D Day
What exactly is a rider pack?
An essential companion. With it, you will have access to the Pass'Portes du Soleil 2023 tours.
In other words, this rider pack consists of :
- Your numbered frame plate and 3 collars to fix it.
- Your pass, essential for access to the ski lifts (Please keep your Pass'Portes pass after the event. It entitles you to a Portes du Soleil mountain bike day pass valid for summer 2023 from Monday 26/06/23, after your Pass'Portes participation or a Portes du Soleil winter 2023-2024 ski day pass.
ATTENTION, this offer does not apply to guest passes/registrations/VIP
To take advantage of this offer, exchange this ski pass at a main lift ticket office. Individual pass numbered, non-transferable, non-changeable, non-refundable).
- The event guide, a veritable grimoire of the Pass'Porteur.
- A coloured wristband for each day, which must be worn to access the refreshment points.
- A sticker to stick on your mountain bike representing the course profile.
- Your 2023 participant gift.
- ONLY for the Gravel: You will receive a 30CHF voucher to spend in partner restaurants or accommodation in Morgins & luggage tags to hang on your personal belongings which will be transported from Morzine to Morgins on Friday, then from Morgins to Morzine on Saturday.
A little advice from the Pass'Portes team: Remember to take a repair kit, as well as a personal cup for the refreshments in addition to your water bottle.
When do the chairlifts and cable cars open and close?
They will be open from 7.30 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.during the event, on 23, 24 and 25th of June 2023
Refreshments
Feeling a little sluggish? Want to have a snack or something to eat?
several refreshments are provided along the Pass'Portes du Soleil routes. You can find the locations directly on the route.
If you are curious, here is the list of the 8 feed stations:
Morzine:
- Location: Morzine centre
- GPS coordinates: 5PJ4+C2P Morzine
- Rides concerned: Pass'Portes MTB, ePass'Portes Bosch ePowered, Gravel
- Open from 9am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Chocolate fondue
Les Gets:
- Location: Lac des Ecoles
- GPS coordinates: 5M3F+MG8 Les Gets
- Rides concerned: Pass'Portes MTB, ePass'Portes Bosch ePowered, Pedestrian
- Open from 9am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Barbecue
Montriond:
- Location: Les Lindarets
- GPS coordinates: 6Q4G+QXG Montriond
- Rides concerned: Pass'Portes MTB, ePass'Portes Bosch ePowered, Gravel, Pedestrian
- Open from 9am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Tartiflette
Le Roc d'Enfer :
- Location: Graydon
- GPS coordinates: 6J3P+27Q Saint Jean d'Aulps
- Rides concerned: ePass'Portes Bosch ePowered, Gravel
- Open from 9am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Risotto Montagnard
Châtel:
- Location: Lake Vonnes ski lift ticket office, Châtel
- GPS coordinates: 7R3V+R4W
- Rides concerned: Pass'Portes MTB, Gravel, Pedestrian
- Open from 9am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Diots
Morgins:
- Location: Tovassière Switzerland
- GPS coordinates: 6R3F+HPX Monthey, Switzerland
- Rides concerned: Pass'Portes MTB, Gravel
- Open from 9am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Röstis
Champéry:
- Location: Place du téléphérique, Champéry Centre
- GPS coordinates: 5VF8+HF9 Champéry, Switzerland
- Rides concerned: Pass'Portes MTB, Gravel
- Open from 9am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Raclette
Abondance:
- Location: Covered hall in the centre of the village, Abondance
- GPS coordinates: 7PH9+XW5 Abondance
- Rides concerned: Gravel
- Open from 11am to 5.30pm
- Speciality served from 11am to 3pm: Abondance cheese speciality
ATTENTION: Don't forget to bring your cup or container, no container will be distributed for drinks.
How to get the rider pack?
Go to your departure station at 7am with your ID card and your convocation:
- Morzine: tourist office, 26 place du Baraty, 74110 Morzine, France.
- Les Gets: tourist office, 89 route du Front de Neige, 74260 Les Gets, France.
- Montriond: Hors Sac room at Les Lindarets, 74110 Montriond.
- Avoriaz: tourist office, 44 Promenade du Festival, 74110 Avoriaz, France.
- Le Roc d'Enfer: Ski lift ticket offices of Roc d'Enfer, 32 route de la télécabine, 74430 Saint-Jean-D'aulps.
- Châtel: Ski lift ticket offices of Vonnes, 1431 route de Vonnes, 74390 Châtel.
- Morgins: Sports Centre, Route de France 35, 1875 Morgins, Switzerland.
- Champéry: At the bottom of the Champéry-Planachaux cable car to Champéry centre, Route de la Fin 15, 1874 Champéry, Switzerland.
- Les Crosets: At the main ticket office of the Les Crosets ski lifts, 1873 Val-d'Illiez, Switzerland.
IMPORTANT
- No rider packs will be delivered the day before.
- You can collect your participant pack from 7am in your departure station, on the morning of the ride, on presentation of the registration confirmation or the identity card.
- Collection of the packs ends at 10am.
- The opening of the lifts is from 7.30 am
- Free departure between 7.30 and 10 am from your departure station.
- The lifts close at 5.45 pm.
At what time can we start?
From 7.30a.m to 10 a.m.
What is the organisational information number for participants?
In case of emergency, if you are lost or have an emergency other than an accident/injury, call +33(0)6.29.72.56.67
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!
Bus shuttles
ONLY from Morzine to Avoriaz and from Morzine to Montriond-Les Lindarets: Free shuttles are provided to reach certain departure stations on the morning of your ride with your mountain bike - No reservation required.
ONLY in the event of mechanical breakdown or minor injury: free shuttles are available to take participants to their starting station. Schedules available in the PDF here.
Info ePass'Portes Bosch ePowered
Meet in Morzine or at Roc d'Enfer from 7am to collect your participant pack. Departures are allowed between 7:30 and 10 am.
As a reminder, you can pick up your participant pack at the tourist office for the Morzine departure (26 place du Baraty, 74110 Morzine, France) or at the Roc d'Enfer ski lift ticket office (32 route de la télécabine, 74430 Saint-Jean-d'Aulps, France), depending on your registration.
Your pack will be delivered to you on presentation of your registration confirmation or id card.
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 this form and send the parental authorisation to the organisation for all participant under 18.
MTB Show in Morzine
This year the MTB show takes place in Morzine, free entry for all from 9am to 7pm from 23 to 25 June 2023 and until 6pm on Sunday. Find your favourite brands and stroll through the aisles to discover the full range of the mountain bike and gravel universe. Many animations and a test area will also be present to delight young and old.
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 well insured?
Once you're registered for the Pass'Portes MTB event, you're automatically entitled to personal insurance offered by the organizer for the day of your registration (see table of insurance coverages). 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
Rescue
In the event of injury, subtle or serious, do not hesitate to contact the emergency services directly on our direct line +33(0)4.50.73.29.54 or +33(0)6.38.17.97.47
In case of a storm
Each resort has places to take shelter. Please go there in case of a storm.
Châtel :
- Chapiteau Linga / GPS coordinates: 7R3C+VCM Châtel
- Châtelaine hall / GPS coordinates: 7R9R+47V Châtel
Abondance :
- Covered hall in the village centre / GPS coordinates : 7PH9+XW5 Abondance
Morzine :
- Underground car park, under the Tourist Office square / GPS coordinates: 5PJ3+M3 Morzine
- Pleney covered car park / GPS coordinates: 5PJ2+66 Morzine
Avoriaz :
- Semi-covered reception hall at the resort entrance / GPS coordinates: 5QVC+H2 Morzine
Les Gets :
- Tourist office, village centre / GPS coordinates: 5M59+CV Les Gets
Les Lindarets :
-Hors Sac hall / GPS coordinates: 6Q5H+22 Montriond
Montriond :
- Albertans hall / GPS coordinates: 6P6V+HM Montriond
Roc d'Enfer :
- Grande Terche G1 and G1 cable car hall / GPS coordinates: 6JGR+GF3 Saint Jean d'Aulps
Champéry :
- Hall of the Champéry cable car / GPS coordinates: 5VFC+XC7 Champéry, Switzerland
Morgins :
- Multi-purpose hall of la Jeur, village centre / GPS coordinates: 6VQ3+4H Troistorrents, Switzerland
Les Crosets :
- Covered car park of the Les Crosets ski lifts / GPS coordinates: 5RMM+JV Val-d'Illiez, Switzerland
