Morzine Summer


The warm summer months make Morzine a popular destination for
active family get-aways, MTB biking, climbing and hiking holidays.

Our accommodation is Morzine town centre giving you the perfect access to all the activities on offer, many of which our resort manager Tamsin can pre-book for you.

Morzine Summer Activities:

 

Summer Multi Pass

We are one of the few operators who can offer our guests the option of the fantastic Multipass! These passes are much sought after in the summer months as they are incredible value for money - the pass only costs a Euro a day and is perfect for any size of group who want an active holiday!

As there are so many activities on offer during the summer, we feel that it is worthwhile to consider a Portes du Soleil Multipass – available from 12th June to the 12th September (This may change from year to year, these are the 2010 dates)

With the pass you get access to:

  • 10 tennis courts
  • 2 ice rinks
  • 5 swimming pools and 2 swimming lakes (which give you a very cleansing feeling!)
  • 21 summer chair lifts, giving you access to 650km of the Portes du Soleil’s stunning walking paths
  • Tourist trains and inter resort buses 

And those are just some of its benefits!

It also gives you discount on many of the activities that are found below. 

 

On Two Wheels

 Mountain Biking 

Mountain Biking is without doubt the main attraction during the summer months. The Portes du Soleil area is vast, offering a staggering 650km of marked out trails for bikes, catering for every level of experience from the complete beginners to the Freeride pros.

During the summer, there are 24 lifts open, which give access to all of the 650Km of bike trails the Portes du Soleil offers. All of the lifts are specially equipped to carry bikes and passes, like the winter, can be purchased for any duration between ½ days to a season for the Portes du Soleil, aswell as local passes for Morzine which are also available. 

There is also the Pass Portes du Soleil (for the brave/mad!) which is held on the last weekend of June. It offers people the chance to discover the Portes du Soleil in one day…!

Should you like the sound of all of this but won’t be able to bring a bike with you, fear not, as there are plenty of shops around Morzine to cater for all of your needs. We recommend FB Freeride for bike hire…

We also recommend Torico Morzine for bike hire, they have a great selection of bikes for all standards and budgets. MSC guests also receieve 5% dicount on all rentals!!

Road Biking

Morzine is regularly visited by the Tour de France and subbsequently has some infamous routes, such as the Col du Joux Plane and the Col de la Ramaz on it's doorstep.  The Portes du Soleil area is a road bikers heaven, offering the best of the French Alps it has plenty of torturous hill climbs and exhilarating descents, with the odd valley path thrown in - a certain level fitness and madness is recommended!

 

Wet and Wild

White Water Rafting

Take on the River Dranse and its rapids! But don’t worry, it’s not too bad! Suitable for families with children over the age of 8, it is a great day out! 

Hydro Speeding

Hydro speeding may best be described as an alternative way to descend the rapids! You have a wetsuit, a personal floating ‘toboggan’, and that’s about it! Well, maybe a steady nerve will help!

Canyoning  

Canyoning involves, climbing, abseiling, sliding and swimming down river canyons, so you can imagine it is for the brave! You do have a helmet and harness however, aswell as a qualified instructor so you are in safe hands! A must do for water enthusiasts! 

Swimming

Morzine has super swimming facilities; a 50 meter out-door Olympic swimming pool, an outdoor children’s pool, and a baby pool complete with slides and fountains.  The swimming complex is surrounded by beautiful lawns where you can catch some rays! Also on site is a large waterslide, which has a separate pool to ‘gather’ the people who choose to shoot down it!  For rainning days the new indoor swimming pool is due to open before Summer 2011.

 

High in the Sky

Climbing

There is no shortage of climbing in Morzine, given its location in the heart of the Alps! The Rocher de la Chaux has around 80 routes catering for all rock climbing levels and is close to Morzine. There is also an artificial climbing wall in the Palais de Sports for those who maybe don’t fancy the high stuff!

Via Ferrata

Kind of like an extreme assault course, a Via Ferrata is a mountain route equipped with ladders, bridges, stemples and cables along the way, and combines the disciplines of climbing and scrambling but without the need for your own ropes! Guides are essential and we recommend you check out the French grading system to see what suits you given your experience!

Parapenting

Parapenting is essentially running off a mountain with a winged parachute behind you and you fly/float down to the ground! Get fantastic views of Morzine from high above – you take off from a mountain behind the village! Beginners will have a qualified instructor tucked in behind them to guide you down, so you are in safe hands! You will just need a head for heights…

The ‘Fantasticable’ 

They should have maybe included the words ‘for the fearless’ in its title, as this zip wire runs for 3km from the top of the Chaux Fleurie lift in Chatel and over the Plaine Dranse, at speeds of up to 100kmph, at heights of 250 meters above the valley! Oh yes, and you go down head first…

Tree Top Adventure Courses

These three adventure park offer family fun in the trees, perfect for your cheeky monkeys! Skip through the trees by swinging on ropes, abseiling, rope bridges – kind of like Tarzan! Two of the 3 courses are for people above 135cm in height and one is specifically for children between 110 and 135cm! 

 

And a Little More Grounded

Hiking / Treking / Walking

The French Alps are any hikers dream, offering challenging yet highly rewarding routes. There are plenty of books and maps available locally detaling walking routes in this particularly scenic part of the Alps.  Guides can be hired to take you on longer hikes that will leave you exhausted but strangely relaxed!  Enjoy the Alpine Flora and Fawna during your trek and (if you don't consider it cheating) you can stop into one of the many mountain restaurants which remain open over the summer months.

Golf

There are a host of golf Courses around Morzine, including the Royal Park Championship Course in Evian which is only a 40 minute drive down the valley. Closer to home there is an 18 hole par 70 course at Les Gets, an 18 hole course in Chamonix and a 9 hole par 36 course in Avoriaz.

Tennis

There are over 6 courts at the Palais du Sports.

Donkey Trekking 

Here’s one for the children! You guide your child’s donkey up to a mountain cheese making farm (don’t worry, you will have a group guide aswell!), where you will be introduced to cheesemaking and take in the views from the top!

Paintball

Get pumped up with adrenaline and go fight it out in the 100 year old forest that borders the Dranse River!  Open to families but children must be 14 and over.

Skate Park 

Bring your board along and show your skills!  The Park is beside the Palais du Sports and free to use!

Wining and Dining

For a reasonably small town Morzine offers a big selection of restaurants and bars.  There are also a number of fast food shacks around the town, serving up crepes, pizzas, burgers… after all, following a days hard activities you'll deserve some calorific delights!