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Off Piste Hosting in Morzine Avoriaz

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Thursday was dumping down with snow throughout the day with the freezing level hovering around Morzine village level.

Over 18 inches of fresh snow fell on much of the mountain so I jumped at the chance of ‘ski hosting’ with a guest. Here is a very rough edit of some of the video from Friday…..

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Powder Day

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I managed to get up on to the mountain this morning under the guise of hosting/guiding. After a very wet day yesterday, powder wasn’t considered an option today.

Fortunately, we were very wrong indeed.

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Morzine Lift Pass – Value for Money

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Here at Custom Breaks we appreciate that skiing and snowboarding are expensive hobbies, and factors such as the price of a lift pass are an important consideration when choosing a resort. We often have guests “commenting” on the price of their lift passes and we usually reply with “compared to other ski resorts it’s actually quite cheap”. I had heard somebody else say this once but this year we have decided to find out exactly how true this is. Read more »

A Fantastic Time …

We had a fantastic time at Chalet Alice, this was our first time skiing in Europe and James and Frances made it extra special for us. If all chalet hosts are as good as them then catered chalets are the way to go!!!

The Martin Family.
Guestbook : Chalet Alice

Lovely is an understatement …

Lovely is an understatement, but that’s the word that kept springing to mind from the moment we arrived until we left. Special mention to Frances and James for their hospitality. It felt more like we were staying with friends at their own home than a holiday let.

Love and best wishes! The Taylors xxx xx x
Guestbook : Chalet Alice

Amazing Cakes

Thanks for an amazing holiday, James is an amazing skier, he took us out and Frances amazing cakes after a long day out.

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Guestbook : Chalet Alice

Hospitality was second to none …

We had an absolutely fantastic week at Chalet Alice with our friends. The chalet was great and the food too. James and Frances’s hospitality was second to none. Nothing was too much for them. They were more like our friends than our hosts!! Thanks so much for making our holiday an extra special one!!

Love the Cox Family xxxx
Guestbook : Chalet Alice

Fab week despite the crap snow …

Fab week despite the crap snow. Great food, flowing wine, good cakes and the best company! Howard says don’t play James at cards!

Big thanks all round from the Les Gets Ski & Board Team Reunion (2011)
Guestbook : Chalet Alice

The chalet was perfect

This was our first catered chalet & it was fantastic. Thanks to Milly, Robin, James and Francis & Jim. The chalet was perfect & the food was superb. Jim was a great guide on the slopes and well worth spending a day with. We all had a great time, thanks.

Helen Edwards
Guestbook : Chalet Alice

All in all fab holiday …

It was our first group ski holiday in a catered chalet with the Edwards clan. It was with out doubt fantastic. Thank you to Francis + James for being at our bek + call + the food was fab. All in all fab holiday. Thank you Francis, James, Milly, Robin and Jim xx

Jenny + Oli
Guestbook : Chalet Alice