D Day
The Rider Pack
What is it?
Essential companion for the Pass'Portes du Soleil MTB, your rider pack gives you access to the circuit.
It will be handed to you on the day of your ride, in the resort you chose, upon presentation of your confirmation of registration or ID. In the rider pack you will find:
- Your number plate and three plastic clips to fix it onto your bike
- A "tag-it" which will be your lift pass for the day, essentiel to access the lift.
Please keep your Pass'Portes lift pass after the event. It entitles you to a Portes du Soleil mountain bike day pass valid for the summer of 2022 from Monday 27/06 after your Pass'Portes participation or to a Portes du Soleil day ski pass for winter 2022-2023
Exchange this Pass'Portes pass at any Portes du Soleil lift company. It is a numbered personal lift pass. It cannot be transferred, modified or refunded. - Your free gift
- A frame sticker printed with the circuit's elevation profile so you can easily find your position on the track
- A compulsory wristband for access to the 4 refreshment stations.
It's always useful to carry a puncture repair kit. Please take a personnal cup as none will be distributed at the food stops.
Pass'Portes KIDS Information
For registrants to the Pass'Portes KIDS in:
- CHATEL: Please meet your instructor at 8.30 am, in Châtel at "Pré la Joux" parking place, near "Pierre Longue" chairlift on the morning you have booked to ride.
- MORZINE: Please meet your instructor at the tourist office in Morzine at 8.30 am on the morning you have booked to ride.
- LES GETS: Please meet your instructor at the tourist office in Les Gets at 8.30 am on the morning you have booked to ride.
- Pick up your rider pack with your order registration and your ID
- Start to ride at 9 am till around 4 pm
Please fill in the form and send the parental authorisation to the organisation for all participant under 18.
IN CASE OF STORM
In each resort, there are some safe locations to seek shelter. Please retreat to them in case of storm.
Châtel:
- Chapiteau au Linga
- Préau cour d'école
- Salle châtelaine
- Parking souterrain Châtel Centre
Morzine:
- Parking souterrain, sous la place de l'Office de Tourisme
- Parking couvert du Pléney
Les Gets:
- Salle de la Colombière
Les Lindarets:
- Salle Hors Sac
Montriond:
- Hall des Albertans
Champéry:
- Hall du Téléphérique de Champéry
Roc d'Enfer:
- Hall départ et arrivée télécabine de la grande Terche
- Graydon : tentes ravitaillement
Morgins:
- Salle polyvalente de la Jeur
How do I get my rider pack?
Due to recent government decisions, the rider packs will have to be handed out in outdoor places, and the itinerary will take place for 99% in France.
IMPORTANT:
- No rider pack will be given the day before
- Rider packs collection possible from 7 a.m, upon presentation of the confirmation of registration or ID
- Possibility of pack collection from 6:45 on SATURDAY from Châtel, Les Gets and Morzine only with a 7am starting time
- End of rider pack collection: 10 am
- Lifts open at 7.30. a.m.
- Suggested start time 7.30am-10am from the resort you selected when you registered (with a 10:30am limit exception from Les Crosets)
- Lifts close at 5.45pm maximum
Starting from:
Avoriaz, Châtel, Les Gets, Morzine and Morgins: Please pick up your rider pack outside the tourist office of your departure station, the same morning from 7am on presentation of your registration confirmation or ID.
- Avoriaz : 44 Promenade du Festival, 74110 Avoriaz, France
- Châtel : 14 route de Thonon, 74390 Châtel, France
- Les Gets : 89 route du Front de Neige, 74260 Les Gets, France
- Morgins : route de Bas-Vièze 4, CP 55, 1875 Morgins, Suisse
- Morzine : 26 place du Baraty, 74110 Morzine, France
Registered at the departure of Les Crosets/Switzerland: Reception and collection of the Rider Pack at the main Crosets ski lift ticket offices, the same morning from 7 a.m. and until 10.30 a.m. maximum, on presentation of your registration confirmation or identity card.
Les Crosets, 1873 Val-d'Illiez, Suisse
Registered at the departure of Champéry/Switzerland: Reception and collection of the Rider Pack at the foot of the Champéry-Planachaux cable car in Champéry center, the same morning from 7 a.m. on presentation of your registration confirmation or identity card.
Route de la Fin 15, 1874 Champéry, Suisse
ePass'Portes Information
For the ePass'Portes du Soleil tour, you'll be able to start from Les Gets or Roc d'Enfer. Rider Packs collecion from 7am and start from 7:30am to 10am.
Rider Packs can be collected at the tourist office for departures from Les Gets, and at Roc d'Enfer's ticket offices (32 route de la télécabine 74430 Saint-Jean-d'Aulps) for departures from Roc d'Enfer, the morning of your hike from 7 a.m., on presentation of your registration confirmation or identity card.
Where can I stop for refreshments?
Food stops (6 for the PP and 4 for the ePP), each one offering various local specialties have been planned all along the route, you can access them with your bracelet (compulsory).
- Champéry : raclette du valais AOP
- Champoussin les Crosets : Röstis Valaisans
- Châtel : Diots de nos montagnes
- Les Gets : BBQ/Pitas
- Les Lindarets : Tartiflette de nos montagnes
- Morzine : fondue au chocolat
- Roc d'Enfer : Paëlla
To access the supplies, please bring your personal cup.
In case of accident
What should I do in case of accident?
Your bike will be brought back to the Tourist Office of your starting resort:
- Morzine -> Office de Tourisme de Morzine
- Les Gets -> Office de Tourisme des Gets
- Châtel -> Office de Tourisme de Châtel
- Morgins -> Office de Tourisme de Morgins
- Champéry -> Office de Tourisme de Champéry
BE CAREFUL there are some exceptions:
- Avoriaz et Les Lindarets -> Office de Tourisme de Morzine
- Les Crosets -> Office de Tourisme de Champéry
- Roc d'Enfer -> Office de Tourisme de Morzine
Are you insured?
Once you're registered for the Pass'Portes MTB event, you're automatically entitled to personal insurance offered by the organizer. Please be certain to enter the full and correct names of each person that you register. If you already registered someone without giving their full details, please send them to us at : inscription@portesdusoleil.com
Application Portes du Soleil Summer
Pensez à télécharger l'application avant l'événement.
Vous y retrouverez les parcours, les ravitaillements, les animations, la météo, les détails tests VTT et toutes les infos nécessaires pour vivre une super Pass'Portes !
Don't forget...
- Your helmet and gloves (obligatory)
- Other protection (advised) - Your backpack and camelback
- Puncture repair kit
- Warm clothes
- Waterproofs
- First aid kit
- Passport (you will be crossing French and Swiss borders).
- Your personnal cup to access the food stops
- Your personnal mask, to use while gathering people
You are in moutains!
shuttle time table
Free of charge bus shuttle to join some starting resort in the morning - No booking in advance. Bus shuttle only from Morzine to Avoriaz ; and from Morzine to Montriond-Les Lindarets.
The shuttles are free of charge. They allow you to get back to your start resort in case you break your bike or if you have a small accident.