Skiing Avoriaz from Dublin
Avoriaz sits 1800–2466 m in France. Flying via GVA, then a 80 km transfer. About 5.2 hours door to door.
Worth knowing. Brutalist concrete on a cliff edge, with nowhere sheltered to go in bad weather.
Pre-season — snow reliability. There is no meaningful snow on the models yet, so resorts are ranked on how snow-sure they are: altitude adjusted for latitude, glacier cover and the size of the ski area. Live scoring resumes automatically once the snow arrives. How we rank
A week, all in
€1,423
Per person sharing, including travel
Getting there
GVA
About 5.2 hours door to door
Value rank from Dublin
14 of 94
By snow quality against total cost
Snow Value Index
4.92
Snow score per 100 of trip cost
Is it worth it from Dublin?
A week here works out 4% above the median for the 94 resorts we rank from Dublin, and it comes 14th on value.
At 5.2 hours each way this is short enough to be worth doing over a weekend, not just as a full week — which is unusual and is most of the reason to pick it over somewhere further.
For what it is worth, Avoriaz is cheapest to reach from Zurich, at about €1,146 — roughly €277 less than from Dublin.
What the week costs
| 7 nights, mid-range, sharing | €680 |
| 6-day adult lift pass | €300 |
| 6 days ski and boot hire | €145 |
| Return flights and transfer from Dublin | €298 |
| Total per person | €1,423 |
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.
Better value from Dublin
More snow for less money, leaving from the same city. We would rather tell you than sell you the page you happen to be on.
- Cervinia — Italy, index 6.56€96 less
- Sestriere — Italy, index 6.26€240 less
- Les Deux Alpes — France, index 6.09€109 less
Who sells Avoriaz in Ireland
- Visit Crystal Ski Holidays
Crystal Ski Holidays
The UK's largest ski tour operator, part of TUI. Charter flights from regional airports and the widest resort coverage of any British operator.
- Visit Skiworld
Skiworld
The UK's largest independent ski operator, strongest in the French Alps and known for catered chalets.
- Visit SnowTrex
SnowTrex
Pan-European operator selling accommodation-plus-lift-pass packages across the Alps and Eastern Europe. Multi-language and multi-market, which suits an English site with pan-European traffic.
1 more operator sell Avoriaz but not into Ireland — see the full directory.
Told when Avoriaz is about to get snow
Snowvantage sends one email a week through the season, plus powder alerts five to seven days out — while there is still something left to book.