Portes du Soleil late in the season. However, the circuit will by no means cover the entire ski area. Notably, the Torgon/Abondance area and the Morzine/Les Gets area are not included in the circuit. Both are large areas in themselves - the Morzine/Les Gets area in itself having around 150 km of marked runs. There are thirteen resorts in the Portes du Soleil area, of which seven are French and five are Swiss. Most of the resorts have grown around traditional valley villages - only Avoriaz and the very small Les Crosets and Torgon were purposely built during the mid-sixties. Morzine and Chatel
Cirque du Soleil in the head by an aerial lift while preparing for a production of Luzia. Rochette was the son of Cirque du Soleil co-founder, Gilles Ste-Croix. In 2018, 38-year-old performer Yann Arnaud, of France, died at a hospital in Tampa, Florida after falling during a performance of Volta. He had been with the company for 15 years. Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company. It is the largest theatrical producer in the world. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded