Les Portes du Soleil ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Les Portes du Soleil is a ski area in Abondance, Haute-Savoie, France. Its 855 mapped downhill runs add up to 409 km, which ranks it #2 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 4.6% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 479 m long.

Slopes at Les Portes du Soleil

About 59% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 33% intermediate and 6% advanced or expert, which makes Les Portes du Soleil a good choice for beginners and families. 15.7 km (4%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 194 lifts: 76 chairlifts, 54 button lifts, 31 drag lifts, 11 gondolas, 9 magic carpets, 6 t-bars, 5 rope tows, 2 cable cars. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 920 m up to 2,249 m, a vertical drop of 1,329 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 41.2 km of nordic trails.

Getting to Les Portes du Soleil

The nearest airport is Geneva International Airport (GVA), about 49 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 3 min by car; Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) is 59 km away. Nearby ski areas include Avoriaz (81.5 km), Abondance (10.0 km), Espace Liberté (102.6 km) and Les Gets-Morzine (95.1 km), which together add 338 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.