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Ski Areas in Morzine & the Portes du Soleil

The Portes du Soleil ski area is vast with 650km of piste and offers something for everyone. Comprising 14 resorts over France and Switzerland, the lift system of 209 lifts allows skiers and borders to freely enjoy this winter adventure park.

Chatel Linga Ski Area

The Ch�tel Linga section of the Portes du Soleil is accessed via the TS Chaux Fleurie out of Linderets. The Secteur is really two distinct geographies whereby Linga sits immediately the other side of the Col du Bassachaux ridge line. Ch�tel sits a little further down the Vall�e Abondance and is the only broken section of the Portes du Soleil requiring a short bus ride to reach it.

Linga offers some excellent terrain, a mixture of blues and reds but no blacks. However, some of the reds are extremely steep and are a challenge to more advanced skiers. Initially there is a choice of four reds dropping down to Plain Dranse. If you are heading onwards to Combe then take the red to skiers right, Les Voraches, which drops you to the bottom of the TS de la Chaux-Ros�es lift. The other three reds run further down the hill converging into one red run - Les Rochassons. A green also runs in the same direction but the red is fairly tame, both lead to the TS Pierre Longue which will return you to Plaine Dranse ready for onward exploration.

There is a red and two blues from the top of the TS de la Chaux-Ros�es; La Perdrix Blanche, Les Blanchots and Les Blattins. The former is a fantastic canyon style run, with lots of little off piste excursions possible. All run, to a certain extent, under the lift line of the TS de Cornebois which will return you to the top for another go return you to Plaine Dranse for the trip home.

Continue further afield towards Ch�tel using the TS des Combes lift. From here you can do a top to bottom super steep long drop all the way into Villapeyron down the red Le Linga which turns into the Stade du Slalom near the bottom. For those a little less inclined to super steep reds then there is a blue cat track to the edge of the steeper sections of red run and a full scale blue from the two thirds point � La Leiche.

If you have been repeating any runs at this point then you will not have time to explore further into Super Ch�tel. To do this you will need to head straight there and it is only really an option for fast skiers who do not take breaks. Catch the bus at Villapeyron for the 10-20 minutes or so into Ch�tel itself. Walk across the square and briefly uphill to catch the TC Super Ch�tel; there are multiple blues, reds and blacks in the area. However even the fastest of skiers will not have time to hang around long if they are not to miss the lifts home and require a very expensive taxi back to Morzine. A couple of runs and you will need to be heading back to Linga.

last updated 18-Feb-2008

Steep & Deep Runs in Chatel Linga Ski Area

Secteur Linga offers up some great terrain, notable among it is a couple of very steep reds dropping many multiples of meters. The best is the run into Villapeyron from the top of the TS des Combes, the Le Linga. This is super steep at the top for a couple of kilometers before slackening into super fast turns near to the village.

For bumps try the black run Les Renards closer to Plaine Dranse which is accessed via the TS de la Chaux-Ros�es. This is a wide, mostly, and very long run of varying gradient � super steep in places. Best of all is that the moguls are such that you can get a nice rhythm going.

last updated 6-Feb-2008