Les Gets: Chavannes for The Cruising Skier
Enjoys blues and easy red runs, taking a relaxing lunch in mountain restaurants, enjoying the views and spending time with friends.
The Les Gets/Morzine area has an abundance of lovely flowing blues and easy red ski slopes and it’s wonderful to stop off at the many mountain restaurants for a coffee, lunch or vin chaud along the way.
After warming up on the first day, some of our suggestions include:
Recommended ski runs for Day 2
Take the Ranfolly Express lift and ski down the blue Tulipe run to the Les Gets Bowl in the morning (via the Violette run). It’s steep at the top and in the afternoon moguls can form, but then it opens up, becoming very wide and flowing. It’s easy to pick up speed here, so we suggest it for day two onwards, once the ski legs are back. A couple of runs on the Tulipe followed by lunch is a good option. On the right hand side, half way down the Tulipe, is restaurant Le Wetzet, one of our favourites.
At the top of Ranfolly Express lift, follow the Gentiane blue run onto the Choucas blue run leading to the Charniaz area, or ski down a little further and turn right on Bruyère blue run and join the amazing golf area and Les Folliets. Numerous blue runs are available here (Crocus, Chardon Bleu and the area of Pleney, a wonderful playground of blue runs in the trees, connecting to Morzine). We recommend you the following restaurants in the area: Le Vaffieu, a mountain brasserie at the top of Les Folliets lift, and the charming Les Mouilles restaurant, for a lovely sweet snack on the piste with a crepe and a vin chaud, on Pleney side.
…or take the new Cyclamen piste: an amazing piste in the pine trees leading to the Les Gets lake and the bottom of Chavannes area in the village.
The options are endless, but we’d like to share a last one with you. From the Les Gets Bowl, take the Grains d’Or lift and turn right by Renardière blue run - half way down follow the direction of La Turche by Vorosse blue Run. Then, half way down the piste on the left, the restaurant La Païka offers the perfect place for a hot chocolate or a grilled lunch on the terrace.
Top tip - If drag lifts are not your favourite forms of transport, we recommend continuing to ski right of the Chateau drag lift and join the Perrières area, then down by the Les Trembles blue run, join the fast Perrières Express lift and head back into the Les Gets Bowl for a couple of runs.