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Things To Do in Avoriaz

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The main draw for people coming to Avoriaz in winter is, of course, skiing and snowboarding in the vast Portes du Soleil area, with 426km of pistes spread across 12 different ski resorts in France and Switzerland.

Find loads of top tips and local insights in our Avoriaz Activities Guide.

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Outdoor Ice Rink

Location
Avoriaz

Located in the centre of Avoriaz is the outdoor 'patinoire' or ice rink.

Interior at Le Strike Roc, Avoriaz

Le Strike Roc Bowling Bar

Location
Avoriaz

Le Strike Roc Bowling Bar in Avoriaz is a year-round destination for fun, food, and friendly competition. During the off-season, the venue welcomes guests from Monday to Friday, 12pm to 2pm and 6pm to 10pm, and on Saturdays from 4pm to 10pm, including public holidays and May bank holidays.

Village Igloo Dinner, Avoriaz

Village Igloo aperitif and dinner

Location
Avoriaz

A dining experience like no other! A spectacular and unique 200m2 ice grotto, bar, restaurant and mini hotel in Avoriaz, where you'll enjoy a typical Savoyard cheese fondue or aperitif in a unique setting.

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Horse drawn sleigh taxis

Location
Avoriaz

Avoriaz is a completely pedestrianised resort, no cars, vans or lorries. The best way to travel around, especially if you have little ones or lots of luggage is by horse drawn sleigh.

Night Sledging, Avoriaz

Night sledging

Location
Avoriaz

Stick on your head torch and enjoy the sledging down the pistes at night.

Val Heliski,

Heliskiing/boarding

For backcountry adventures, this independent company operates in and around the following three heliski destinations: Valgrisenche, The Courmayeur Valley and the Col de Petit St Bernard Pass. They have pioneered 32 drop zones within these three broad valley regions giving you a huge choice of terrain, snow conditions and mountain orientation to ensure you have a day best suited to your ability and preferences.

Man on snowmobile

Avoscoot Snowmobiling

Location
Avoriaz

Snowmobiling can be a fun, fast, snowy activity. Starting from Avoriaz resort, outings start from 17.30 to midnight, giving you free range of the snow and the Alps.

A group of people are riding snowmobiles down a snowy road

Snowmobiling

Location
Avoriaz

When the pistes and lifts are closed in Avoriaz, you can still hit the slopes after dark on a snowmobile.

Val Heliski,

Helicopter tours

Location
Bourg-Saint-Maurice

A fantastic way to see the resort with your friends and family and a great way to entertain any non-skiers in your group.

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Hydrospeeding

Location
Avoriaz

This is an amazing activity where you can have fun on the river, suitable for good swimmers from 14 years and above.

Evening Snowshoe & Dinner adventure, Morzine

Evening snowshoe and dinner adventure

Location
Morzine

Discover the wintry mountains on foot and enjoy an evening meal in a mountain refuge or igloo. 

rafting down a white water river

Whitewater rafting, near Avoriaz

Location
Avoriaz

A selection of exhilarating rafting excursions to suit all abilities.

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Paragliding

Location
Morzine

See Morzine and Avoriaz from the air with a thrilling tandem flight where you can take in the stunning scenery and even do some aerobatics.

A person is hanging from a rope over a waterfall

Canyoning

Location
Morzine

Fancy diving, swimming, sliding, abseiling and discovering how the water dug its paths along the river and the rocks? Canyoning is for you!

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Snowshoeing

Location
Avoriaz

Get to know the mountains at a steady pace while being guided by high mountain instructors.

Plongee Sous Glace, Montriond

Ice diving

Location
Montriond

Montriond Lake (1064 m) is the third largest lake in Haute Savoie, after Lake Geneva and Lake Annecy. Its maximum depth is 19m to a maximum length of 1320m and a maximum width of 235m.

image of some children in the tree top adventure in Nyon

Cascade Aventure

Location
Morzine

This is an adventure company based next to the Nyon waterfall in Morzine.