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Avoriaz

French mountain resort in Haute-Savoie

Field	Value
name	Avoriaz
picture	Avoriaz (6).jpg
caption	Avoriaz Resort
location	Morzine, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
nearest_city	Geneva, Switzerland
coordinates
pushpin_map	France#France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes#Alps
pushpin_relief	y
top_elevation	2466 m
base_elevation	1100 m
skiable_area
number_trails	51 (Avoriaz) 283 (Portes du Soleil)
longest_run	6 km
liftsystem	34 (Avoriaz) 219 (Portes du Soleil)
terrainparks	4
snowfall	8 m
snowmaking	200 cannons
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Avoriaz (, ) is a French mountain resort in the Portes du Soleil in the French commune of Morzine, on a shelf above the town of Morzine.

Cars are forbidden in Avoriaz; transport includes horse-drawn sleighs and snowcats during winter.

One of the principal owners of Avoriaz is the tourism and real estate development company Pierre & Vacances.

Resort history

Around 1965 former French downhill olympic champion Jean Vuarnet planned a new skiing area on the north side of the Hauts Fort mountain and the Fornet-bowl.

Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival

Main article: Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival

For twenty years, from 1973 to 1993, Avoriaz was host to the Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival (French: Festival international du film fantastique d'Avoriaz), a film festival mainly devoted to science fiction and horror movies.

Tour de France

Avoriaz has hosted a stage finish of the Tour de France 7 times.

References

"PRONONCIATION du nom des villages de montagne". arpitania.forumactif.com.
http://www.grande-traversee-alpes.com/je-voyage/par-la-route/la-route-des-grandes-alpes.html {{Webarchive. link. (2010-02-06)
Visseyrias, Mathilde. (8 September 2009). "Pierre & Vacances s'agrandit à Avoriaz". [[Le Figaro]].
(1 July 2009). "Avoriaz in Portes du Soleil in France offers summer alpine golf". Worldgolf.com.
http://pistehors.com/backcountry/wiki/Haute-Savoie/Avoriaz-History {{Bare URL inline. (August 2025)
Overview of the winners of the festival: https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Avoriaz_Fantastic_Film_Festival/
Historic overview of Tour-stages: http://www.letour.com/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_07.pdf/{{Dead link. (September 2018)

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