Twenty-eight seasons’ worth of powder days, après that went sideways, and people who came for a week and never quite left. Some of it’s here. The rest you’ll have to come and hear in person.
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Stay13That’s a Wrap 2022
A trip down the memory lane that is 2022… Dutch Courage A bizarre switch happened at New Year’s in that our hostels and hotels were full of Dutch for the holiday season for a change, due to covid restrictions here…
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Winter14Getting around Morzine and the Portes du Soleil this winter
Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz and the lifts across the 12 resorts of the Portes du Soleil region are now open and welcoming guests. Christmas is just around the corner, it’s come so quickly! Here’s a quick guide to the bus…
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Stay15Early Opening, Discount Heaven & Volcom Collab!
Winter has come early! Thanks to the early snowfall and the upper slope base of a solid 60cm already, Avoriaz will be opening early, with the Arare and Chavenette areas opening this weekend (3 & 4 December) before the full…
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Events16Alambike’s 24-hour charity relay event
Hot on the heels of the UCI World Championships, the second edition of Alambike is coming to Les Gets this weekend. For 24-hours non-stop, night and day, come rain or shine, teams of 4-8 people will relay around last week’s…
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Events17Petrol Heads’ Delight!
The Mont Blanc Rallye is rolling into town! The sounds of engines roaring through the forests, tyres screeching around hairpin bends, exhausts put-putting through our little villages signify the end of the summer season to many each year (and has…
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Events18The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2022 explained
They have arrived.. but what is it all about exactly? First of all, what does UCI stand for I hear you say? The ‘Union Cycliste Internationale’ (UCI) is the world governing body of cycling, recognised by the International Olympic Committee…
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Events19Mini Bike Champs
Wednesday 17 August, from 8pm Hold on to your seats, this is going to be a wild ride! This coming Wednesday will see one of the main streets of Morzine reserved for the Mini Bike Dual Slalom World Championships! Imagine…
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The food20Empanadas
Let’s take it right back to the beginning It is believed that empanadas and the very similar Italian calzones are both derived from the Arabic meat-filled pies, samosas. Culinary history finds the first references to something similar to a pie…
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Winter21Only five months to go…
Today marks five months until Christmas Day 2022. You may think that it is far too early to begin the countdown, although indulging in five advent calendars doesn’t sound too tough! Christmas is a time that comes upon us so…
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Summer22Bike packing from Scotland to Slovenia because ‘it seemed like a good idea’!
Matt Fairbrother is an extremely level-headed seventeen-year old Kiwi enduro racer who is currently taking part in the 2022 Enduro World Series (EWS). This is his first ever time outside of New Zealand and he’s made the trip happen through…
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Events23Sports junkie delight
You many have thought that Morzine was ‘all raced out’ after the epic Spartan weekend held here earlier this month. Almost 7,000 headband-clad Spartans jogged into town to compete in the 5, 10, 21 or 50km obstacle-riddled events. The 50km…
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From the archive24‘Going for a paint’ with Kid Midnight
Being from a small island, James Kid Midnight never really had the opportunity to get into street art. The first time he was invited to ‘go for a paint’ was at University in England and since then he’s never looked…
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