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The Lounge Music Festival is a summer highlight. Now in its sixth year, this free festival that features over 50 concerts throughout the two weeks, is a huge attraction for locals and visitors....

Once again the wonderful camp America comes to Morzine from the 13th to 15th of July.  What's Camp America I hear you ask? Well it's like a fantastic open air museum dedicated to WW2 memorabilia located this year behind the swimming pool in Morzine....

Yesterday and today the Spartan Race took place in Morzine. We understand over 5000 competitors took part. The race is a real obstacle race, the sprint is 6km, the Super is 13km and 25 obstacles and the Beast is 20km and more than 30 obstacles. People were training hard for months for this race. On the first day ( Saturday )  the male winner...

Today we had a break and walked from Col de Corbier to Drozin, and back, there were some winderful views as you can see in the pictures below....

The piste conditions in Les Gets are outstanding at the moment. These pictures of the pistes were all taken yesterday. At the top of Les Folliets lift, looking to Granges and Crocus pistes. The piste conditions are excellent at the moment, the pictures below were all taken yesterday. Temperatures are below xero and are forecast to be minus 17 deg...

The piste conditions are excellent at the moment, a couple of days ago we had around one and a half feet of snow ( around 45cm) and it has been well below zero degrees C since then. The following pictures were taken yesterday 2nd February: The Les Folliets lift:...

January has been very eventful in Les Gets. Whilst Les Gets is a small charming village, there is always something going on during the ski season. This post talks about not just the pistes but also some of the main events. Like every winter month in Les Gets, January has certainly been eventful. Although Les Gets is a small town, it has charm by t...

Pictures taken today of the Grand Odyssée as it went through Les Gets late afternoon today: Spectators waiting for the start of the race:...

These pictures were all taken on Saturday 9th December. It was between minus 5 and minus 9 degrees C for most of the day. As the snow is so good, SAGETS are running, for this weekend, the main Chavannes Experss lift, the red bubble lifts, the  de la Croix lift and the drag lifts from the Chvannes mid station. Whilst the sky was heavy with more...

These pictures were all taken this weekend in Les Gets, and those at the bottom, today in Avoriaz. Temperatures were between minus 9 and minus 10 degrees C. The Chavannes Piste at the bottom, right next to the road and shops, just before lunchtime today:...

This morning it was between minus 5 and 6 degrees C, we took the pictures below, the video opposite is of the locals enjoying the ice skating before the visitors arrive, today: From close to the Yeti Cafe at around 11.00 today...

Ben Nathan - ISA qualified ski instructor - explains why Les Gets is the best resort in the world to learn to ski. Every resort is different to teach in, some favour beginners, some intermediates and some advanced skiers. Les Gets offers the best value, to those wanting to learn to ski, as it has pistes which support learning at every level of sk...