{"id":10172,"date":"2026-04-27T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/summer-opening\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:46:52","slug":"summer-opening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/summer-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"GutCol2 BgColor GutContainer\">\n        <div class=\"GutCol2-container\">\n\n            \n                                                                                                        <div class=\"GutCol2-wrap GutCol2-blocTexte Left\">\n                                <div class=\"GutCol2-blocTexte--inner\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"GutTitle Left\">\n                            <h2 class=\"GutTitle-title\">Summer opening of the Grand Massif<\/h2>\n                            <span class=\"GutTitle-subtitle\">Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon &amp;amp; Samo\u00ebns<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"GutCol2-intro\">With spring just around the corner, here are the opening dates for summer 2026 at the resorts in the Grand Massif.<\/div>\n                                                                                                                <div class=\"GutCol2-text Content\">\n                                            <p>The first to kick off the summer season is Les Carroz, followed by Samo\u00ebns, and finally Flaine and Morillon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Les Carroz: from Saturday 20 June to Sunday 6 September (K\u00e9deuze gondola lift) and from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 30 August (Gron chairlift).<\/li>\n<li>Samo\u00ebns: from Saturday 27 June to Sunday 30 August for the Grand Massif Express gondola lift, and from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 30 August for the Chariande Express chairlift.<\/li>\n<li>Morillon: from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 30 August (Morillon gondola lift and Sairon chairlift).<\/li>\n<li>Flaine: from Saturday 4 July to Friday 28 August (Grandes Plati\u00e8res cable car).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n                                        <\/div>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"GutCol2-wrap GutCol2-blocImage Right\">\n                                    <picture class=\"GutCol2-picture\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GM_ETE_OUVERTURE.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"GM_ETE_OUVERTURE\" \/>\n                                    <\/picture>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"GutAccordions  GutContainer\">\n        <div class=\"GutAccordions-inner\">\n            <div class=\"GutTitle Left\">\n                            <h2 class=\"GutTitle-title\">Practical information for the summer<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"GutAccordions-list\">\n                                            <div class=\"GutAccordions-item __accordion-parent\">\n                                                            <h2 class=\"GutAccordions-title __accordion-link\">\n                                    Where can I book my pass?\n                                <\/h2>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"GutAccordions-text Content __accordion-content\">\n                                    <p>You can book your pass online via our website or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/grand-massif-app\/\">Grand Massif app.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also purchase from one of the following outlets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flaine -Grandes Plati\u00e8res cable car<\/li>\n<li>Les Carroz \u2013 K\u00e9deuze Cable Car \u2013 from 2 June to 6 September, 9am to 5pm (ticket offices and ticket machines),<\/li>\n<li>Morillon Village \u2013 gondola departure point,<\/li>\n<li>Morillon les Esserts \u2013 at the Sairon chairlift control hut,<\/li>\n<li>Samo\u00ebns &#8211; Grand Massif Express gondola.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note that bookings for \u2018Morillon Lac &amp; Montagne\u2019, \u2018Le Splash\u2019, \u2018Mountain Kart\u2019 and \u2018Gravity Z\u00e9ro\u2019 can only be made in person at the ticket office.<\/p>\n\n                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"GutAccordions-item __accordion-parent\">\n                                                            <h2 class=\"GutAccordions-title __accordion-link\">\n                                    What are the rates?\n                                <\/h2>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"GutAccordions-text Content __accordion-content\">\n                                    <p><em>The summer 2026 rates will be updated shortly&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"GutAccordions-item __accordion-parent\">\n                                                            <h2 class=\"GutAccordions-title __accordion-link\">\n                                    Hop on one of the resort\u2019s seven lifts:\n                                <\/h2>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"GutAccordions-text Content __accordion-content\">\n                                    <p>Check the opening status of the ski lifts at the resorts of Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon and Samo\u00ebns.<br \/>\nInformation coming soon&#8230;<\/p>\n\n                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"GutAccordions-item __accordion-parent\">\n                                                                                        <div class=\"GutAccordions-text Content __accordion-content\">\n                                    <p>For each resort, you can park in the resort center or at the entrance gates to the ski area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the Flaine resort, car parks P1 (Flaine Front de Neige), P2 (Flaine Forum) and P3 (Flaine For\u00eat) are open and free of charge. There is also a free car park at the Col de Pierre Carr\u00e9e, which can be reached by free shuttle buses.<\/li>\n<li>In Les Carroz, you\u2019ll find free parking at the K\u00e9deuze gondola lift station.<\/li>\n<li>In Morillon Village, there is free parking just a few minutes\u2019 walk from the gondola lift and not far from Lac Bleu.<\/li>\n<li>In Morillon les Essert, the resort car park is open and free of charge.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, in Samo\u00ebns, the car park for the Grand Massif Express gondola lift is free from 16 April to 14 December.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"GutAccordions-item __accordion-parent\">\n                                                            <h2 class=\"GutAccordions-title __accordion-link\">\n                                    Are the shuttles in service?\n                                <\/h2>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"GutAccordions-text Content __accordion-content\">\n                                    <p>The shuttle network operates at the following stations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flaine &amp; Les Carroz: free shuttle buses run between these two resorts. The shuttles stop at several bus stops, providing starting points for hikes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flaine.com\/guides-pratiques-flaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And in the Giffre Valley (Morillon, Samo\u00ebns and Sixt): a network of paid shuttle buses makes it easy to travel throughout the valley from Mieussy to Sixt-Fer-\u00e0-Cheval, including the resorts of Morillon and Samo\u00ebns, and to particularly popular sites (the Praz de Lys and Sommand plateaus, the Col de Joux Plane, the lakes of Morillon and Samo\u00ebns, the Rouget Waterfall, Lignon and the Fer-\u00e0-Cheval Cirque). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montagnesdugiffre.fr\/vivre-et-habiter\/deplacements\/navettes-du-giffre-ete-hiver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where can I find information about routes, timetables and fares?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10172"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10188,"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10172\/revisions\/10188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grand-massif.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}