Nightlife Previews and reviews in Morzine

It might have dumped over a foot of new snow overnight and we might be enjoying freshies as if it were January, but I have some harsh news for you. There’s just over a week of the ski season left in Morzine & Les Gets.

With 2 different music festivals, music on the pistes, to family friendly events, there's a lot going on this week!

After an amazing start to the Transition Festival with Dizzie Rascal in the Portes du Soleil, there is still more to come this weekend.

Well, that’s probably not true, but having had a huge tribe of mates staying in our chalet last week, après was obligatory. Every single day. And that got me thinking… there’s a brilliantly varied après scene in Morzine. Of course, that’s not news to me, and it’s probably not news to you either, but it does present us with a conundrum. With so much going on every single night, how the heck do you choose where to go? So here’s my seven night après planner!

The start of February sees the start of the school holidays in French ski resorts. We’re bracing ourselves for a huge influx of families over the next month which affects après activities in two ways. Firstly, it’s easier to get served at the bar. Second, it’s harder to get anywhere.

For quite a few months now I’ve been planning a Morzine hen night for my mate. ‘An easy job’ you might think - this is a ski resort after all. Well let me tell you, it wasn't easy but it was jolly good fun.

I may have been a loyal and useful après ski reporter thus far, but things have changed considerably in the last week. Well, since my last mammoth tried and tested après blog to be precise.

Despite a slow start to the snow this winter in Morzine it looks like Santa got our note. The forecast is for nearly a foot of fresh snow on the higher ground over Christmas and Boxing Day, Merry Christmas indeed.

Summer isn't over and there are a whole host of events to choose from.

So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Eaten lots of turkey, and skied many a run?

As I’m writing this week’s blog it‘s snowing from the heavens outside. Despite this, the Facebook invites to some closing party or another are starting to appear. It’s time to face the cold, snowy facts. Winter ’13 is almost over, regardless of the weather.

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.

When I moved to Morzine three years ago the only decent band on the apres scene were a 70’s funk and soul cover group called Funkadelique. They’d pack out every venue they played and although elements of the band would change now and then, you could always rely on Funkadelique for a good night out. Things are very different in Morzine these days!

You don’t have to go far to find romance in the Portes du Soleil - why not take a wintry walk by the river, enjoy a hot chocolate at the top of a mountain or sip a warming vin chaud under the stars?

Love is in the air on the streets and pistes of Morzine. It may well be half term but there’s plenty going on for couples in the resort this week. Here’s my favourite love bolt holes…