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Courchevel to host the French Snow Grooming Championships 2016
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At the end of March, Courchevel will host the 21st French Snow Grooming Championships. Regular readers of the Chaletline blog will know that there’s a massive amount of skill involved in driving these huge machines – know as ‘piste bashers’ to many …
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Courchevel prepares for the start of the season
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It’s been a good start to the winter in Courchevel, with 30 cm of fresh snow in the resort and 1 metre at the top of La Saulire. The resort officially opens for the season on Saturday 05 December for …
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Unique Ski Helmet for World Cup Winner in Courchevel
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If the great skiing of Les 3 Vallees wasn’t enough of a reason to head to Courchevel this winter, then one event to check out is the FIS World Cup Giant Slalom on 20 December 2015. This pre-Christmas break will …
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Avalanche blasting in Les 3 Vallees
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It’s a beautiful morning – the sun is out, the skies are blue and 40cm of fresh powder fell last night…but the lifts aren’t open yet! How frustrating is it that you can’t rush out and ski all the fresh …
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New high altitude sculptures in Courchevel
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Courchevel have marked themselves out from other ski resorts in recent years with their high altitude art – with sculptures decorating the mountain. This winter, artist Richard Orlinski will be exhibiting four works of art over Courchevel’s mountain tops. Howling …
The 15 Most Visited Ski Resorts in the World
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We all like a list (we’re drafting our letter to Santa right now!), but most are not as interesting as this one. You might well have debated which is the world’s most popular ski resort. Well now we have a …
Posted in Breckenridge, Courchevel, Ischgl, kitzbuhel, Les Arcs, Meribel, Val Thorens
Tagged alta badia, breckenridge, la plagne, les arcs, mayrhofen, sestriere, vail
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New Hybrid Piste Groomer Hits The Slopes
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There’s a paradox in skiing that it’s a sport that’s very hard to enjoy without creating even more of the carbon emissions that contribute to climate change and threaten the future of the sport. Many ski resorts fully recognise this …
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The Bubble Lift Graveyard: where bubble lifts go when they die…
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Have you ever wondered what happens to all the old bubble lifts in ski resorts when they get replaced? Thanks to MH2 Ski – a ski school in the Three Valleys – we now know. The Bubble Lift Graveyard They recently …
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