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Winter 24/25 ski season build up

featured in Snow Report Author Caro Blackwell, Destination Editor Updated

The ski season is upon us, and the excitement is building! Snow is falling across the Alps, and early winter forecasts are looking promising. We can’t wait to keep you updated with the latest snow reports from Avoriaz throughout the season.

Here we are back for another season and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the winter ski season. It's getting colder in the resort with hard frosts now and we’re seeing good snowfall this week all across the Alps down to around 1000 metres. 

The high peaks are taking on that majestic freshly snow clad look once again and the pisteurs are out there preparing the slopes. Check back here weekly for the latest snow and weather report.

PRE-OPENING NEWS

Due to the great early snowfall, Avoriaz will partially open the weekend of 30 November/1 December - check social media for full details and below for live lift staus info.

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First snow

The first snow has arrived in Avoriaz with more forecast this week. It's going to be really cold this week with temperatures down to -11°C at 1000m and around 50 - 70cm of snow is expected down to about 1000m, over the next few days.

While you are waiting to get out here, we’ve had our ear to the ground to bring you What’s New in Avoriaz this winter and have been updating our site to bring you the news from Avoriaz this winter.

Avoriaz is well known for great events and music festivals and this year is no exception. The season kicks off with Rock on Snow for the opening weekend. During the season you’ll find a Freeride World Cup qualifier event. As Well as the legendary Rock The Pistes and Snowboxx events. Full details of all the events for Avoriaz this winter are on our events calendar.

Have you got your ski pass yet? There are still early bird deals out there.

Snowy pic above from the Avoriaz centre station webcam today - not much to see there…but you get the idea!

Avoriaz opens on 13 December 2024 with Rock on Snow and goes right through to the 21 April 2025. Plenty of time to come and enjoy the white stuff!

Here's a quick check list to prepare for your winter ski holiday - check all the links below, we've got you covered.

If you head to the bottom of this page, you can see live forecasts, lift status, links to webcams, real time photos from Avoriaz. We will be updating this snow report page every Thursday from mid December, so check back in with us to see how the pistes are doing and what you can expect from the snow forecast each week.

We need you!
If you're in Avoriaz this week, we want to see your images, especially videos, of what you've been up to. So when you post to Facebook or Instagram, please tag us @SeeAvoriaz #SeeAvoriaz. Every week, we'll be posting our favourite videos and images here and sharing on our social media, along with our weekly resort snow report.

We'll see you on the pistes very soon.

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