Finalist — World’s Best Ski Travel Agent to France 2025
PLAN YOUR LES GETS SKI HOLIDAY
Looking for the right stay in Les Gets?
Top Snow Travel can help you choose the right accommodation, village location, dates, transfers, ski lessons and extras for a seamless France ski holiday.
Choosing the Right Accommodation in Les Gets
Les Gets is in the Portes du Soleil, which is a vast ski area with 650km of slopes on both sides of the Frech-Swiss border. Les Gets shares its slopes with the neighbouring resort of Morzine. You can expect lots of tree lined runs, which make skiing here a pleasant experience in all weather conditions.
Most of the terrain around this part of the Portes du Soleil has gentle gradients, so it’s not too intimidating for beginners. However, there is plenty of steep off-piste if you’re willing to work for it. If you book an instructor or guide, they may take you to the tree runs on Mont Chery, the mountain opposite the main part of the resort. Due to its steepness, Mont Chery is more suited to intermediate to experienced skiers and snowboarders.
The lower family-friendly slopes are long, wide and not too steep, perfect for getting to grips with your first turns. The higher slopes offer a mix of blues and reds, with a handful of black runs. If you’re up for an adventure, get up early and complete the whole Portes du Soleil circuit, which takes you around the 12 resorts that make up the area.
Les Gets is one of the more polished resorts in the Portes du Soleil, thanks to its blend of modern but stylish buildings and well-preserved traditional chalets. Its layout makes for an easy ski holiday, especially if you have kids. But there are lots of fun après ski bars, and great restaurants to choose from too. You can expect many traditional-style restaurants, but there are also some fantastic fine dining options and even an Aussie restaurant.
Another way that Les Gets makes life easy is its proximity to Geneva airport. It’s just 81km away, so you can be at your accommodation in an hour and a quarter.
Les Gets can be an excellent choice depending on your dates, group profile, skiing level and accommodation expectations. If you are still exploring options, browse our French ski resorts page to discover more of the resorts we recommend across the French Alps.
Les Gets is a beautiful year-round traditional mountain village with cosy little wood and stone chalets at the foot of the mountains.
It is part of the 2nd largest ski area in the world: Les Portes du Soleil (600km of runs) with 286 slopes (34 green /119 blue / 101 red / 32 black) as well as 30 Snowparks, Skicross and Boardercross!
Les Gets is one of the best family-friendly ski resorts in the French Alps, perfectly suited for beginners with its gentle, flat and cruisy runs and is great for tree skiing.
Beginners! Families looking for gentle cruising runs for beginners and intermediate only.
This ski resort is not ideal for the hardcore skier wanting to shred on some black runs.
Les Gets ski resort is great for those wanting the convenience of being close to Geneva airport and skiing in the second largest ski area in the world – Les Portes du Soleil.
Les Gets is a real authentic French village open all year round, and so appeals to people looking for a traditional mountain village atmosphere with cute little chalets dotted around the foot of the mountain.
There are no wide open bowls here but skiers looking for some beautiful tree skiing will be fulfilled.
Another good thing about a low altitude ski resort is it doesn’t get as cold for the children and allows for skiing in the forest which is perfect on white-out cloudy or windy days.
Les Gets has plenty of winter activities such as ice skating, snowshoeing, paragliding, dog sledding, bowling, tobogganing, snowmobile rides, husky dog sledging, ski joering and even has a mechanical music museum and cinema. Surprisingly for a family-focussed ski resort village, there is a good selection of bars, restaurants and cafes.
Les Gets is 1hour 10min drive by private transfer from Geneva Airport.
It’s a 25min drive from Cluses train station, the closest train station in France to Les Gets.
Next winter, Les Gets Ski Resort is scheduled to open from December 12th 2026 to April 4th 2027.
There are 12 ski resorts in 2 countries (8 ski resorts in France + 4 ski resorts in Switzerland) which are part of Les Portes du Soleil ski area which include: Abondance (FR), Avoriaz 1800 (FR), Champéry (CH), Châtel (FR), La Chapelle d’Abondance (FR), Les Gets (FR), Montriond (FR), Morgins (CH), Morzine-Avoriaz, St Jean d’Aulps (FR), Torgon (CH), Val-dilliez Les Crosets Champoussin (CH).
Ski Information
Season
December 12, 2026 – April 04, 2027
Ski area
Village altitude: 1,170m
Les Gets has 120 kilometres of terrain, with 4 green runs, 26 blue, 29 red and 9 black.
Choose between two ski areas on either side of the village. Families usually head to Les Chavannes, which has special zones for beginners and is linked tocthe Portes du Soleil ski domain while Mont Chéry is favoured by more experienced skiers.
Linked ski area
Les Portes du Soleil (12 resorts, 2 countries, 1 pass): Abondance, Avoriaz, Champéry, Châtel, La Chapelle d’Abondance, Les Gets, Montriond, Morgins, Morzine-Avoriaz, St Jean d’Aulps, Torgon, Val-dilliez Les Crosets Champoussin.
- 600 km of runs in 2 countries (France & Switzerland).
- 286 Slopes: 34 green /119 blue / 101 red / 32 black
- 196 Lifts
Transfer time to Les Gets
- Geneva airport: 1hr 15min*
- Cluses train station (closest): 25min*
*Transfer time is approximate, by private transfer vehicle and subject to traffic, weather and road conditions. Shared shuttle/bus transfers have set departure times, take much longer to travel and don’t offer door to door service which is why we recommend & only book private transfers.
Activities & Location
Non-ski activities and experiences
Often on a family ski holiday, you will want other things to do that don’t necessarily involve skiing. Kids can’t always ski all day, but you will want to make sure that there is plenty of other things to do. Les Gets is very well geared up for providing non-skiing activities; here are some things you may want to experience.
See Les Gets From Another Perspective
Using the lift system while skiing and snowboarding is an excellent way of seeing the mountain landscape. For example, at the top of the Rainfoilly chairlift, there is a viewing platform giving you spectacular views of Mont Blanc. But, why not take in the views at a much more sedate pace?
Snowshoeing is an excellent way to take in the views. Les Gets has several marked snowshoeing routes. The tourist office has snowshoeing maps, but hiking up to Mont Caly is a favourite for an alternative view of Mont Blanc.
Alternatively, you can experience the snow-covered peaks and valleys from the air. Take a tandem paraglider flight to get the best-unobstructed alpine views in the French Alps.
How to get to Les Gets
Les Portes du Soleil ski map
Les Gets ski season STARTS in…
Les Gets Ski Resort Video
Les Gets is one of the best traditional family friendly mountain village in France. The gentle slopes surrounded by wooden chalets dotted across the mountains are perfectly suited for beginners and young families.
Watch this video to find out more…
Watch Video Now
