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Les Gets

Ski resort · France

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Les Gets is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
6 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
7 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
0°C
Wind
3 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
0°C
Wind
3 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
0°C
Wind
5 kn

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
2°C
Wind
6 kn

Tue 10 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
3°C
Wind
9 kn

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 8 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 30, poor
  2. Wed 40, poor
  3. Thu 50, poor
  4. Fri 60, poor
  5. Sat 70, poor
  6. Sun 80, poor
  7. Mon 90, poor
  8. Tue 100, poor

The resort in three facts

  • Top 1,985 mvillage 1,163 m
  • 95 km of runsevery grade
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

Avalanche danger 1, low (Météo-France bulletin, 3 Nov).

Forecast and score for each day at Les Gets
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Tue 3Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-2°Cwind, 3 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 6 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 7 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°Cwind, 3 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°Cwind, 3 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°Cwind, 5 knots
Mon 9Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°Cwind, 6 knots
Tue 10Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m3°Cwind, 9 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. Snow depth starts from today's reading at Les Collines, 2022 m. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best Feb–Mar

Good ski days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov0of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. Dec3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

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Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase1,163 mMid1,574 mTop1,985 mColdestat the top
Novnonenone0.1 m-5°C
Dec0.4 m0.5 m0.8 m-8°C
Jan0.8 m0.8 m1.3 m-10°C
Feb1.0 m1.0 m1.5 m-8°C
Mar0.8 m1.0 m1.6 m-5°C
Apr0.3 m0.7 m1.4 m0°C
Maynonenone0.6 m3°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

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About Les Gets

Village 1,163 m.

A ski resort with its village at 1,163 m and its top at 1,985 m. It has 95 km of runs and 45 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 1,001 m, from 1,985 m to 984 m. For beginners and families: 58% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 5 km of black, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: a public pool, an ice rink, a ski school and childcare. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in March, about 1.6 m at the top (1,985 m). For skiers the best months are usually February and March, with about 6 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Les Gets. Within 5 km we also list 1 ski resort, 1 kayak spot, 2 climbing areas and 1 mountain bike area.

Les Gets is a commune in the department of Haute-Savoie, in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, southeastern France.

The village's first single-person chair lift was opened in 1938 with the first chair lift on Mont Chéry in 1954.

From the Wikipedia article Les Gets by Wikipedia contributors, shortened by us. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The ski area

Runs from 984 m to 1,985 m: 1,001 m of vertical. 95 km of runs and 45 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Les Gets-Morzine. It links to Les Portes du Soleil, about 409 km of runs in all.

Runs
Beginner (green)7.8 km
Easy (blue)47 km
Intermediate (red)35 km
Advanced (black)5.1 km
Not graded0.1 km
Lifts
Gondolas and cable cars4
Chairlifts23
Drag lifts13
Magic carpets5

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area: Data from OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Skimap.org, Who's On First, © Mapterhorn.

For families

58% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a public pool: Espace Aquatique de Morzine, 4.5 km
  • an ice rink: Morzine Stadium, 4.2 km
  • a ski school: École de Ski Les Gets 360, 0.3 km
  • childcare: Ecole Maternelle de Morzine, 4.4 km

The Family filter counts these. Places from the Overture Maps Foundation, from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and AllThePlaces. Foursquare data © 2024 Foursquare Labs, Inc., Apache 2.0. Check opening times before you go.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,710–US$3,010 each

about US$1,710–US$3,010 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to ZRH, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$490–US$1,020
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$268–US$450
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Lift pass5 days at about US$87 a day, country averageabout US$369–US$503
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$174–US$289
Totalabout US$1,710–US$3,010

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

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Les Gets

1 min by car · 72 places to stay

about US$101/nightcountry average

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About Les Gets its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$101 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 45m

About 17h 45m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ZRH, direct, then 4h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.