Winter Sports
Situated above St Jean D’Aulps village, St Jean D’Aulps station is part of Les Portes du Soleil, (‘the gates of the sun’), a large region of 14 linked ski resorts between Lake Geneva in Switzerland and Mont Blanc – the largest ski area in the world, covering 14 valleys and offering a colossal 650 kms of pistes.
The local ski area is called ‘Domaine Roc d’Enfer’ and consists of a total of 21 slopes between St Jean d’Aulps and Bellevaux suitable for beginners through to expert skiers. The link between these 2 resorts is called the Roc d’Enfer circuit. This circuit of 20 kms offers magnificent views and unspoilt skiing. The pistes offer a good variety of varied skiing and in particular large areas of skiable off piste terrain. This tends to remain unskied days after the larger resorts are tracked out. As part of the Portes du Soleil, access to other ski areas is a short distance away. Morzine is a 10 minute drive and Les Gets 20 minutes. Probably the best access to the whole area is via Ardent – a 15 minute drive. A local courtesy coach also links the local ski areas.
In addition to Alpine skiing, other winter sports include: skating, tobogganing, under-ice diving, snowshoe trekking, cross country skiing, Husky sledging, Ski-Joëring, etc.
Winter in the Portes du Soleis is home to many other amusements. There is ice hockey in Morzine, local markets, cinema, 10 pin bowling and many music and art events. The swimming pool in Morzine is open all year round. Rock The Pistes showcases some great rock bands – performing on the ski slopes.
Much more information is available online.
St Jean D’Aulps Ski Area
Altitude: 950/1800 metres
21 slopes : 5 greens, 5 blues, 10 reds, 1 black
15 ski-lifts : 1 gondola, 5 chairlifts, 11 draglifts
Free buses : all season between Saint Jean d’Aulps village and the ski resort.
Balad’Aulps Bus : shuttle between Saint Jean d’Aulps Village and the other ski resorts of the Portes du Soleil.
