We had been selected to feature in an article about cool and funky chalets in the Alps. Nice to see us up there with the £17,000 a week places where the likes of Robbie Williams have stayed – we are obviously doing something right and our prices are definitely a LOT more affordable!

This is what travel writer Tom Chesshyre had to say…

This season’s coolest places to stay have private pools, high-tech entertainment and seriously stylish interiors

France

No 1. The Loft, Morzine

“The look here is that of a slick Manhattan loft with exposed beams and lots of leather sofas. Covering two floors of a farmhouse, The Loft is a short walk from popular après-ski bars. There’s an open-plan kitchen as well as wireless internet, Sky television and iPod docking stations. A free shuttle bus to the main high-speed gondolas stops outside the property every 20 minutes. It sleeps eight and the price includes transfers from the airport.
Details The Loft (0033 686 02 1 805, www.moremountain.com) is from £4,792 a week (£599pp); dinner and B&B with afternoon tea included, flights excluded.”

If you subscribe to The Times, you can read more here.

It looks like March and April is the time for lots of powder and BIG snowfalls so make the most of it… Due to the late dates of Easter holidays this year, we have a couple of spaces available in our luxury catared chalets in central Morzine for the 27th March and 3rd April 2011.

Chalet Robin & La Cabine Fully Catered for under £550 pp Including Transfers!

w/c Sunday 27th March and Sunday 3rd April now reduced from £599 to £549 pp.

Special Special Deal!

If you fill either chalet with 12 people we will bring the cost down to £499 per person on a fully catered basis. BARGAIN!

Happy Days…

Click Here for more information on whats included in our luxury catered holidays!

Pre Christmas Warm Up Only £449 Per Person Half Board Inc Transfers at More Mountain Luxury Chalets in Morzine

Sunday 12th to Sunday 19th December 2010 have a bit of Pre Christmas Banter all for under £500!

Celebrate your Christmas this year in Style with a Pre Christmas Ski or Snowboarding Luxury Chalet Holiday in Central Morzine.

Prices at £449 per person per week include:

• Free return transfer to and from Geneva
• 7 nights luxury accommodation based on 2 people sharing
• 6 x Cooked Breakfast, Afternoon Tea, 3 Course Gourmet Evening Meals & Wine with Dinner
• Free Mountain Hosting
• Use of all More Mountain goodies like iPOds and Walkie Talkies and L’Occitane Toiletries

Flexible Rates at £75 Per Person Per Night Dinner Bed & Breakfast

Enjoy a few social evenings in and around our outdoor hot tub, coupled with a few beers or glasses of vino under the stars while the snow falls around you!

If you can’t do a full week, we can offer flexible getaways on a night by night basis at £75 per person per night full board. You get all of the above except for the transfer which will cost you an additional €70 Euros when you dont opt for our weekly package price.

Rowan won gold in his age group busting out a BACKSIDE 5 TAIL GRAB !

Apparently the snow was too slow for him to bust out the 7′s he’s had dialed recently!!

This mini shredder is def. one to keep your eyes on over this winter.
You can keep up to date with all his antics at …

ADVENTURES OF A MINI SHREDDER

"The Baron"

The time has come to replace our trusty Mazda Bongo and our not so t’rusty Mitsubishi Shogun!

We had been looking at various 4X4 vehicles that could comfortably transport 8 guests around Morzine, and to and from the ski lifts.

The decision was made. A classless yet quality vehicle, The Landrover Defender is an iconic and Uber Cool vehicle to ferry our guests about town and as their slogan says they are…

” The Best 4 X 4 by Far “

For those guests staying at The Loft “The Baron” – an ex RAF Landrover Defender 110, will play a big part in your winter holiday with us, transporting you to and from the lifts each day.

"Junior"

“Junior” – an ex “Cheshire Set” Landrover Defender 90, will be used as an additional vehicle to the 2 minibuses that we have at our larger chalets, Chalet Robin and La Cabine

Here’s hoping for plenty of snow this year, to put the 2 newbies to the test!

If you fancy your own Defender, contact Marple Road Garage in Stockport for some great advice and help. Ask for Pam!

Garmin^® the global leader in satellite navigation deliver the new must-have item for the slopes as it announces a series of GPS devices and a range of activities geared toward the snowsports enthusiast.

The wrist-worn Foretrex^® 401 is set to provide millions of recreational skiers and snowboarders with the fundamental statistics that they have long craved; how high, how far and how fast did we go today? Of course, this sophisticated, waterproof device is packed with extensive capabilities for the more inquisitive, but its simplicity makes it possible for everybody to get more from their time on the slopes.

Garmin has joined forces with More Mountain as a specialist chalet operator in the Alps to form an official Garmin Test Centre, offering More Mountain guests the opportunity to test-drive the latest GPS technology. At the end of the day, guests simply upload the day’s data, or ‘tracklog’, at Garmin Connect to review their movements and statistics including highest speed, total descent, total ascent, maximum elevation, total distance and much, much more.

To foster the competitive spirit that will no doubt arise, Garmin has created a season’s league table at www.garminsnowclub.co.uk to champion the persons that travel the fastest, the furthest, and the greatest descent. The victorious not only secure bragging rights for the year, but are then in with a chance of winning a week’s winter holiday at More Mountain so get riding!

Within a couple of hours we were close to the peak but could not make it right to the top due to the risk of slides and sluffing snow. The walk was certainly  worth it though as we got fresh tracks in thigh deep powder with blue skies all the way back down to the town.

There is so much snow in Morzine and Avoriaz and it is still snowing now. All the snow cannons are firing so it looks that we may be having an early start to the season.

If you want to make good use of the early snow we still have a few places left for pre Xmas Flexi Breaks w/c 14th Dec  click here for more details.

The view from the halfway point. Still a way to go!!

Snowy tracks at the start of the hike

Beautiful mountain views.

With the start of the season just around the corner it is looking like we will be having a bumper start.

Fancy a pre Christmas slide? We still have a few places left for flexible breaks w/c 14th Dec – click here for details.

Here’s the gratuitous “I live here isn’t it beautiful” shot. Taken last year part way up the Pepsi Max Hike