- By train, bus and car-sharing
- By bus
For more information about bus shuttles between France and Switzerland: coming soon
- By train
The estate is located close to several SNCF and CFF stations, served by TGV and TGV Lyria trains:
– Bellegarde, Cluses and Thonon-les-Bains (in France)
– Geneva, Lausanne, Montreux and Aigle (in Switzerland via TGV Lyria and RegioExpress)Shuttle buses drop you off in the heart of the villages!
- By plane
The Portes du Soleil resort is located 1 hour from Geneva international airport.
The airport is served by 49 airlines (Easy Jet offers flights from 40 European cities) and handles 388 daily flights.
Shuttle buses take you from the airport to the mountain villages in just 1 hour.
- Carbon footprint
This year, to limit its environmental impact
environmental impact, the festival
moving its stages. This means a
carbon footprint reduced by 20%. - Reasoned programming
All the artists chosen during the
are either already on tour
or in a European region
accessible by train. - Tickets
We do not issue paper tickets. Access tickets are ski passes,
all rechargeable on hands-free media. - Instructions
The cups in the refreshment areas and the 1.5 litre jugs are reusable and returnable containers.
- Mobility
100% of our festival-goers travel to the stages on foot or on skis, so our carbon footprint for access to the concerts is very low.
- Power supply
The products on offer in the refreshment and catering outlets at the festival come from
often organic and, above all, regional. - Waste
Mountain scenery means restoring
of a ski slope. All the
is collected and sorted by our green brigades. - Raising awareness
The public is made aware of the need to respect the environment by means of specific signs and information.
- Ski instructions
For safety reasons, skis must be removed.
Free but unguarded ski racks are available at each concert site on the slopes. - Refreshment stands
Fancy a good beer or a refreshing drink, and want to enjoy a quick bite to eat with your feet in the snow and your head in the sun?
No problem, each concert site has its own refreshment area.
(On the Montriond-Avoriaz ski area: drinks only. No snack bars).
Refreshment stands at concert venues open from midday.
Be responsible, think of your return on skis! - Accessibility
The Portes du Soleil ski area is committed to the development of Handiskiing.
We have therefore ensured that most of the concert sites on the slopes are accessible via a Handiski-friendly lift. There is a designated PRM area at each concert site, close to each VIP/guest area. Information at the entrance to each concert venue. - Back to station
So that you can ski back home after the concerts on the slopes, the main connecting ski lifts close 1/2 hour later throughout the festival week!
And to keep the fun going, more than 30 après-ski concerts are scheduled in the resort centres.
- Access to concert venues
The concert venues open every day from midday (and even 11.30am on Saturday 23rd in Morgins).
DJ Loran will be on hand to keep you entertained from 12.45! - Off the Pistes Festival
OFF concerts are offered free of charge in the après ski resorts.
Find all the details on our programme page. - Prohibited items
- Cancellation insurance
In the event of the concert being cancelled, and if and only if the concert ski pass / VIP pass has not been used on the ski lifts, the concert ski pass and VIP pass will be carried over to the next edition, or converted into a Portes du Soleil ski pass to be used before the end of the current winter season.
- Insurance
In the event of a skiing accident or any other personal cause preventing users from using the lifts, partially
ski passes / VIP passes that have been partially used will not be reimbursed.
Snowrisk insurance to cover this risk is available as an optional extra on the online sales
online sales site at a cost of €3.50 per day.
Details of the insurance cover are available at www.snowrisk.fr. The insurance is
offered by Mondial Assistance under the Gritchen Affinity brand. - Loss of Ski Pass Concert
In the event of loss, a duplicate ski pass or VIP pass can only be issued if
if the Association Portes du Soleil Territoire d’Evènements is in a position to prevent the
the use of the pass. The holder must give the number of their pass, as indicated on the
internet purchase confirmation.
The festival is organised by the Association Internationale des Portes du Soleil. All year round, around ten people work to promote the Franco-Swiss ski area and its 12 resorts.
During the week of the festival, more than 6,000 people and 400 volunteers are mobilised to ensure the logistics, welcome, shop and catering.
