Cluses

You leave Geneva, head south across the border, and hit the A40 motorway, the famous Autoroute Blanche.

You follow that down to Cluses, and that's where the flat road ends and the real mountain driving begins.

You start climbing up through Taniegem over Le Geay, down into the middle of Morzine, and then you've got the final pull up to Avoriaz.

That's the standard route, but a professional driver will always have a plan B.

Taking the train to the Alps is becoming massive.

But because Avoriaz is perched on a high cliff, the train obviously doesn't go all the way up.

You have to aim for one of the two main gateway stations on the valley floor, Cluses or Thonon-les-Bains.

And I absolutely love it as an option.