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Les Gets Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for Les Gets Ski Resort

Les Gets Ratings

Overall: 4.3. Based on 61 votes and 36 reviews.

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Snowsure: 3.8

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Les Gets is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.4

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Les Gets has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 3.6

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.8

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 4.8

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Les Gets

Public Transport: 4.3

  • There are no buses or taxis to Les Gets
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.6

  • No places to stay in/near Les Gets
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.7

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 4.1

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Les Gets

Ski in/Ski out: 4.5

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 4.5

  • There are no child care facilities at Les Gets
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 4.4

  • Les Gets relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 4.8

  • There are no snow groomers at Les Gets
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Les Gets are groomed daily

Shelter: 4.4

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Les Gets is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 4.4

  • If snow conditions are poor at Les Gets, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 4.1

  • Les Gets usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 4.7

  • The staff at Les Gets are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Les Gets are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.9

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.6

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.9

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 4.7

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.8

  • No intermediate terrain at Les Gets
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 3.7

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 3.8

  • Not even a kicker at Les Gets
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 3.8

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Les Gets
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 2.5

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Les Gets has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 4.6

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 4.6

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 4.2

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 3.4

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 4.0

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 4.4

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 4.5

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 4.3

  • Overall, Les Gets is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 4.4

  • Overall, Les Gets is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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November 07, 2008
John Cooper from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
What a top resort, a new bar opposite the Mont Chery telelcabine has just opened. The Dublin Inn is a great apres bar with live music had to mention it as the Landlord Jim and Kath are fab. Great resort for beginners and skiers of all levels, going back Xmas and new year, if you're there meet in the Dublin inn for a Guinness. John
February 10, 2008
Reg Roberts from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
We have just come back (10/02/08) from a fabulous weeks skiing at Les Gets. We stayed at the Hotel Stella which has its bar overlooking the main street so it's good for people watching. Food and rooms are fabulous. If you book at the Stella it is possible to arrange private transfer by their own minibus. We got a Les Gets/Morzine pass which we found enough but serious mileage merchants may want to get a full Portes du Soleil pass. Try Delavy Sport for good value ski hire. I have been to Val d'Isere and Val Thorens and found that all the natives at Les Gets, i.e. lifties, shop staff and mountain restaurant waiters are all a lot friendlier than the others. As for bars The Bush, the L'Ecurie and the Irish Bar they all deserve a mention in dispatches roll on Feb 2009 111.
November 25, 2007
m.b.haigh from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Now booked in Les Gets for the 5th time (Jan 08). The resort is a bit quieter than nearby Avoriaz and Morzine but bar Bush, Black Bear, and Boomerang all worth a visit for the Brits. You can take a local ski pass or one for the whole of the Port du Soleil. If you take the latter it becomes a massive ski area but to ski the far side we find it is best to travel to say Pre la Joux by car or bus (half hour) as it is some distance and you may get caught with closed lifts on your return! To sum up why we return; only 1 hour tranfer from Geneva (by car), lots of sun (when it snows in the village they clean up at remarkable speed!), and most important you don't seem to get ripped off in the bars!
March 21, 2007
Forester from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
7th visit to Les Gets and even in a poor season they try so hard. New 6 man lift is excellent. Another great year. Bar Bush still good (little bit too much football.) Keep your pass and build points every season. Can't wait for 2008.
October 22, 2006
Jon Blacklock from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
We took the family Ski-ing to Les Gets between Christmas and New Year '05/'06 to and it is quite frankly one of the best holidays we have ever had. Although we went with some friends who were very experienced, neither I, Rosie, or our two girls (Rebecca then aged 12 and Abigail then 8), had skied before and we were total beginners. Since we travelled Saturday to Saturday we would have had problems as the Ski schools went from Thursday to Thursday, so we took private lessons for not much more than Ski school. I can heartily recommend this approach to a party of beginners as it got us ski-ing the slopes very quickly and a guided tour around the pistes and by then end of the holiday both the girls and I were managing reds without too much drama. Our friends who have been to France and many Austrian resorts rate it very highly....so good in fact we are going back in February 2007.
January 31, 2006
Bapu from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
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.
January 25, 2006
Andrew Kerr from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just back again from Les Gets the week before Christmas when we had fanatastic snow and fantastic weather. Brought a group of young people out from 7 to 16 and they had an amazing time. One young boy of 11, who has been skiing every year said on the second morning as we went up the Charniaz chair in the sparkling sunlight watching the twinkling stars of the snow crystals "This is the best day of my life." Only last week he said again "This is the best place I've every been." Wonderful for families, beginners & intermediates. Always had great snow. And advanced skiers have lots to keep them busy with the PDS or a trip to Grand Massif or Chamonix withing easy reach too.
January 05, 2006
stuart Dalglish
I have worked in les gets and also been a guest and Have skiied the whole of the porte du soliel. I found the resort fantastic with a great nightlife. The boomerang and bar bush are the best for apres ski. The best chalet company has to be SKI BLUERIDGE these guys know how to entertain and also pamper there guests. They also offer ski guiding and airport transfers so you dont have to go to the large companys to look for package deals. the best thing about les get is how close it is to all major ski resorts and italy is only an hour or so away for the more adventurous of skiier who wants to go heli skiing. Les gets your simply the best. Stuart Dalglish
December 16, 2005
andrew kerr from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Les Gets is quite simply the most wonderful village we have ever skied in as individual adults or as a family or as a group of all ages. The people are abnormally hospitable and helpful.The skiing is first class.The snow is almost always fantastic. And the views - stunning, majestic, breathtaking - here you are surrounded by the glory of the Creator. Oh, and of course it is really convenient, within easy reach of the delightful towns of Annecy, Chamonix & the Historic City of Geneva. Not to mention Italy & the Bernese Oberland being a stones throw. Please come and see for yourself.
December 27, 2004
David from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Les gets is a gem of a resort balancing old world charm with serious lift systems and access to well groomed, varied pistes. It is [erfect fopr families with the main runs all naturally filtering back to the town and the majority of pistes gentle to moderate. After dark the resort has a wealth of restauarants and bars with the Moose Bar and the Irish Bar, great fun. the best restaurant in town is undoubtedly the Tyrol with its open fire cooking. Sure it is not the highest of resorts but it is grass based and needs very little to fully open. It's locality to Mont Blanc and the fact it sits on the first major Col going up tooards Avoriaz, it's higher Portes Du Soleil brother, means it gets much more snow than equivalent altitude resorts. Best place to stay for the independent traveler? The Nagano Hotel. Self Catering, B&B or Half Board flexibility and a great pool and spa.