Les Gets, France

The ski resort Les Gets is located in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais (or Wallis), and here you will find most of what you need to know about Les Gets. The season in Les Gets normally starts in mid December to end April.

Les Gets is open for skiing right now and the slopes currently have a reported snow depth of 50 centimeters. Today, 30% of the lifts and 27% of the slopes are open.

In Les Gets you will find 165 lifts with a lift capacity of 250776 passengers/hour. There are 580 kilometer of groomed pistes in total, divided into 310 kilometer blue pistes, 210 kilometer red pistes and for the more experienced skiers, 60 kilometer black pistes. Many lifts and slopes belong to the whole ski area Les Portes du Soleil - Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets/Châtel/Morgins/Champéry which Les Gets is part of, but you have access to everything. The vertical drop is at most 1269 meter and the highest served area by the ski lift system is at 2254 meter. Here you can also find some really long pistes, the longest one is 6 kilometers.

For those of you who like to ski in the dark, there is also the option of night skiing in Les Gets. For snowboarders or the more adventurous skiers, there is also access to a fun park, as well as a halfpipe facility.

If you have family members or others in your party who are not interested in down hill skiing, there are cross-country skiing tracks available at a total length of 600 kilometers. If you want to take it a little more leisurely one day and get a nice winter experience, you can go out and hike. In Les Gets there are prepared trails for winter hiking.

Airports close to Les Gets

If you fly to Geneva International Airport you will get really close to Les Gets, as the distance between the airport and the ski resort is only 44 kilometers. Because of the short distance, the transfer time is shorter and the cost is normally lower than when there is a big distance. Other alternative airports that are possible to fly to are Aix Les Bains, Chambery (84 kilometers distance), as well as Belp, Bern (105 kilometers from the ski resort).

Closest ski resorts to Les Gets

Not far from Les Gets is the ski resort Morzine, the distance is only 4 kilometers. Close by you also find the ski resorts Montriond at a distance of 5 kilometers, and Praz de Lys-Sommand, 7 kilometers from Les Gets.