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7Peaks brewery. Valais, Switzerland
Artisanal breweries

7Peaks

The "7Peaks” artisanal brewery" was born in Morgins in the hollow of the Dents du Midi. "7Peaks" has created seven beers named after the seven mountainous surrounding peaks. With their well-defined characters and unique tastes that will surprise your taste buds, they can also be enjoyed at an altitude of more than 1,300 metres thanks to the brewery's bar.

Artisanal breweries
The Espace du géant is the beginner ski area of Morgins
Children's snow playgrounds

Espace du géant

Located in the village of Morgins, this ski lift is ideal for beginners – both children and adults. Before exploring the large Portes du Soleil ski area, you can learn new skiing skills or polish your technique there. With the rope tow, the ideal gradient and the help of skiing students from the Swiss Ski and Snowboard School, it doesn’t take long for progress to become apparent. The restaurant at the sports centre invites you to watch, warm up and replenish your energy.

Children's snow playgrounds
This spectacular loop trail offers a superb view of the Dents du Midi and the Vaud Alps beyond.
Snowshoeing

Parcours Tour de Savolaire

This spectacular loop trail offers a superb view of the Dents du Midi and the Vaud Alps beyond.

Snowshoeing
Ski touring

Rando-Parc (Touring Tracks)

The Rando-Parc powered by Movement Skis was set up in Morgins in the Portes du Soleil area. The “touring tracks” are aimed at ski tourers of all abilities, with one black, two blue and three red trails. The tours take between 1 hour 30 minutes and 2 hours 45 minutes, with an average altitude difference of 600m. This specially enclosed area is the ideal place for an introduction to ski touring.

Ski touring
Ski region Morgins, skiing, winter, Valais
Ski areas

Region Dents du Midi - Portes du Soleil - Area Morgins

The sunny village of Morgins is situated directly on the border to France and is part of the largest international linked ski area in the world, "Portes du Soleil". At this ski resort visitors travel only with skis from one station to the next, from one valley and country to another – a unique experience. The Children's Snowland offers two lifts with varying difficulty so that the little ones can experience their first snow adventures. Morgins is also home to many renowned ski stars, including Didier Defago (alpine skiing), Yannick Ecoeur (ski touring), Joël Gaspoz (alpine skiing) and Martial Donnet (alpine skiing).

Ski areas
Fontaines Blanches, Morgins, Wallis, Valais
Restaurants «Saveurs du Valais»

Restaurant Les Fontaines Blanches

Run by farmers from the valley, this restaurant showcases the rich variety of flavours from the region along with Herens beef from the farm. An added attraction: you can buy produce from the mountain pasture in summer.

Restaurants «Saveurs du Valais»
Loop through the pristine Vallon de They to the sources of the River Vièze: a water-themed walk from peaceful woodland to idyllic alpine lakes.
Hikes

Across Vallon de They to the sources of the Vièze

Loop through the pristine Vallon de They to the sources of t...

Hikes
Alpine pastures with snack bars

Alpage de Tovassière

You’ll have to climb high above Morgins into the heart of a wild valley to reach the hundred-year-old alpine pasture of La Tovassière, which takes its name from a type of grey rock found in the area. It offers up delicious regional cuisine, mainly consisting of local cheeses, which you can sample to the accompaniment of a country orchestra that plays there every Sunday. On request, you can also learn the secrets of how cheese is made and sample it in all its forms.

Alpine pastures with snack bars
Biking in Morgins, summer, Valais
Bikeparks

Champéry-Morgins bikepark

The bikepark at Champéry-Morgins has 11 downhill tracks of different levels: 1 green, 1 blue, 7 red and 2 black. From this bikepark, riders can also reach 4 other bikeparks located in French resorts of the Portes du Soleil – at Châtel, Les Gets, Morzine and Avoriaz. Thanks to 20 different cable cars and chairlifts throughout the cross-border holiday region, you can get easily from Switzerland to France and vice versa.

During summer 2023, the Morgins Bike Park will remain closed as the La Foilleuse chairlift will be replaced by a gondola lift. The new opening is planned for summer 2024.

Bikeparks
Lac de Morgins in summer, mountain lake near to the village of Morgins, Valais
Mountain lakes

Lac de Morgins

The Morgins Lake is a site of national importance. Today, it is part water and part humid vegetation and marsh...

Mountain lakes
A demanding route that takes you to one of the region’s finest vantage points, which offers splendid panoramic views.
Trail running

Pointe de Bellevue tour

A demanding route that takes you to one of the region’s finest vantage points, which offers splendid panoramic...

Trail running
Tour des Portes du Soleil, summer, hiking, Valais
Hiking Tours

Portes du Soleil Tour

From the peaks of the Cornettes de Bise or the Tour de Don, you will have an amazing view of the blue waters o...

Hiking Tours
Raclette and cheese experiences

Tour of Tovassière cheese dairy

Curdling, cutting the curd, draining and shaping – discover the various stages of cheesemaking at Tovassière cheese dairy at Sassex mountain pasture. After visiting the cheese cellar where the wheels are matured, you can enjoy tasting the dairy’s various products.

Raclette and cheese experiences