Morillon is a small Haute-Savoie village with a gondola from just outside it into the Grand Massif ski area, which spans five resorts. Samoëns, the larger village in the valley, is within cycling distance.
Morillon is a commune of about 700 people in Haute-Savoie, rising from 657 to 2,046 metres. A gondola leaves from just outside the village and links to the Grand Massif, which has about 265 km of runs across five resorts: Les Carroz, Flaine, Samoëns, Morillon and Sixt Fer à Cheval. Above the village, Les Esserts, also called Morillon 1100, has homes with ski-in ski-out access. The season runs from mid-December to the third week of April. Morillon is the home village of Antoine Deneriaz, who won Olympic downhill gold in 2006. Our homes sit close together around the village. Most are small, for around five people with one bedroom, few have a pool, and about one in ten has a sauna.
The larger village along the valley, close enough to Morillon to reach by bicycle, and part of the same ski area.
High resort at 1,600 to 2,500 metres in the Grand Massif, whose first lift was built in 1967.
An easy car trip for the Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval and the Cascade du Rouget waterfall.
Grand Massif resort spanning 1,140 to 2,500 metres, open all year with a permanent population, and busy in the July and August holidays.
About 55 km from Morillon, with a shuttle bus serving the village.
Geneva is the airport, about 55 km from Morillon, and a shuttle bus runs from there to the village. A car helps in summer for Sixt and the valley, and for homes away from the village centre.
Skiing at the Grand Massif runs from mid-December to the third week of April. In summer Morillon has a small lake with an adventure park, white-water rafting on the Giffre, mountain biking and canyoning, and golf at Flaine, an 18-hole course at 1,900 metres. Les Carroz gets busy in the French summer holidays of July and August.
Yes. A gondola leaves from just outside the village and links to the Grand Massif, which has about 265 km of runs across five resorts, including Flaine, Les Carroz and Samoëns.
About 55 km. A shuttle bus runs from the airport to Morillon, which makes a winter transfer straightforward without hiring a car.
Yes, for outdoor activity. The village has a small lake with an adventure park, and the Giffre has white-water rafting. Mountain biking, canyoning and golf at Flaine fill the rest.
Samoëns is larger and within cycling distance of Morillon, so it has more going on. Morillon is smaller and has the gondola leaving from just outside it, into the same Grand Massif.
Another name for Les Esserts, a spot above the village where many homes have ski-in ski-out access. Morillon village itself is lower, at the foot of the gondola.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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