Les Portes du Soleil
About the area
Les Portes du Soleil is above all a cruising area. Of the roughly 410 km mapped, 59% is green or blue (243 km), with 171 short easy runs sitting right next to a lift base and 10 magic carpets for first turns – good news for beginners and families. Intermediates get the biggest share: 135 km of red pistes across a network the lift companies advertise as 650 km. Experts should temper expectations: only about 23 km counts as black, expert or freeride (6%), including 1 km of marked freeride, and the longest vertical on a single run is 693 m.
The area spans 920 m to 2,249 m, so the lower slopes rely on snowmaking, of which there is 16 km. Lift access is strong: 195 lifts, including 13 gondolas and cable cars, which means small children can avoid chairlift loading. The longest run measures 6,714 m. There are also 41 km of cross-country trails and 1 km of floodlit piste. The 2025/26 season runs from 20 December 2025 to 19 April 2026.
At a glance
- Pistes
- 410 km · official 650
- Lifts
- 195 · official 200
- Altitude
- 920–2249 m
- Vertical
- 1329 m
- Runs
- 852
- Longest run
- 6.7 km
- Biggest vertical on one run
- 693 m
- Snowmaking
- 16 km
- Night skiing
- 1.3 km
- Cross-country
- 41 km
- Magic carpets
- 10
- Gondolas & cable cars
- 13
- Bubble/heated lifts
- 14
- Nursery runs at lift bases
- 171
Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.
Official sitePistes by difficulty
- Green37.9 km
- Blue205.1 km
- Red135.3 km
- Black21.8 km
- Black (expert)0.3 km
- Freeride0.9 km
- Unclassified9.0 km
Lifts by type
- 76Chairlift
- 54Button lift
- 31Drag lift
- 11Gondola
- 10Magic carpet
- 6T-bar
- 5Rope tow
- 2Cable car
Official facts
Read on the resort's official pages; each value links to its source.
- Official piste km · 2026/27
- 650
- Official lift count · 2026/27
- 200
- Official piste map · 2026/27
- PDF / map
- Season closes · 2025/26
- 2026-04-19
- Season opens · 2025/26
- 2025-12-20
Who should come here
Who should come here
Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.
Beginners
yes
- · 59% of pistes are green/blue (243 km)
- · 6% are black/expert/freeride
- · 10 magic carpets for first steps
- · 171 short easy runs next to a lift base
Families
yes
- · 10 magic carpets
- · 13 gondola/cable-car lifts (no chairlift loading for small kids)
- · 16 km with snowmaking
- · a base right at the lifts
Experts
with caveats
- · 23 km black/expert/freeride (6%)
- · longest vertical on one run 693 m
- · 1 km marked freeride
Best forbeginnersfamiliesintermediatesbig areacross countrynight skiing
Where to stay
Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.
Avoriaz
ski-in / ski-outmain base
walk to the lift · 186 m
Also covers the districts: Les Prodains, Le Crot aux Chiens, Le Char, En Ly
Châtel
walk to the lift · 103 m
Morgins
walk to the lift · 107 m
Les Folliets
walk to the lift · 161 m
Les Crosets
walk to the lift · 184 m
Champéry
walk to the lift · 203 m
Champoussin
walk to the lift · 284 m
Les Gets
walk to the lift · 390 m
Also covers the districts: Les Chavannes, Les Grands Champs, Le Château, Les Perrières, Les Putays, Les Pesses, La Culaz, La Charniaz, Les Pérys, Les Lanchettes, Les Hôtellières, Le Rocher, Les Nants, Les Plans, Gibannaz, Le Pontet, Le Plan des Chenus, La Massouderie, La Villiaz, Les Longues Poses, Les Cornuts, La Vouagère, Le Grand Pré, Borget, Le Crinaz, La Combe, La Ragia
Morzine
walk to the lift · 403 m
Also covers the districts: La Grangette, La Grange, Le Rocher, Les Grangettes, La Croix, La Mernaz
La Valletaz d'en Haut
walk to the lift · 579 m
La Chapelle-d'Abondance
walk to the lift · 599 m
Also covers the districts: Le Clos, Passengué, La Batelle, Chez les Thoules, La Côte, La Panthiaz, Le Riz, La Ville du Nant
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps
walk to the lift · 1405 m
Also covers the districts: Le Crêt, Le Moulin de la Perry
Les Covagnes
walk to the lift · 134 mOSM score 70
wide choice of places to stay
Ardent
walk to the lift · 151 mOSM score 60
Les Lens
walk to the lift · 284 mOSM score 69
Le Cornet
walk to the lift · 1010 mOSM score 38
Abondance
walk to the lift · 4011 mOSM score 87
Torgon
ski bus · 2548 m
Sub-areas
France · French Alps
Espace Liberté
BeginnersFamilies
- km pistes
- 103
- lifts
- 52
- m
- 994–2094
France · French Alps
Les Gets-Morzine
BeginnersFamilies
- km pistes
- 96
- lifts
- 45
- m
- 984–1984
Switzerland · Valais
Champéry – Les Crosets – Champoussin – Morgins
BeginnersFamilies
- km pistes
- 83
- lifts
- 32
- m
- 1059–2144
France · French Alps
Avoriaz
BeginnersFamilies
- km pistes
- 81
- lifts
- 40
- m
- 1163–2249
France · French Alps
Roc d'Enfer
BeginnersFamilies
- km pistes
- 22
- lifts
- 16
- m
- 947–1792