Event Previews & Reviews from Morzine

From tough endurance challenges to speedy mountain sprints…it’s time to go bike crazy! 

Murray Buchan a skier who grew up on the finger-snapping plastic of Edinburgh's Hillend made a choice to ski rather than play rugby and hopefully that choice will take hi to an Olympic medal.

Chris Froome won his third Criterium du Dauphine race yesterday as the race came to a conclusion in Superdévoluy.

Through the Savoie and the Haute Savoie, husky-dog mushers from the twelve or so different countries worldwide will be competing during a 2-week effort race over 1,000 km and over 25,000 m of cumulated positive difference in altitude.

Les Gets bike park always opens a few weekends before the lifts are open full time for the summer season and this year's dates have just been announced.

February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.

Dom Harington is a Halfpipe Snowboarder from Leeds who has missed the last two Olympics due to injuries after winning the Europa Cup Halfpipe. Sochi is probably his last chance to be part of the Olympics and he's giving it everything he has.

With just over three weeks left of the summer season, there are still plenty of things going on to keep you entertained in and around Morzine.

As 15,000 people cycled the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2016, from Megeve to Morzine in the Etape du Tour on Sunday, the drama of the actual race was unfolding in the Pyrenees.

You'll be able to find something for everyone to enjoy, from family friendly fun to wild apres ski parties, markets, live music and ski shows by one of the local ski schools.

March has arrived and there's still plenty going on in and around resort to keep you entertained once you've come down off the mountain.

The Relentless Freeze Festival did exactly what it said on the tin and those not wearing their ski jackets could be found with teeth chattering, huddled around the vin chaud stand wrapping themselves in a fruity alcoholic blanket.

It seems like only yesterday that we were talking about snow sports, dump alerts and all things winter. Now, the weather is turning and we’re quickly heading towards summer and one of the busiest months in the Portes du Soleil calendar. The eyes of the world will fall on Morzine and Les Gets throughout June as some of the most prestigious sporting events head our way. It’s most definitely a month “not to be missed”.

There's plenty going in in Les Gets & Morzine this week, as summer has arrived and most of the bars & restaurants are now open.

The snow is falling and it looks like March is going to be a bumper month in the Portes du Soleil.