How Do You Ride from Morzine to Morgins?

Morgins is the mysthical bikepark one everybody's seen a video of and heard rumours of the worlds best berms but a lot of people never actually make it there.  Not because it's hard to ride, but because it's a proper mission to find, and the signposting between here and there ranges from vague to non existent. So here's the route, junction by junction. Print it, screenshot it, do what you like with it. (Please note that these directions are the best way at the time of writing but may change! We take absolutely no responsibility if you end up in a field in Switzerland wondering where it all went wrong.)

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Is it easier to drive to Morgins?

Its important to note that, Arguably yes it is easier to drive to Morgins than ride from Morzine. It takes roughly 1 hour to drive there from Morzine. Meaning you can leave early, arrive in time for first lifts and also ride untill the lifts close rather than having to leave early to catch those last lifts.

Dont have a van, no worries! We offer Morgins day trips from Morzine. A private day trip will set you back £480 for 8 riders and bikes, we also offer shared day trips for smaller groups starting from £45 per person. Find out more info on Morgins day trips here >>

If you prefer a alpine adventure/explore then carry on reading below for how to get from Morgins to Morzine.

How Do You Ride from Morzine to Morgins?

Start early, Allow a full day and pay attention at every junction. To put it simply: Morzine > Linderets > Mossettes > Morgins and then back again, but theres more detail on this below.

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Why Morgins Is Worth the Faff

The trails are built and looked after by the Champéry crew and they are seriously good. Fast, properly shaped epic berms, wild in places, and with enough range that you're not stuck riding one grade all afternoon.

Best bit though is how quiet it is and how this keeps the trails in such good nick. You can be having laps on some of the best built trail in the Portes du Soleil with about four other people on the hill, on a week where Super Morzine has a queue. That's the trade you're making for the time it takes to get there.

Getting There: Morzine to the Mossettes Lift

Start with the Super Morzine gondola out of the village, then the Zore lift on top of it to get you to the high point.

From the top, head right and drop down the Green run towards the Proclou lift.

From the top of Proclou, drop down into the Les Linderets valley but stick riders right the whole way down (blue trail) towards Mossettes Lift.

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Over the Border: Mossettes Down to Morgins

The Mossettes lift is a long old ride up to 2400 metres and the French Swiss border. Take a minute at the top, because the view up there is one of the best in the whole area and you'll want the photo.

Out of the lift station the fire road goes left and doubles back under itself, follow this down and for aa few hundred meters down this road. Don't bomb this part but take it easy as a fire road goes left  and doubles back under the lift.  Easy to miss.

First Junction, go left. Follow the fire road down for a lonnnnng old descent way up until to you hit the farm.

From the farm go left again following VTT signs.This eventually turns into a tar sealed road that will take you into the centre of Morgins.

Head down to the centre of town where you will see the gondola on your right side!

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How Do You Get Home from Morgins?

Not the way you came, unless you fancy going back over a mountain. The sensible route home is road and bus, and it works like this.

From the bottom of the gondola, turn left, heading uphill. Follow that main road out of Morgins up and over the French/Swiss border towards Châtel. You'll climb for about 15 minutes to pss border control, the gradient eases off, before you descend the road past a lake, and then it rolls down into Châtel town.

Make your way to the central square by the church and wait for the bus to the bike park. It's free and takes about 20 minutes. (If you can't find the square, there's a tourist office on the same road and they've clearly answered this question a few thousand times.)

From the bottom of Pré-la-Joux, take the two lifts up and ride down into Lindarets. You don't have to take the lift out of Lindarets either. Roll through the goat village, down the road to Lac de Montriond, have a swim if the day's been hot enough, then pedal the flat road back into Morzine.

What Time Do You Need to Leave?

This is the bit that catches people out. The whole way home hinges on you getting up Châtel bike park before the last lift, which in recent seasons has meant being there by half four. Make sure you leave Morgins with plenty of time we'd reccomend no later than 3pm!

Check the day's actual lift times before you set off, because they shift through the season and a 20 minute difference is what separates a great day out from a very expensive taxi. Our lift pass page has the current info here >>.

Do You Need a Guide for Morgins?

You don't, and plenty of people ride it off a description like this one and get there fine. But it's the single most common day for people to get properly lost on, and the failure mode is expensive.

If it's your first go, or you've got a group where one wrong turn means six unhappy people, take someone who's ridden it fifty times. Our guides do this route regularly and know which junctions have changed since last summer. Guiding and coaching here >>.

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Morgins is a big  day outwith a lot of traversing and exploring, so it's an enduro bike day rather than a downhill bike day. If you're hiring, an enduro is £95 a day with a helmet chucked in, and it'll do this route and every other day of your week happily.

Sorting a week out here? Have a look at our Morzine MTB accommodation here >>, or get in touch with our friendly team and we'll help you build the week around days like this one.

Still deciding what to bring? We've covered what bike to bring to Morzine in detail.

See you on the trails,
Bike Morzine