PressWINTER 2019/2020 Kit Mountains and marvels From the 7th of December 2019 to the 26th of April 2020 1 2 45 Contents hotels Courchevel in figures (including 3 palaces) Highlights 3 Ski area 7 A mountain of activities 15 Facilities 17 600 KM Families 19 of ski runs in Les 3 Vallées ©David André ©David André Lifestyle 24 Environment 33 200 25,743 hours events during the winter of piste grooming every winter season ©David André Tourisme ©Courchevel 10,000 Easter eggs handed out ©Courchevel Tourisme ©Courchevel 88 % the maximum gradient of the Grand Couloir, the steepest run in Les 3 Vallées ©Courchevel Tourisme ©Courchevel 15,000 Alpine skiing World Cup beanies ©Courchevel Tourisme ©Courchevel ©MNSTR A WINTER OF CHALLENGES 4 19th APRIL 2020 Courchevel organises a number of sporting Dynastar X3 events that are also open to amateurs, HighlightsLive every moment to the full An exceptional triathlon comprising giving them lots of opportunities to go the cycling, trail running and ski extra mile. This winter, ski with us from the 7th of The belles of the Alpine skiing ball mountaineering. Target: 1,000 amateur th From 25th DECEMBER 2019 competitors in 2019! December 2019 to the 26 of April 2020 17th DECEMBER 2019 Millet Ski Touring Ladies Alpine Ski World Cup • OPEN Every Wednesday, Courchevel hosts FROM THE 7th OF DECEMBER 2019 This is a major stage of the ladies circuit, night-time ski touring, with a different Courchevel 1850 attended by the best female skiers in the theme every week to celebrate the event’s th Courchevel Village world. On the programme: a giant slalom 10 anniversary. The grand finale and th Courchevel Le Praz on the Émile-Allais stadium, as well as a concert is held on the 18 of March. FROM THE 14th OF DECEMBER 2019 huge ski festival and celebration. 24th-25th JANUARY 2020 Courchevel Moriond UNUSUAL Le Roc Merlet This year, don’t miss flying man, Franky Courchevel La Tania The legendary Roc Merlet Derby is Zapata, inventor of the Flyboard, • CLOSED changing format to become Le Roc a device which is powered by micro Merlet - an individual time trial. FROM THE 20th TO THE 26th OF APRIL turbines that can thrust the pilot into the You need to be invited by a resort Opening of high altitude area above air… Spectacular to say the least! ambassador to take part. After a course Courchevel 1850 only, for connections to th recce the day before, participants set off Les 3 Vallées (subject to snow cover). 9 edition of the World Cup in Courchevel. from the summit of Courchevel Moriond In 2018: 10,000 spectators, (top of Les Pyramides button lift) and 100 journalists, 80 athletes. head down to the snow front. 355 metres of vertical drop over a 22nd MARCH 2020 1,325 metre-long Giant slalom run Kid Contest Children get to rise to the challenge too 27th of DECEMBER 2019 with the Kid Contest ski and snowboard Ladies Night Tour FFS competition for 10-18 year olds. Courchevel hosts the first stage of the 5th APRIL 2020 Ladies Night Tour, a night-time parallel 3 Vallées Enduro slalom for talented French female skiers The largest gathering of amateur skiers and members of the Ladies French Alpine in the world, with a host of different ski team. challenges and plenty of surprises in store for the 18th edition of this event! 11th APRIL 2020 Winter Legacy by Alexis Pinturault, an all-new challenge! This fun new event combines skiing, music and a party atmosphere! On the programme: a 4-person or individual start for a brand-new ski race comprising a series of several disciplines over the Combe de la Saulire (moguls, giant slalom, skicross, waterslide…), ©Patrick Pachod entertainment and a concert. ©Patrick Pachod 5 6 NEW! Not to forget: MAGIC AND WONDER TO SHARE The PLUM MOONtain Races are 1st-2nd FEBRUARY 2020 WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS back after a 5-year absence. This French Championships for doctors, 7th OF DECEMBER 2019 FROM THE 13th FEBRUARY exceptional ski mountaineering climb pharmacists and dentists. « Opening» day TO THE 5th OF MARCH 2020 to the Col de la Loze takes place under th th th th 27 -29 MARCH 2020 Courchevel opens its doors and offers International Festival of Pyrotechnic Arts a full-moon (10 January, 7 February th French Ski Jumping Championships a host of freebies for children: skipass, Winter is coming! This year, the festival’s and 6 March). After dinner at Le 1928 This is your chance to come and support equipment, activities and entertainment, theme is the famous Game of Thrones slopeside restaurant, everyone skis the best French athletes on the Olympic etc. series. Firework display teams from around back down holding a torch aloft. An ski jumps in Courchevel Le Praz. the world will pull out all the stops in a bid accessible, highly unusual sporting st th FROM THE 21 TO THE 25 to win over the jury. Keep your eye out for event! th th 8 -13 APRIL 2020 OF DECEMBER 2019 Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and a few International Hockey Tournament Arrival of Father Christmas in a fairytale White Walkers on the resort’s snow front atmosphere. 19th-21st MARCH 2020 NEW! st 31 OF DECEMBER 2019 Ski et Toiles Festival 9th-12th JANUARY 2020 New Year’s Eve Dance Party on the Enjoy free film premieres when you come 1st edition of the Winter Golf Cup snow front in Courchevel 1850 and off the slopes. Play golf on snow and enjoy gourmet, fireworks display in Courchevel La Tania. celebratory experiences on the 22nd-24th MARCH 2020 th st Belvédère cross-country skiing 25 DECEMBER, 1 JANUARY, White Ink Tattoo Show, Tattoo Festival th th area in Courchevel Moriond. Maria 12 AND 26 FEBRUARY 2020 Some forty different hand-picked tattoo Verchenova, professional golfer and Verdons by Night artists will be present at this snowsports, number 1 in Russia is the event’s Skiing beneath the stars… what could mountain art and hip-hop style tattoo ambassador. be more magical? Don’t miss: Verdons festival. by Night XXL on the 19th of February, night skiing with entertainment and an 28th-29th MARCH 2020 incredible fireworks display. Fly Courchevel Aircraft exhibitions, first flights etc. 6th JANUARY 2020 Courchevel celebrates Russian 6th-17th APRIL 2020 Christmas Board game and video game festival It’s the Easter holidays! The perfect time for th th th 11 , 18 AND 25 FEBRUARY, families to have a go at board games and rd 3 MARCH 2020 video games available every afternoon. Ski Show Fun times! Skiing, showtime, fireworks… it’s when the ski schools put on a show! ©Patrick Pachod ©Daniel Durand ©Courchevel Tourisme ©Courchevel 8 Ski areaA dream within reach NEW! FREERIDE LES 3 VALLÉES Even more comfort Les Creux Noirs, THE powder spot 600 km of ski runs for all levels Welcome to Freeride LAB, Courchevel’s • A new 10-seater gondola lift The Courchevel is part of the world’s powder snow laboratory, the perfect place snow front in Courchevel Le Praz, largest ski area: to become an unparalleled all-terrain the entry point to the ski area, has • 600 km of interconnected ski runs. skier! This demanding high-altitude sector been completely reconfigured for • 338 alpine ski runs. leading to renowned off-piste areas and this winter. Following a redesigned • 1,512 hectares of maintained runs. unique panoramic views is adopting a route, a new 10-seater gondola lift will • 160 ski lifts. new look: reachable on foot or ski touring connect Courchevel Le Praz to the • 35,000 hectares of nature. skis (100m difference in height) to the 2 centre of Courchevel 1850 in under Discover Les 3 Vallées for less: from red runs and the black run, which will be th th 6 minutes. The departure station the 8 to the 14 December: 39.60 € left ungroomed but made safe throughout will be housed in the new Alpinium per day (buy or recharge online). the winter. multiservice building and the arrival As well as! station will be just beneath Courchevel In summer, the ski area becomes an 1850’s Croisette. The entire snow incredible playground for cycling fans front has been redesigned to provide with the col de la Loze mountain easier and more practical links for pass and the Via 3 Vallées, reserved pedestrians, the top of the toboggan exclusively for cyclists. run has been reorganised and the Tovets chairlift has been moved to a slightly new position. 2,400 people/hr (955 before) • A new 4-seater chairlift Les Grandes Combes chairlift now links the new 4-star Écrin Blanc hotel, opposite the Aquamotion aquafun centre, to Courchevel 1850. A new 1-kilometre blue run will also provide access to the area. ©Courchevel Tourisme ©Courchevel ©Arthur Bertrand 9 10 ALPINE SKI SPORTS CLUB WHAT’S IN A NAME? The 2023 World Championships A move on the horizon A legends’ ski area in the starting blocks Courchevel Sports Club will soon be Courchevel’s ski runs are brimming In May 2018, the FIS entrusted the moving to a brand new 3,000 square with history: pioneers, visionaries, organisation of the 2023 Alpine Ski World metre building at the bottom of the slalom champions… A host of major names Championships to Courchevel and stadium (completion planned for 2023). It have lent their names to ski runs that Méribel. This flagship event will enhance will comprise the administrative offices, have become legendary in their own the sporting image of our resort even a function room, sports hall, changing right.