HAUTE MAURIENNE VANOISE MAGAZINE Valfréjus La Norma Aussois Val Cenis Bessans Bonneval sur Arc Number 1 – Magazine 2019/2020 L’expérience sensorielle des montagnes Pousser les portes d’un Spa d’altitude Ô des Cimes, c’est pénétrer dans un univers unique où nos spas praticiennes sauront vous conseiller meilleur de nos soins : visage et corps, esthétiques, massages*, duo, ANOISE MAGAZINE enfants, ados… V AURIENNE AURIENNE M AUTE H Crédits photos : ©Fou d’images - ©Studio Bergoend - © WR&S Bergoend - ©Studio d’images : ©Fou photos Crédits ou médicale thérapeutique sans vocation esthétiques * modelages Les Chalets de Flambeau Le Plan des Champs – Lanslebourg – Mont Cenis Val Cenis Tél. +33 (0)4 79 83 47 30 n°1 2019 | 2020 OUVERT À TOUS INFORMATION / RÉSERVATION Base camp Family Roaming Innovation Tél. +33 (0)4 50 33 10 96 48 hours in Modane: Belle and Sebastian, The mountain passes, Water, [email protected] prepare to be amazed! life-size cinema silent witnesses the driving to legendary stories force of a region OFFREZ UN BON CADEAU SUR www.odescimes.com 501 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 1 05/07/2019 16:35 Venez proð ter d’un enseignement adapté à tous les niveaux ! Nos moniteurs et monitrices vous aideront à progresser en ESF Bonneval mêlant technique, découverte et plaisir. Avec l’équipe commerciale Pensez à réserver de l’Offi ce de Tourisme en ligne ! Vos vacances sans soucis Des ESF ESF Bessans sur tout le territoire en Haute Maurienne Vanoise A.Pernet Notre objectif : Que votre premier séjour soit une réussite et que les prochains ESF Val Cenis soient une évidence ! Notre promesse : ESF Termignon De l’inoubliable pour un VRAI bon rapport qualité prix ! Pour nous, chaque client est toujours une belle rencontre ! +33 (0)4 79 05 99 10 [email protected] F.Ribard Regard Objectif Regard F.Ribard A.Pernet ESF Aussois reservation.haute-maurienne-vanoise.com 001 PUB GLENAT HIVER.indd 1 05/07/2019 16:29 001 PUB ESF.indd 1 17/06/2019 16:13 501 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 2 05/07/2019 16:41 EDITORIAL Venture to the generous Alps The pursuit of authentic pleasures holds great surprises in store for those who choose travel over “doing sightseeing”. Nature has been generous in Haute Maurienne Vanoise, sprouting other-worldly landscapes among the mountain pastures. This generosity is cultivated in a land of refuge, a living mountain valley inhabited all year round. A diff erent kind of mountain rests here for those who are willing to look for it or are able to find it. This mountain is for the contemplative, the active, and those who simply want to soak in the Alps in all seasons. Even the weather forecast is generous here. Summer off ers a cool retreat, autumn is dry and bright. While abundant, quality snow means you can take in the best of the winter. Here in our village resorts, you will meet the inhabitants first. You will find mountain activities galore and high-per- formance ski areas for great Alpine and Nordic skiing at all levels. This getaway between Vanoise and Italy starts here, in Haute Maurienne Vanoise! Now the secret is also yours. Come here and share it. Laurent Poupard President of Haute Maurienne Vanoise Tourisme 001 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 1 01/07/2019 14:17 001 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 2 12/07/2019 10:52 CONTENTS 4 25 58 Map Interview Way of life Access Yves Dimier & La Dolce Vita Thibault Anselmet: Biculturalism 6 at the crossroads Contact persons 28 7 Elevation Decompression stops News The call of the wild 37 14 Contemplation 65 Portfolio Gastronomy 45 Roaming Local picnic way of life The mountain passes of Haute Innovation Maurienne Vanoise, silent 18 witnesses to legendary stories Water, the driving Family force of a region 70 Belle and Sebastian, Mountain pastures, custodians life-size cinema and strategic observers Summer Mountain biking has never 52 been more inclusive! Base camp The Transmaurienne Vanoise, from elite athletes to children, 48 hours in Modane: a cycling institution! prepare to be amazed! 79 Good addresses Haute Maurienne Vanoise Magazine n°01 Edited by Haute Maurienne Vanoise Tourisme – 6 Rue Napoléon – Lanslebourg – 73480 Val-Cenis – Tel: 04 79 05 99 06 – www.haute-Maurienne-Vanoise.com / [email protected] | Publication Director: Laurent Poupard | Editorial coordination: Éditions Glénat – Léonie Uchiyama – [email protected] – Tel: 04 76 90 85 18 | Editor: Nolwenn Patrigeon | Journalist: Mélanie Pontet | Photos: A. Pernet, G. L. Perron, J-L Viart, N. Vanier, J. Baptiste,J. Jeanmart, E. Travers – Radar Films Gaumont M6 Films Rhône Alpes, F. L. Goff ard, S. Berca, P-Y. Odin – Facim Fondation, C. Tardivet, F. Grosset, N. Tissot – Vanoise National Park, J. L. Rigaud, B. Cilio, E. Parent, LGO – V. Piccerelle, C. Simon, H. Chiapusso, C. Théolier, ONERA, G. Pilloud, A. Magnenot, Fresh Infl uence D. Durand, Haute Maurienne Vanoise Tourist Off ice | Cover: Alban Pernet | Graphic designer: Lisa Boyadjian | Prepress: Glénat Production – Tel: 04 76 88 75 75 | Printed in France by Pollina on sustainable forest paper | Éditions Glénat – Couvent Saint-Cécile – 37, rue Servan 38000 Grenoble – President: Jacques Glénat – Director of partnership development and direct sales: Aurore Belluard – Business development Manager: Léonie Uchiyama – [email protected] – Tel: 04 76 90 85 18. HAUTE MAURIENNE VANOISE MAGAZINE 3 001 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 3 01/07/2019 14:17 MAP To Dent Parrachée CHAMBÉRY Aiguille 3697 m de Polset Mont Coburne 3531m 2568 m Lac de Plan d’Amont Bissorte Plan d’Aval Mont Thabor 3178 m l’Argentier 3046 m Aiguille de Lac du Scolette Mont-Cenis 3506 m Dent d’Ambin 3372 m To BARDONECCHIA and TURIN through the tunnels (highway and train) Access By train By car TGV (high-speed train) A43, exit 30 then RD1006 road, and bus station at Modane. follow the direction of the Haute Maurienne Vanoise resorts and villages. By bus Belle Savoie Express During the season, connections from Modane to the Haute Maurienne Vanoise By air resorts and villages. Airports at Lyon (2h30), Grenoble www.mobisavoie.fr or Turin (2h) and Geneva (3h) 4 ACCESS 001 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 4 01/07/2019 17:24 ITALY Grand Roc Noir 3582 m Col de l’Iseran l’Ecot Col du Mont-Cenis L’Albaron 3637 m Pointe de Charbonnel 3752 m To SUSA To TURIN Modane – Val Cenis : 23 km Val Cenis – Bonneval sur Arc : 19 km Modane – Chambéry : 125 km Val Cenis – Susa : 40 km (via the Col du Mont Cenis/only open during summer) Val Cenis – Turin : 97 km (via the Col du Mont Cenis/only open during summer) HAUTE MAURIENNE VANOISE MAGAZINE 5 001 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 5 01/07/2019 14:17 CONTACT PERSONS Contact persons | The keys of the territory Nadia Tourt Claudine Théolier Gilbert Pilloud Jean-François Durand Nadia has the answers to all It only took a few seconds Th e President of the Amis Manager of the your questions. She is the for Claudine to usher us into du Mont Cenis Association Archaeological Museum regional press offi cer, a native her world. Th e Muséobar is also in charge of the of Val Cenis Sollières, of Val Cenis Lanslebourg museum manager guided Maison Franco-Italienne Jean-François led us and combines dynamism and us through compelling and tourist offi ce and Mont- on the trail of the fi rst discretion to promote Haute exciting testimonies from the Cenis Pyramid Museum. farmer-pastoralists of the Maurienne Vanoise and its main periods in Modane’s Th is impassioned, former Neolithic period, who inhabitants. history. gendarme knows all the settled in the cave of Balmes historical secrets of this 5,600 years ago. A true legendary site. return to roots… Photographers | 3 outlooks on the land Stefano Berca Jean-Luc Viart Christian Simon Stefano Berca, architecture and fashion Jean-Luc Viart, the fi nest portrait artist Based in Val Cenis Lanslebourg, photographer based in Spain and in France, skilfully captures gazes and Christian Simon loves the mountain, Morocco, grew up in Modane. characters, both in his Modane studio which he loves to hike around in all Th e photos he delivered for the ‘48 and outside. seasons and weather. From up there. hours in Modane’ article bear witness to he captures and conveys the strength, his deep attachment to his home town. beauty and majesty of the fauna and fl ora of Haute Maurienne Vanoise. 6 CONTACT PERSONS 001 HAUTE MAURIENNE MAGAZINE GB[EXT].indd 6 01/07/2019 14:17 NEWS The call of the wild Highlights, news and events… In this region, sheltered by glaciers, and surrounded by forests and rivers, time seems to stand still… However, there’s always something going on in Haute Maurienne Vanoise! And the dynamic mountain dwellers who live in this high-altitude valley, embody the very best that the region has to off er. Ski the length and breadth of Haute Maurienne Vanoise with a single pass Explore the entire Haute Maurienne Vanoise ski area with just 1 pass, covering 6 resorts: Valfréjus, La Norma, Aussois, Val Cenis, Bessans and Bonneval sur Arc; in other words, 350 kilometres of downhill skiing and 200 kilometres of cross-country skiing! With a 6-day ski pass (or longer), you can enjoy 1 day’s skiing in each of the Alpine resorts as well as unlimited access to all cross-country trails. And for a special, low- cost deal, if you purchase an annual pass (entire winter season and access to ski lifts in summer) in September-October, you can enjoy a 50% discount.