Christmas Chalets in Avoriaz

France · Christmas week 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026 · Updated

We list 9 Christmas chalets in Avoriaz, France, sleeping from 3 to 14 guests. Where we have checked a chalet for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026), its card says whether it was available and what the week cost. Further down is the snow measured in Avoriaz on Christmas morning since 1996.

2 chalets available for Christmas week when we checked on 12 October 2026, from £14,550 for the week.

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A car-free, ski-in/ski-out resort that is our pick in France for young families.

Christmas week 2026 in Avoriaz

Avoriaz holds its Christmas Eve show on the Dromonts slope: a torchlit descent, Father Christmas arriving, then fireworks. Free to watch.

What happens in Avoriaz on Christmas Eve?
The tourist office's Christmas show is on 24 December on the Dromonts slope, behind the tourist office. The ESF ski instructors make a torchlit descent (the tourist office asks people to gather from 6:30pm), the show with the arrival of Father Christmas runs from 7:00pm to 7:30pm, and it ends with fireworks. It is free. The tourist office also describes a Christmas village with a candy bar and snowman workshops. Its page did not yet give 2026 details when we checked on 25 September 2026.Source: Avoriaz tourist office, Christmas in Avoriaz
When do the Avoriaz lifts open for Christmas 2026?
Avoriaz had not published its 2026/27 dates when we checked on 25 September 2026. Last season the Avoriaz ski area opened on 12 December 2025 and the wider Portes du Soleil on 20 December 2025, so Christmas week fell inside the season.Source: Avoriaz tourist office, Ski area opening hours and times (2025/26 season)
How far is Avoriaz from Geneva airport?
85 km. The Avoriaz tourist office puts the drive from Geneva at about 1 hour 25 minutes, by Cluses or Thonon-les-Bains. Avoriaz is a pedestrian resort, so the car stays in a car park for the week; the tourist office lists the car parks and the sleighs and snow vehicles that carry luggage.Source: Avoriaz tourist office, Come to Avoriaz

Checked on 25 September 2026 against the sources linked above. Resorts can change their dates and programmes, so check the resort’s own site before you travel.

Quick answers about Christmas in Avoriaz

Is there usually snow in Avoriaz at Christmas?
In most years, yes. At the Avoriaz weather station at village height (1,768 m, 1.4 km from Avoriaz), there was at least 30cm of snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 25 of the 25 years measured since 1996; the thinnest was 32cm in 2022. Avoriaz scores 62 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. That is how often there has been snow, not a forecast: conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them.
What is Christmas actually like in Avoriaz?
Very good, and unusual. Because there are no cars and the whole resort is on snow, Christmas in Avoriaz has a self-contained, slightly storybook quality that families remember. The architecture is aggressively 1960s and not to everyone's taste, but the atmosphere is warm.
When is Christmas week in Avoriaz this season?
For Christmas 2026, Christmas Day is a Friday, so the Christmas week runs from Saturday 19 to Saturday 26 December. Most chalets in Avoriaz are let by the week, so that is the week to search for.
Winter in Avoriaz
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Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

Chalets in Avoriaz you can book now

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Getting to Avoriaz for Christmas week

Each link opens a live search for 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026, flying into Geneva, one of the usual airports for Avoriaz. Prices and availability are on the partner’s site. Planning the flights, chalet and car hire.

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    Kiwi.com · return, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026 · any London airport; change it on Kiwi.com

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    Expedia · collect and return at the airport, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

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Chalets in Avoriaz

On 12 October 2026 we checked 3 chalets here for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026): 2 were still available on Booking.com, from £14,550 for the week.

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Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

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Avoriaz is built on a cliff edge above Morzine and no cars are allowed in it. Luggage arrives by horse-drawn sleigh, children can be let out of the door onto snow, and the entire resort is arranged so that you ski home rather than walk. For a family with small children that combination is close to unbeatable.

The skiing is part of the Portes du Soleil, a vast cross-border circuit linking twelve resorts in France and Switzerland. It is intermediate terrain in the main, with an excellent snowpark and the notorious Swiss Wall for people who want to frighten themselves.

Christmas in Avoriaz

Very good, and unusual. Because there are no cars and the whole resort is on snow, Christmas in Avoriaz has a self-contained, slightly storybook quality that families remember. The architecture is aggressively 1960s and not to everyone's taste, but the atmosphere is warm.

Our Christmas atmosphere rating: 4 out of 5

If you are not skiing

Modest. Avoriaz is compact and there is an aquatic centre, but a non-skier will want to take the cable car down to Morzine for a change of scene.

Christmas Snow Score

62/ 100

1,800m2,466m

Usually reliable

62 out of 100 — normally open at Christmas, with more of the lower runs depending on the year. The strongest factor here is the measured Christmas snow record. At least 30cm of snow on the ground on 25 of the last 25 Christmas mornings at the Avoriaz station (1768 m). Scored on 85% of our inputs; the rest are still being verified. Snow in the Alps varies from one December to the next, and no resort can promise cover on a given week.

What went into it

Measured Christmas snowAt least 30cm of snow on the ground on 25 of the last 25 Christmas mornings at the Avoriaz station (1768 m)
25% weight100
Village altitudeThe village sits at 1800 m and loses its snow first
20% weight67
Top of the ski areaThe skiing reaches 2466 m, and high ground holds cover in a thin December
15% weight25
Glacier accessNo glacier
8% weight0

Still to verify: snowmaking coverage. These carry no weight until they are sourced, so the score is calculated across the 85% we hold.

The Christmas Snow Score compares resorts on how often there has been snow on the ground on Christmas morning, measured at weather stations over the last thirty years, with altitude, snowmaking and glacier access. It describes how reliable a resort tends to be, not what the snow will do this year — Alpine conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them. How the Snow Score works and how the resorts compare

Resort figures from the source we checked on 22 September 2026.

Snow on Christmas morning in Avoriaz

How much snow was on the ground on 25 December, each year since 1996, measured at the nearest weather station. This is what the resort’s Christmas Snow Score is built on.

In the village: Avoriaz, 1,768 m

1.4 km from Avoriaz. At least 30cm on the ground on 25 of 25 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 85cm; least 32cm in 2022; most 180cm in 2011.

No reading since 17 April 2026; this station reports in the snow season.

0cm100cm200cm1996: no reading1997: no reading1998: no reading1999: no readingChristmas 2000: 63cmChristmas 2001: 35cmChristmas 2002: 55cmChristmas 2003: 85cmChristmas 2004: 75cmChristmas 2005: 73cmChristmas 2006: 38cmChristmas 2007: 118cmChristmas 2008: 111cmChristmas 2009: 85cmChristmas 2010: 110cmChristmas 2011: 180cmChristmas 2012: 162cmChristmas 2013: 51cmChristmas 2014: 50cmChristmas 2015: 38cm2016: no readingChristmas 2017: 112cmChristmas 2018: 53cmChristmas 2019: 140cmChristmas 2020: 110cmChristmas 2021: 106cmChristmas 2022: 32cmChristmas 2023: 100cmChristmas 2024: 108cmChristmas 2025: 84cm30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at Avoriaz, year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
202584cm
2024108cm
2023100cm
202232cm
2021106cm
2020110cm
2019140cm
201853cm
2017112cm
201538cm
201450cm
201351cm
2012162cm
2011180cm
2010110cm
200985cm
2008111cm
2007118cm
200638cm
200573cm
200475cm
200385cm
200255cm
200135cm
200063cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by Météo-France (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0).

How Avoriaz compares with the other resorts we measure: the Christmas Snow Report.

Compare Avoriaz for Christmas

Common questions about Christmas in Avoriaz

How high is Avoriaz?

The village sits at 1,800m, and the lift-served ski area reaches 2,466m. Altitude matters at Christmas because high ground holds snow in a thin December; the measured Christmas record on this page shows how that has played out year by year. Figures checked on 22 September 2026 against the source listed on this page.

Is Avoriaz good for families at Christmas?

Avoriaz is one of the better family choices we cover. The beginner terrain is good, which matters with children. It also does Christmas itself well, which children notice. This is our editorial judgement rather than a measurement, and the resort page explains the reasoning.

Can a beginner learn to ski in Avoriaz at Christmas?

Yes — Avoriaz has good beginner terrain. One thing to weigh at Christmas specifically: nursery slopes are usually the lowest terrain in a resort and so the first to be thin in December. Here, that is worth taking seriously in a poor December.

Which airport do you fly into for Avoriaz?

The usual arrival airports are Geneva (GVA). Transfer times swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week, so treat any published drive time as a minimum and ask your transfer company for a figure they will stand behind.

Can I book a chalet in Avoriaz through this site?

We list 9 chalets in Avoriaz, but we do not take bookings ourselves: we are not a travel agent and we take no bookings or payments. We link to partners who do, and the links on this page go to their live Christmas availability. If you book through one we may earn a commission, which does not change your price.

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