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 Les Gets / Morzine Area 
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Post Les Gets / Morzine Area
Les Gets and Morzine share their ski area. You can roughly divide it into 5 main areas

Les Gets Chavannes Slopes

This is the home run back to Les Gets. Half way up is the beginner's area with a magic carpet. Also on this face is the Grand Cry, an area of the mountain dedicated to children only. It is themed around trappers and Indians, and has 2 drag lifts along with totem poles, snakes egg and all sorts of other things for the little skiers.

The Good:
Home run is a surprisingly good run and pretty quiet in the middle of the day.

The Bad:
Very busy at the end of the day, and can get quite moguled later on too.
Les Gets Bowl

This is the first main area out in Les Gets. With five lifts all radiating out from the bottom of a gentle gradient bowl, this a a perfect intermediate skier's playground. The runs are mostly reds and blues, with one black. There's plenty of off piste tree runs between the marked runs for the more adventurous, mostly funnelling back onto the slopes at the bottom. The red run "Melezes" leading off the right hand side of the bowl is a great run and well worth a go, though watch out in early and late season as it goes quite low.

The Good:
Lots of gentle off piste tree runs.
La Rosse'taz Restaurant (at the top of La Rosta Chair lift), that's definitely my favourite restaurant in Les Gets ski area.
Views of Mt Blanc from the top of La Ranfolly Lift

The Bad:
Morning ski schools can make it busy.
Chamossiere and Point de Nyon

These are the 2 biggest hills at the back of the area, providing some incredible views. They hold the best snow and have some great off piste on both. Watch out though for the cliffs and avalanches on these steeper slopes. Usually this area is quieter and with the best snow it's well worth a look.

The Good:
Quiet
Great off-piste
View from the top of Chamossiere is possible the best in the Alps.

The Bad:
Watch out for lift closing time or you will end up in Morzine for the Night!
Morzine Pleney Slopes

This north facing area looks over Morzine village. It's made up of wide blues and reds, great cruising territory.

The Good:
Wide, even gradient blues and reds

The Bad:
The blue runs can be a bit busy with ski schools in the morning
This is the lowest part of the area, so early and late season snow can be inconsistent at the bottom.
Mont Chery

This lone standing hill is Les Get's hidden secret. It is on the other side of the village from the rest of the skiing and as such is not discovered by many. It houses 7 lifts over mostly red and black slopes, with a park including rails, jumps, boarder-cross and a jib-district. This place is always quiet and a great bet for first lines.

The Good:
Always quiet!
For lunch with an amazing view try the restaurant at the top of the bubble up.

The Bad:
Snow on run home can be thin in late season as it's south facing (you can always bubble down though)


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