Special Opening
Exceptional Pre-opening Weekend!
Pre Opening
of ski area
the 6th and 7th December 2025.
Snow lovers and mountain enthusiasts, get ready for a warm-up before the official start of the season! This weekend, Avoriaz opens its slopes early, giving you a preview of the snowy delights that await you this winter.
*The list of open slopes and lifts is a bit further down.
Come back on the slopes
The snow conditions, along with the work of the SERMA teams, the company managing the ski lifts of Avoriaz, allow for an early opening of the Avoriaz ski area this weekend, December 6th and 7th, 2025.
Partial opening of the Arare, Chavanette and Lindarets sectors, as well as a connection to the Châtel ski area.
Special rates are available for this week-end.
- Single rates: €26.00 for a day pass and €48.00 for a weekend pass.
- 15% discount on Portes du Soleil skipasses
- Season passes are of course valid from the pre-opening!
👉 Get your ski pass online: https://www.skipass-avoriaz.com/en/winter/
See you this weekend!
Safety
With heavy snowfall throughout the week, snow depths are unusually high for the season and the snowpack remains very unstable. The avalanche risk is high and will remain elevated this weekend. Off-piste skiing is strongly discouraged.
Open ski lifts:
- Prodains cable car 8:45 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
- Lac-Intrêts chairlift 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Stade chairlift 9:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
- Fornet chairlift 9:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
- Choucas chairlift 9:15 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
- Tour chairlift 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m
- Ecoles draglift 9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m
- Ardent lift 8:45 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
- Prolays chairlift 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Chaux Fleurie chairlift 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Open slopes:
- Arare : Blue Arare / Blue Arare Snowpark / Blue du Lac / Tête aux Bœufs and Surf / Le Crôt (Les Prodains)
- Chavanette / Fornet : Blue du Fornet / Blue de Chavanette / Chavanette Round Trip
- Station : Skier’s Boulevard / Mélèzes / Écoles
- Snowparks : Beginner line next to Chapelle
- Lindarets : Crêtes / Combe à Floret / Covagnes / Grand Plan / Parchets
Ski maps of Avoriaz / Portes du Soleil
Ticket offices:
- Lower station of the Prodains cable car: 8:30 AM – 4:15 PM —> Locate the ski pass sales desks.
- Upper station of the Prodains cable car / Avoriaz Mountain Area administrative building — open from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. —> Locate the ticket offices.
- Central station ticket office: 8:30 AM – 4:15 PM —> Locate the ski pass sales desks.
- Ardent ticket office: PLEASE NOTE: as work on the lower station at Ardent is currently being completed, access to the ticket office will be difficult, so please purchase your tickets online. Top-ups are immediate, and if you do not have a hands-free card, a quick pick-up box for your pass will be available on site.
Previously purchased season passes are valid for the pre-opening.
Access to Avoriaz:
- Avoriaz center.
- Access to the ski area via the Prodains cable car.
- Access to Ardent Cable Car
The parking in Avoriaz, Ardent and the Prodains parking will be free for the occasion.
⚠️ Station traffic information:
- Overnight parking is prohibited in the station.
- Skiers will be directed to the covered parking lot (free for this event).
Find the list of shops open this weekend:
Tourist Office
During this pre-opening weekend, the Avoriaz Tourist Office will be open from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, on Saturday and Sunday. Our destination experts will be able to answer all your questions.
They can also be reached at 04 50 74 02 11 or at the following email address: info@avoriaz.com
You can stay informed about the resort’s news on our Instagram page and WhatsApp channel.
Ski area and maps
Avoriaz 1800 is located in the heart of Portes du Soleil, one of the largest cross-border ski areas in the world, where 12 French and Swiss resorts are interconnected.
Find the ski area maps
Find the ski area maps for Avoriaz as well as those for the Portes du Soleil ski area. Avoriaz is an integral part of two ski areas: The Avoriaz ski area: 35 ski lifts, 51 runs, 4 snowparks, 4 snowcross zones, The Portes du Soleil ski area: spanning 2 countries, 12 resorts, 196 ski lifts, 286 runs.
Prodains cable car
Located down in the Morzine valley, the Prodains Express cable car takes you to the resort of Avoriaz 1800 in just 4 minutes. You'll find an outdoor car park right next to the cable car.
Find the map of Avoriaz
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Rock On Snow
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