Les Gets is part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. I came here for a week long of skiing and snowboarding! I’ve come to realise that it’s better to ski in the Alps and snowboard in Asia just because of what the majority of people prefer doing. So I switched to skiing after the first 4 days 🙂
I got a ski pass that allowed access to Morzine which is the Swiss Alps – (https://en.lesgets.com/i-want/glisse/ski-map.html) and rented my gear from Berthet sports down at Les Gets Village right in front of the ski lifts.
My recommendations:
- Visit Les Gets Village and ski the area. Sometimes you can get lucky and they have various stalls, shows, ice sculpture and live music in the village, especially at night. If you get a super clear day, you can also see Mont Blanc from La Rosta or Le Ranfolly.
- Visit Morzine Village and ski the area. Moraine is lower down so the village may sometimes look more dull as the buildings are green and brown rather than covered with snow. They have a really fun ‘zoo’ path with animal sculptures and all the French names hanging.
- Try Tartiflette – a dish from Savoy in the Alps. It is made with potatoes, reblochon cheese, lardons and onions
- There are free buses or little trains that take you across Les Gets village to Mont Chery where you can also ski for the day. The lifts here are super old, so I wasn’t very keen but it’s still different slopes for the day.
- Take a walk at the Les Dereches Parc Morzine to see Shetland ponies! You can even ride them if you’d like.
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