The Great Escape Morzine will be on Stand AT261 at the Outdoors Show at London Excel from Thursday 12th January through to Sunday 15th January 2012!
Why not come and visit us on our stand at this amazing outdoors show and find out more about our Alpine Road Bike Camps that we are running this summer 2012. We will also have information aboutour fun packed multi-activity adventure weeks and trekking holidays.
You will also get the chance to enter our competition to win a holiday for 2 people staying in a luxury catered chalet in Morzine for 7 nights either in the summer or the winter season. To find out more then please come along to see us on our stand at the Outdoors Show at London Excel.
Well we have been waiting and waiting but we have now been rewarded with lots and lots of snow in Morzine and Avoriaz. The weather forecast looks like it will be snowing all this week with heavy snowfall down to 700 meters on Thursday and Friday this week. Avoriaz is open all this week and then the whole of the Portes du Soleil opens on Saturday 17th December 2011.
We do not have much availability now over Christmas and New Year but if you are looking for a holiday in the snow then we still have our self catered apartment The Slalom 33 apartment located in the center of Morzine available for Christmas week (21st to 28th December) and a few rooms in our catered ski chalet The Alpine Refuge for New Year week (29th December to 5th January 2012). Please just drop us a line for more information and a great quote.
Why not take the family away this Christmas? We are offering some great ski deals in our self catered Slalom 33, Slalom 13 and Plagne apartments for Christmas and also during January 2012 for all of our apartments in Morzine.
Our Slalom apartments are located right in the centre of Morzine just 50 meters walk from the SuperMorzine lift and 100 meters walk from the Pleney slopes. Our Apartment Plagne is a real home from home apartment ideal for a family or small group of friends. Up to 20% off for Christmas week.
January Ski Deals – choose a week long stay in either our self catered Slalom 13, Slalom 33, Slalom 15, Penthouse or Plagne apartments in January 2012 and receive up to a 15% discount. Take advantage of quiet slopes and a good buzz in resort.
For more information then please just contact either Sam or Darren Woodley at The Great Escape Morzine.
To make a realistic and useful comparison, they compared the lift pass prices of 7 large European ski areas based on a 6 day lift pass for both adults and children when purchased directly from the ski lift operator in each resort, based on information provided directly from the tourist office in each area. Here are their findings:
Ski Area
Resort Features
Adult Lift Pass
Child’s Lift Pass
Les Portes du Soleil, France & Switzerland
Includes Avoriaz, Morzine and Les Gets – 650km, 288 runs, 3 parks, 209 lifts
216 euros
162 euros
Espace Killy, France
Includes Tignes and Val D’Isere – 300km, 137 runs, 2 parks, 97 lifts
230 euros
178 euros
Le Grand Massif, France
Includes Flaine, Samoens and Sixt – 265km, 133 runs, 1 park, 78 lifts
220 euros
170 euros
Les Trois Vallees, France
Includes Courchevel and Meribel – 600km, 293 runs, 2 parks, 185 lifts
240 euros
177 euros
Paradiski, France
Includes Les Arcs and La Plagne – 425km, 238 runs, 4 parks, 143 lifts
237 euros
178 euros
Arlberg Ski Circus, Austria
Includes St Anton and Lech – 260km, 134 runs, 1 park, 83 lifts
244 euros
142 euros
The 4 Valleys, Switzerland
Includes Nendaz and Verbier – 400km, 100 runs, 1 park, 95 lifts
292 euros
164 euros
It does seem that the Portes du Soleil does offer the best value for money when considering the size of area that it is on offer and the number of lifts that are available.
At a time when you want to make sure that you are getting value for your money, the lift pass associated with the wider area of Morzine does seem to be the best out there. Why not combine this with one of our ski deals to ensure that the money that you do spend is money well spent. For more information about our catered chalets and self catered apartments in Morzine then please contact us.
If you think that this could be for you too then please contact us for next summers Alpine Road Bike Camp in Morzine….and stay in our catered chalet in Morzine!
On the 30th July 2011, 12 very keen road bikers arrived at our Farmhouse la Desmeuniere in Morzine to join our Alpine Road Bike Camp 2011. The aim was to complete 6 days cycling over some of the worlds most famous climbs including retracing the stage 19 route of the Tour de France 2011. The week was a resounding success. The Road Bikers climbed over 11250 meters of high mountain passes over the course of the week and enjoyed the views and the sunshine of the French Alps.
To see photos of this fantastic week then please click on photo gallery.
We are already planning the Alpine Road Bike Camp 2012 alongside Nick Miles from UrbanFit so please email us for dates and further details.
People often think of climbing as a sport for adults and when I say adults I mean lithe, strong, very fit men with bulging biceps. However, rock climbing is a sport for everyone and if you start your children young enough then the fear factor is minuscule and they just go from strength to strength.
Morzine is a superb resort to get your children started. With some great beginner rock faces to start with and expert tuition available then what better place to commence scaling some rock. We took our 5 year old boy, Jack (see photo) for his first rock climb. Like most children of his age off he went with an abundance of energy and shot up the rock face. Then the realisation hit him that what goes up must come down!! Sitting back and trusting the rope was a whole other ball game and required – well lets just say some gentle persuasion. However, after a few abseils he learnt to trust the rope and was abseiling down fine by the end of the day.
Enjoy a climbing long weekend or week long holiday the The Great Escape in Morzine and stay in our beautiful 18th Century Farmhouse la Desmeuniere. So if your children are driving you up the wall this summer holiday then come to Morzine and get them scaling a different kind of wall!
We were pleased to welcome back the charity Link Leisure once again this year to a free holiday in our Farmhouse la Desmeuniere in Morzine. The group enjoyed activities such as white water rafting, climbing, caving and the adventure park.
Each year we run two free adventure weeks in Morzine. This year we welcomed Link Leisure – a charity supporting children & adults with a learning disability to build an enhanced quality of life through sport and social activities in the community.
In August we will be welcoming another charity – Caring Cancer Trust- who will be joining us for a fun-packed week of adventure in the mountains. The Caring Cancer Trust, as part of their Healing Holidays campaign, are coming to stay in our catered Chalet la Desmeuniere in Morzine. One of the aims of the Caring Cancer Trusts Healing Holidays scheme is to give children who have suffered from cancer the holiday of their young lifetime, helping to restore their self-confidence and passion for life after such a traumatic and tough period in their early life.
Without your support we would not be able to offer these holidays so a big THANK YOU for booking with us.
r stand at this amazing outdoors show and find out more about our Alpine Road Bike Camps that we are running this summer 2012. We will also have information aboutour fun packed multi-activity adventure weeks and trekking holidays.
