The single biggest mistake people make out here is just riding the main bike park trails from day one . You've got 600km of trails across two countries and six bike parks to get through, get out and explore!
Here's how the locals would reccommend spending six days riding.
What's the Best 6 Day Riding Itinerary for the Portes du Soleil?
Day one Les Gets for the green and blue flow, day two Super Morzine and Avoriaz, day three Le Pleney and Mont Chéry once your arms are ready for the steep stuff. Day four Châtel, day five over to Switzerland for Les Mossettes, Les Crosets and Champéry. Day six is Morgins, or your favourite all over again.
Why Morzine Is the Right Base for All Six of These Days
Have a look at a Portes du Soleil map and Morzine sits bang in the middle of it. That's the whole reason this itinerary works.
Les Gets is one lift away. Avoriaz is up the Super Morzine side. Châtel and Switzerland go out through Les Lindarets. Every single day on this list starts and finishes in the same location, with no packing or relocating required. Base yourself out on the edge of the circuit and two of these days turn into a slog before you've even scanned your pass.
25 bike friendly lifts, 6 bike parks, 2 countries, and you're sat in the middle of the lot.
Day One: Les Gets, Greens and Blues
Start easy. Head over to Les Gets and spend the day on the green and blue flow trails, which are machine built, fast, and about as friendly an introduction to alpine riding as exists anywhere. Take Le Pleney out of Morzine and follow signposts for Les gets, there is either the Chevreuil traverse track, or the new Charniaz lift and trails. Both will take you to Les Gets Bike park where there are 3 lifts to explore: Chavannes, Nauchets and Mont Chery.
This is your bearings day. You'll work out how the lifts run, how the trail grading actually feels compared to home (French blues have opinions), what parts you've forgotten for your bike. Take it easy and get warmed up, no body wants an injury on the first day.
Day Two: Super Morzine and Avoriaz
Up the Super Morzine side and on into Avoriaz. More of the same flowy machine built stuff, so your confidence keeps building, but with proper technical options sat right next to it when you fancy a look.
The scenery changes completely up here too. High and wide open, and it feels like a different mountain range to the trees you were in yesterday. Take the long way back home, Drop into Les Lindarets and head down through the goat village and back via Lac Du Montriond for a swim and a beer.
Worth paying attention on this day. Lindarets is the junction the rest of the Portes du Soleil hangs off, and you'll be back through it later in the week.
Day Three: Le Pleney and Mont Chéry, the Steep Ones
Now you're warmed up. Le Pleney is the trail everyone's heard of, and Mainline is a proper old school black, rooty, off camber and relentless from top to bottom. It will humble you on lap one and start clicking around lap four. Warm up on the fun flowy blues, ride mainline and the red, then test out the new "legal" black trails to finish off the day!
Mont Chéry over the back of Les Gets is the other half of this day. Steeper, rougher, far fewer people on it, and the one that separates the folk who like the idea of downhill from the ones who actually like downhill.
Two hills, both steep, and by tea time your hands will have opinions about it.
Day Four: Châtel
Châtel is just a few lifts away from Morzine. Head up Super Morzine, down into Linderets, up the other side and then you're there. Huge variety, loads of freeride and downhill tracks, and the sort of place where hours vanish and you couldn't tell anyone where they went.
Ride the famous Vink link for top to bottom, flow speed and jumps! Don't sleep on the epic Panoramic green track or the black DH trails!
Day Five: Switzerland
Head over to Lindarets and stay hard riders ride to the Mossettes lift. This epic long lift provides breathtaking views and access to Les Crosets and Champéry. Different country, different feel, different money in the till at lunch, and the day everyone talks about when they get home.
Two bits of hard advice. Start early, because you'll want plenty of time to explore the Swiss trails! You've only got to make it back to the top of Mossettes before the last lift to make it back to Morzine via Linderets, Lac Du Montriond and then a flat pedal homel
Day Six: Morgins,
Either ride over or book a day trip >> to ride some of the best berms in the World! Morgins has only 5 tracks but all of them are absolutely epic. Its not a trip to Morzine without visitng Morgins.
You can ride over to Morgins via Mossettes but it does take up quite a bit of your day which is why lots of people choose to drive or book a day trip >> t
What Six Days Actually Costs
The 6 day adult Portes du Soleil pass is £199 through us, which works out around £33 a day for every lift and every one of the days above. Lift pass prices here >>.
Bike hire is £95 a day for an enduro, £99 for downhill and £99 for an e-MTB with the helmet chucked in. An enduro bike will happily cover all six of these days, which is worth knowing before you commit to lugging a downhill bike through an airport. Bike hire here >>. Geneva is about an hour and a half away with transfers at £58 each way, so land Saturday afternoon and you're on the Les Gets flow by Sunday morning.
Ready to Book Your Six Days?
Get the dates and the beds sorted and this itinerary looks after itself. Have a look at our Morzine MTB accommodation here >>, or get in touch with our friendly team, tell us your group size and ability, and we'll tell you straight which of these six days your lot will actually manage.
Still weighing up where to stay? We've argued it out properly in Morzine vs Les Gets.
See you on the trails,
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