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Les Gets, France

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Les Gets summary

Les Gets is a small, friendly resort that offers a good mix of slopes in its own right. However, Les Gets is part of the Portes du Soleil ski area (in the Haute Savoie region) which is huge. This will keep everyone happy and you can village hop for lunch. In total, there are over 650 km of piste to explore. However, it must be noted that this area lies on the fringe of the Alps at a lower elevation than most resorts. As a consequence, snow cannot be guaranteed and the season is somewhat shorter. The town is partly car free and traditional in style. There are plenty of places to eat and drink and the party can continue late into the night, if desired. Les Gets has 65 groomed trails that can be accessed by using the 53 lifts; 5 of these are gondolas. There is a terrain park at Les Gets and cross country skiing over 18 kms.

Resorts close to Les Gets include: Montriond (5 km), Morzine (6 km), St Jean d'Aulps/Espace Roc d'Enfer (8 km), Praz De Lys Sommand (8 km), Avoriaz (9 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 65	Halfpipes: 1
	Summit: 2002 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 39% Int: 48% Adv: 13%	Terrain Parks: 1
	Vertical Drop: 830 m	X-Country: 18 km
	Lifts: 53 (22 chair lifts, 26 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: 20%
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 5	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 38	Acres of ski: 791
	Bars: 6	Nearest Airport: Geneva
	Nearest Train: Cluses	Info phone: +33450758080 \| Les Gets Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Les Gets

Bapu from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

We went to Les Gets the week after New Year (this year-2006). We had no fresh snow all week, but the 7 days of sunshine more than made up for that. Unfortunately all the off-piste was tracked-out by the time we got there, but the pisted runs are varied enough to keep you entertained for a week and are generally well groomed.
We bought the Les Gets/Morzine pass this time as opposed to the PDS pass. I think it's about £40 cheaper or thereabouts, and that gives you access to plenty of runs across a big area. Unless you want to spend the week on chair-lifts doing the PDS circuit then I reckon it's the best thing to do (Avoriaz is worth going to for the day though, if you get bored of the local area.) As for Les Gets, the runs down to La Turche and over the back of Mont Chery are particularly worth doing. As is the Chamoissiere bowl.
The mountain restaurants, though are a bit hit and miss, some serving good/reasonable food at reasonable prices, some not so good and some expensive. But I have eaten much worse in other French resorts but generally they're okay and mostly clean.
The scenery is spectacular, with views across to Mont Blanc and wonderful tree-lined runs all over the place.
The resort itself is very friendly and very French, and has a welcoming feel. The main street is closed to traffic in the evenings and there are always other things going on - husky racing, paragliding, ice-skating and more. The in-town restaurants are okay. The Tirol is friendly, with huge portions, but you do pay a fair old whack for it (50 euros a head for us.) I'd always advocate going with a decent catered chalet firm; cheaper in the long-run.
I'd certainly go again and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants plenty to do on the mountain coupled with a friendly and attractive resort.

2006-01-31

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