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Ski camp in Morzine-Avoriaz, Portes du Soleil

Morzine, FranceCESL4.9(355)

Dates: Feb 6 – 20, 2027
Duration: 8 days
Ages: 8–15

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$1,305

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An eight-day residential ski camp in Morzine, Haute-Savoie, for children and teenagers aged 8 to 15. The group skis five days on the Morzine–Les Gets pistes in the Portes du Soleil area, with two hours of instruction from French Ski School (ESF) instructors and the rest of the day on the snow with the animation team. The chalet stands in the centre of Morzine, 200 metres from the gondolas, and takes 55 children with one group leader for every seven.

Age

8–15 yrs

Language

French

Program type

Sport Camps

Accommodation

Cabin

About

About the Course

Five days of alpine skiing on the Morzine–Les Gets pistes, part of the Portes du Soleil, the largest linked ski area in Europe. Every participant is given a helmet. Two hours a day are spent with instructors of the French Ski School (ESF); the rest of the day is skied with the animation team, and star tests are taken and awarded at the end of the stay.

What’s Included

An eight-day residential stay for children and teenagers aged 8 to 15, run by CESL. Travel is by train and then coach. The camp takes 55 children with one group leader for every seven participants.

Accommodation

A traditional Morzine chalet in the heart of the village, with comfortable rooms of two to eight beds and full en-suite facilities. Three activity rooms are available to the group. The gondolas serving the Avoriaz–Morzine ski area are 200 metres from the chalet. Sandrine and Willy, the chalet owners, cook for the group.

Meal Plan

Full board is included in the tariff: four meals a day — breakfast, lunch, an afternoon snack and dinner. Meals are served at the chalet in the village of Morzine, where the group is accommodated.

Activities & Excursions

Alpine skiing over five days; town walks and outings; snow games and sledging; and an organised evening activity every day.

Facilities

The chalet has three activity rooms and full en-suite facilities in the bedrooms. Ski lifts are 200 metres away in the centre of the village.

Camp Experience

Morzine sits halfway between Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva and has kept its Savoyard character, a village among forests and summits. From the chalet the group reaches one of the best-known ski areas in France on foot, which is what the organiser built the camp around.

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Alpine Skiing in the Portes du Soleil

8–15 yrs

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Five days of alpine skiing on the Morzine–Les Gets pistes with a helmet for every participant. Each ski day includes two hours of tuition from instructors of the French Ski School (ESF); the rest of the day is spent skiing with the animation team. Star tests are taken and awarded at the end of the stay. The programme also includes town walks, outings, snow games and sledging, and an evening activity every day.

The school publishes instruction in hours, not in a weekly lesson count: two hours of ski tuition a day from qualified instructors of the ESF, the French ski school, across the five ski days, with the remaining time on snow supervised by the camp animation team. Because the figure published is sport hours rather than lessons, the weekly lesson count is recorded as none. Levels are assessed and star badges awarded at the end of the stay.

Alpine skiing on the Morzine-Les Gets domain, with a helmet for every participant and a lift pass for the whole area. Daily tuition is given by ESF instructors and levels are assessed at the end of the stay. Off the pistes the programme includes sledging, snow games, outings in the village and an evening activity every night.

Daily Schedule

Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30

Included items

24/7 supervision
Small groups

Excursions
Indoor Games
Winter Sports

Games area
Residence accommodation

Reviews

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CESL

CESL (Création Épanouissement Sport et Loisirs) is a French non-profit association, registered under the 1901 law, that has been organising residential holiday camps — colonies de vacances — for children and teenagers aged 4 to 17. The association is based in Paris and runs camps in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Canada across the spring, summer, autumn and winter school holidays. Programmes are led in French by a qualified animation team, with published staffing ratios for every camp, and cover snow sports, water sports, motor sports, multi-activity and discovery themes. CESL holds French tourism licence no. IM091100013 and youth-and-sports accreditation no. 075ORG1451, with financial guarantee provided by Groupama.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The camp is for children and teenagers aged 8 to 15, grouped 8–11 and 12–15.

CESL organises the journey by train and then by coach.

The gondolas into the Avoriaz–Morzine ski area are 200 metres from the chalet, in the centre of the village.

Two hours of each ski day are led by instructors of the French Ski School (ESF). The rest of the day is skied with the CESL animation team, and star tests are taken and awarded at the end of the stay.

The camp takes 55 children with one group leader for every seven participants.

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More about this camp

Morzine lies in Haute-Savoie, halfway between Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva, and is the gateway to the Portes du Soleil — the largest linked ski area in Europe. CESL, a French non-profit association running colonies de vacances for children and teenagers, brings a group of 55 children aged 8 to 15 here for an eight-day residential ski camp, with one group leader for every seven participants. Five days of the stay are spent on the Morzine–Les Gets pistes. Every participant is given a helmet. Two hours a day are led by instructors of the French Ski School (ESF), and the rest of the day is skied with the animation team; star tests are taken and awarded before the group goes home. Off the snow the programme has town walks, outings, snow games and sledging, with an organised activity every evening. The group stays in a traditional Morzine chalet in the centre of the village, in rooms of two to eight beds with full en-suite facilities and three activity rooms. The chalet owners cook for the group. The gondolas to Avoriaz and Morzine are 200 metres away. Travel from France is by train and then coach.

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