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The Portes du Soleil ski area links 12 resorts in both France & Switzerland, alternating all the fun of skiing between the trees with the immensity of wide-open slopes.

During the winter, the St Jean d'Aulps offers 34 km of downhill ski slopes around the wonderful Roc d'Enfer with beautiful views of Lake Geneva with magnificent views and unspoilt skiing. The beautiful village is a sociable resort where you can also practice snowshoe trekking, paragliding and sledging. Saint Jean d'Aulps also benefits with a ski bus link towards the other ski resorts of the Portes du Soleil.

There are different types of ski passes available either for a specific resort or full area passes, late risers, families, pedestrians, beginner skiers, special promotions and of course free skiing for children under 5 years or adults over 75.

The mountains are alive with activities as you would expect from skiing, snowtrekking, sledging, tobogganing, ice-skating or scuba diving under ice its your choice. In both the winter and the summer, St Jean d'Aulps offers a nice liveliness, and the events program are available each week at the Tourist Offices for all villages and towns in the Portes du Soleil.

An ideal winter destination, as is just a short hour transfer from Geneva airport. It is an ideal winter and summer destination in the Alps, and is just a short 1 hour transfer from Geneva airport.

Map of Stjeand'aulps
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Vallee map
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Vallee daulp magazine
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Pistes St Jean d'aulps
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Pistes Portes du Soleil
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Accessibility
Cars are not necessary as there are local buses providing excellent travel service around the resorts. However there is parking on the driveway for 3 cars.

Outside
Great landscaped gardens to enjoy barbecues either on the terrace or lawns. Ideal and safe for snow play or sledging weather permitting. Wooden garden furniture available for you to enjoy alfresco dining.

Skiing
Chalet Revive is about 5 minute drive to the local ski resort La Grande Terche and is about 10 minutes to all Portes du Soleil ski stations including, Morzine, Les Gets and Avoriaz. Or if you prefer the local bus service, a two minute walk from the chalet to the bus stop can take you all resorts.

The Portes Du Soleil is the largest linked ski area in the world, and is made up of 14 French and Swiss resorts in the Alps. It boasts some 650km of piste in the winter along with over 300km of marked mountain bike trails in the summer. Perfect for all ages and abilities. 107 Draglifts, 83 Chairlifts, 10 Bubbles, 4 Cablecars, 39 green runs, 111 blue runs, 108 red runs, 28 black runs, 3 halfpipes, 10 snowparks, 4 bordercross, 694 snow cannons and ski instructors to help you explore this immense winter sports area.

Piste map L’Espace Roc d’Enfer (plan des pistes saint jean d aulps)

Piste map Portes du Soleil (plan des pistes portes du soleil)

Golf
For the golfing enthusiasts, there are courses at Les Gets and Avoriaz and the international course at Evian is just 40 minutes down the valley. Chamonix, just over an hour away, boasts a spectacular course.

Mountain biking
With 380 kms of mountain trails to bike on and chair lifts to get you started, the area has become well known for its terrain. Many events are hosted here, including the World Cup Downhill in Les Gets and the Avalanche Cup in Morzine. Mountain bikers can use these courses throughout the summer, along with the other courses in the Portes du Soleil. There is also the Free Raid which is available for all to enter in early summer. This is a race for the all round riders (downhill and cross country) which takes you all over the area.

Cycling
The Tour de France passes through Morzine regularly and the local mountain roads provide testing routes for the enthusiast.

River Activities
The River Dranse is well known for its water activities. White Water Rafting and Hydrospeeding (floating down the river headfirst with a float) There is also canyoning available for those who want to test their nerve, jumping into rock pools and abseiling off bridges and waterfalls.

Other Activities
Horse riding, summer luge, tennis, ice skating, crazy golf, fishing, devil carting and mountain boarding.