 km | – | 19 Dec 2026 | 69 EUR |
| Champéry | Switzerland | 1,050 m | 2,277 m | 100 km | – | 28 Nov 2026 | 73 EUR |
| Châtel | France | 1,200 m | 2,200 m | – | – | 19 Dec 2026 | 55 EUR Own sector |
| Les Gets | France | 1,172 m | 2,002 m | – | – | – | 56 EUR Own sector |
| Morzine | France | 1,000 m | 2,466 m | – | 4 | 19 Dec 2026 | 72 EUR |
Village altitude is the base of the lifts at that village. Own sector is the slope kilometres the village has before you ride into the rest of the network. Day pass prices are adult walk-up rates and each carries its own season; see the lift pass price index. Opening dates are checked against the operators' own pages on the opening dates page.
Resorts in Portes du Soleil
Full stats, season dates and travel details for each base.
Frequently asked questions about Portes du Soleil
Answers computed from the resort data on this page.
Portes du Soleil covers 600 km of marked slopes served by 196 lifts, reached from 5 villages on Intski. The lifts run from 1,000 m to 2,466 m, a vertical of 1,466 m.
Portes du Soleil is reached from 5 villages on Intski: Avoriaz, Champéry, Châtel, Les Gets and Morzine. They sit on one lift network, so each of them shows the same 600 km and 196 lifts. What changes is where you sleep, not what you ski.
Of the 600 km of graded piste, 321 km is easy (54%), 217 km intermediate (36%) and 62 km expert (10%). That is a gentle mountain by Alpine standards and it suits beginners and early intermediates. Gradings count marked pistes only, so unmarked off-piste terrain is not in these figures.
Avoriaz, at 1,800 m, is the highest base in Portes du Soleil, and Morzine is the lowest at 1,000 m. A higher village usually means snow to the door for longer; a lower one usually means a real town with more to do off the slopes.
An adult day pass starts at 55 EUR for 2026/27 in our data, sold at Châtel. Across 600 km of slopes that is about €0.09 per kilometre. Prices are walk-up rates; buying online or for several days is usually cheaper.
The first planned opening in Portes du Soleil is Champéry on 28 November 2026. Dates move with the snow, so check the resort before booking early-season travel.
Yes. Our data records 4 snow parks in Portes du Soleil, at Morzine.