Landing at Geneva Airport (GVA)
Geneva is the gateway to Morzine on every measure — 93 km, about an hour and a half by road, and the cheapest transfer of the four airports at £289. It is also the busiest, and on a Saturday in February the arrivals hall works hard.
The French sector
Geneva Airport straddles the border and has a French sector as well as a Swiss one. Which side you exit on depends on your flight and your carrier, and it changes where your driver waits. Your e-ticket names the meeting point — read it before you land rather than in the baggage hall.
Meeting your hoppa driver
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall, holding a name board with your surname. Twenty-four hours before pickup hoppa sends a final SMS or WhatsApp with the exact spot and your driver's contact details.
- Airport arrivals carry 60 minutes of free waiting after your scheduled landing, plus a 30 minute buffer on international flights
- Your driver tracks the inbound flight, so a delay moves the pickup rather than losing it
- If you cannot see them, stay where you are and call the number on your e-ticket — hoppa answers in an average of 11 seconds, and it is a person, not a chatbot
Tip: save the emergency number from your e-ticket to your phone before you leave the terminal. If you are held up at the oversized baggage belt or at passport control, one call lets the driver know you are still inside.
Baggage & ski gear
Skis and boards are checked in as special baggage and come off a designated oversized belt rather than the standard carousel. Follow the signed oversized baggage area and allow extra time for it — on a transfer this short, that belt is genuinely the slowest part of your day.
Tell hoppa how many ski, board and boot bags you are carrying when you book, so the vehicle sent has the space. The standard allowance is one bag per person up to 24 inches, and anything longer counts as two pieces.
Landing at Chambéry, Grenoble or Lyon instead
Morzine is served by four airports and they are not interchangeable. Book the transfer for the airport you are actually landing at:
- Geneva (GVA) — 93 km, about 1 hr 30 min, from £289. Closest, cheapest, widest flight choice.
- Chambéry (CMF) — 134 km, about 1 hr 40 min, from £337. A winter charter airport, and only ten minutes further on the road.
- Grenoble (GNB) — 209 km, about 2 hr 25 min, from £508. The other winter charter gateway, strongest on Saturdays.
- Lyon (LYS) — 211 km, about 2 hr 20 min, from £630. Furthest and dearest — worth it only when Lyon has the flight you need.
The road up the Dranse valley
From Geneva the route runs east on the A40 — the Autoroute Blanche — as far as Cluses, then leaves the motorway and climbs on the D902 through Taninges and Les Gets. Chambéry, Grenoble and Lyon all approach on motorway and join the same road at Cluses, so the last 20 km is identical whichever airport you flew into.
The Col des Gets
The road tops out at about 1,170 m between Les Gets and Morzine before dropping into the valley. It is cleared and gritted all winter and driven daily by local operators, but it is a mountain road with switchbacks, and it is the reason a driver who knows the route matters more here than on the motorway half.
Worth knowing: there is a second way in, north from Thonon-les-Bains up the Dranse gorge. Local drivers use it when the pass is slow, which is a choice only someone who drives the valley every winter can make for you.
Where you are dropped
Morzine spreads along the valley floor and up its sides, and the sector matters:
- The centre — the Pléney gondola, the Super Morzine gondola, the shops and most of the hotels
- Les Prodains — a few kilometres out and a climb up, at the foot of the cable car to Avoriaz
- The Nyon side — above the centre, with its own cable car onto the Chamossière side of the area
- Montriond — the quieter village just down the valley, towards the Lac de Montriond
Give the property name when you book and your driver goes to the door. The ski bus links the sectors, but it is designed for skiers with skis, not families with four board bags and a week's luggage.
Staying in Avoriaz instead
Avoriaz sits at 1,800 m above Les Prodains and is car-free, so arrivals are handled differently — the transfer goes to the car park or the cable car station rather than your door. If you are staying up there, book the transfer to Avoriaz rather than to Morzine.
Your first day in the Portes du Soleil
Morzine sits in the middle of the Portes du Soleil — twelve resorts linked across the French–Swiss border, with over 600 km of pistes on one pass. The village is at 1,000 m, so the first decision of your first morning is which lift takes you up to the snow.
Getting onto the mountain
- Pléney — the gondola from the centre, opening the Morzine–Les Gets sector and the easiest first-morning warm-up
- Super Morzine — the gondola from the other side of the centre, heading towards Avoriaz and the main Portes du Soleil circuit
- Nyon — the cable car onto Chamossière, the quieter side, and a good option on a busy Sunday
- Prodains — the cable car up to Avoriaz at 1,800 m, where the snow is most reliable early and late in the season
Timing your arrival
A morning flight into Geneva has you in the resort by lunchtime — this is one of the few Alpine transfers short enough to ski the day you land. An evening flight means a night arrival and a full first day. Transfers run through the night on this route; a nighttime surcharge applies between 22:00 and 08:00 local time and is already in the price you agreed.
Tip: buy the Portes du Soleil pass online before you travel. It covers all twelve resorts including the Swiss side, and Saturday afternoon at the pass office is the one queue your transfer cannot save you from.
Getting around once you are there
A ski bus runs the valley between the centre, Les Prodains and the outlying sectors through the season, so you will not need a car. That is worth weighing against hiring one at the airport: the Prodains car park fills early on a powder day, and Morzine is a village you can walk.
Practical essentials
Your transfer, in numbers
- Free waiting on airport arrivals: 60 minutes after your scheduled landing, plus a 30 minute buffer on international flights
- Free waiting on departures and point-to-point: 15 minutes after the scheduled pickup time
- Cancellation: 24 hours before travel on 7 seats and under, 48 hours on 8 to 14 seats, 14 days on 16 seats and above — all for a full refund
- Child seats: the first one is free. Request it at booking
- Luggage: one bag per person up to 24 inches. Over 24 inches counts as two pieces
- Nighttime surcharge: 22:00 to 08:00 local time, already included in the price you agree
- Booking inside 24 hours: possible, with an expedited booking fee
- Pets and service animals: permitted, counting toward the vehicle's passenger allowance
Money and paperwork
Morzine is in France and prices in euros, but Geneva Airport is in Switzerland — if you are changing money, do it for the country you are skiing in, not the one you land in. The Portes du Soleil crosses into Switzerland on skis, so carry a little of both if you plan to lunch in Champéry. Your transfer is paid once, upfront, in the currency you booked it in, so there is nothing to settle with the driver.
Winter driving rules
French mountain roads require winter tyres or snow chains through the season, and every vetted operator on this route carries them as standard. If you hire a car instead, confirm what is fitted before you leave the airport — it is your responsibility, not the rental desk's default.
If something goes wrong
hoppa's support team answers in an average of 11 seconds, 24/7, across chat, email and phone, with a 99.7% call answer rate. Any complaint must reach customer service within 30 days of the date of service.
Before you leave home: screenshot your e-ticket. Mobile signal over the Col des Gets is patchy in places, and the meeting point and emergency number are the two things you want on the screen rather than in the cloud.