The River Pad

15/11/2024

Winter might well be un-folding in Morzine, but back where French life began in Annecy, we’re all still swimming and enjoying the sunshine!

L’hiver est en train d’arriver à Morzine, mais ici ou la vie Français a commencé (au moins pour moi) on continue à nager et profiter du soleil.

Bon week-end tout le monde.

12/11/2024

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Who doesn’t love sharing something great with other people?

Over the years of being a host it’s been finding out what draws people here, learning more about this beautiful area through fresh eyes, and hearing what has worked and what needs changing with the apartment that has been the most rewarding part of the experience. It all serves as a reminder of why I started this journey and keeps me motivated to keep making little improvements.

🇫🇷 🇨🇦 il y a des gens qui n’aiment pas de partager les super choses avec des autres?

Après des années en tant que hôtesse dans les Alpes c’est let petits moments partagés qui compte le plus. Découvrir ce qui attire les gens dans cette belle région, en apprendre davantage sur elle à travers un prisme différent, et réaliser comment rendre l’appartement encore meilleur est la partie la plus gratifiante. Cela me motive!

10/11/2024

🇬🇧 🇺🇸 who else wants to place an order? Weekend rides cutting a little differently around here!

🇫🇷 🇨🇦 qui d’autre veut passer une commande ? Ça se se passe différemment en vélo ici!

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03/11/2024

What do we all get up to in interseason? We start polar dipping in freezing cold is what 😅❄️👙

Some daft apeth left her swimming cossie in the car though - oops! (Also, phew!)

27/11/2023

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Partial opening of Avoriaz 1800 THIS WEEKEND, that’s two weeks ahead of schedule.

📆 Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December
🚠 Arare and Chavanette sectors
🚘 Prodains cable car to open, free parking
⏰ 8.45am - 5pm
💰21€ per day // 40€ for the weekend
✅ YES, it’s included in your season pass

High fives to everyone working hard up in those mountains to make this possible! Let’s get the Winter 24 season underway!

📸 1800/ Oliver Godbold Photography

13/11/2023

🇬🇧When you’re busy having a cracking weekend and someone tells you it’s Monday now.

🇫🇷Quand vous vous régalez du week-end et quelqu’un ose dire que maintenant c’est lundi.

07/11/2023

Could not be more excited about the potential for this to be happening! If anyone fancies joining me for a cheeky ski weekend, drop me a line 😃

WILL OPEN EARLY? You guys, filling up the inbox with this question this morning…

🔮🔮🔮 Avoriaz 1800 is scheduled to open on Friday 15th December for the Rock On Snow festival. Now, there’s currently 50cm of snow at resort level (1800m), so imagine the depth of the the base at the top of the Arare / Fornet / Mossettes. And it’s still coming down.

Based on previous winters, Avoriaz 1800 always opens early for pre-season weekends from the beginning of December, IF CONDITIONS ALLOW. It takes the team no time at all to get the pistes ready, if there’s sufficient snow on them. So, we can imagine that will open early if the cold temps stay and the snow keeps falling, but that's not a given. Stay tuned because I will OF COURSE keep everyone updated. Let’s cross our fingers in the meantime.

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07/11/2023

When you don’t have a tape measure handy to measure the snow, just use your legs 😂

16/10/2023

It's just 9 weeks until the Portes du Soleil ski season starts! Whoop whoop!

And if you're not booked yet https://airbnb.com/h/theriverpad ;-)

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14/09/2023

If you ever wondered what the Alps was like in Autumn, here’s your answer. People smiling, the sun shining, amazing colour, peace, slow change, and a feeling of being very tiny on this earth as your environment lets you know that winter is coming!

If anyone fancies an autumn break next year, hit me up for direct booking.

06/07/2023

My new favourite lunch spot 🥰 . It has a great menu for lunch (top marks for more than one veggie friendly option), nice coffee, little sweet treats and a quirky interior. In the summer their terrace is super cute too.

05/07/2023

The opening of the pool marks official Morzine Summer Season in our humble opinion. Agree?

01/04/2023

What’s missing from this pic? I can’t even blame first day faff, it’s almost the end of the season 😂😂

10/12/2022

Great first day in Avoriaz for the official start of the 2023 ski season!

29/10/2022

🇬🇧 If you ever wondered what it was like here in the off-season, here is your answer. Just stunning.

🇫🇷 Si jamais vous avez vous demandé comment c'était ici entre les saisons, voici est la réponse. Absolument sublime.

15/02/2022

There is much more to do in a ski resort than ski if you set your mind to it, or even if you don't ☺️

30/01/2022

Weekends here aren't just about skiing! Running in the snow involves sliding, landing on your bum, laughing, and working out how to not lose your leg down a hole!

Les weekends ici ne sont pas juste pour faire du ski. Vous pourriez courir dans la neige aussi, qui comprend rire, tomber sur les fesses, glisser et essayer de ne pas laisser tomber tes jambes dans un trou !

04/01/2022

Back to school time!

After a couple of years of not skiing a lot, and then trying every other kind of skiing there is when the lifts were closed last year, it's perhaps not surprising that my alpine skiing (chair lift assisted), had become a little wobbly. Having given it a go on my own for the last few weeks and just feeling frustrated, I decided it was high time to get myself back to school. And boy was it worth it. I skied on my own after a quick 2 hour lesson with .morzine and was more or less the last one home. Thank you , you confidence inspiring legend👌🤩