The 2024 Tour de France arrives in the Alps

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This year’s Tour de France is unique. It will be first edition of the race that does not visit Paris – currently preoccupied with the preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Additionally, for the first time the ‘Grand Depart’ will …

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5 Classic Tour de France Climbs in Ski Resorts

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With only a week until the Tour de France arrives in the Alps, we thought it was time to look at some of the classic climbs in French ski resorts. Col de la Loze, Méribel (2304m) The obvious place to …

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2030 Winter Olympics coming to the French Alps

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The French Alps have been named the IOC’s preferred candidate to host the 2030 Games. The joint bid announced last year between Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is now almost assured to win the Games. France has hosted three times previously …

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How Serre Chevalier has become the ‘most sustainable ski resort’ in Europe

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Serre Chevalier, in the southern French Alps, is one of our favourite ski resorts. Often under-rated and ignored in favour of the more famous French resorts, Serre Chevalier has a great snow record and a huge 250km ski area. Commitment …

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Red Bull ‘Dual Shapes’ comes to Serre Chevalier

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In 2019, Pierre Vaultier broke the internet with his video ‘Shapes’. Back then, based in Serre Chevalier, he created a snowboard course featuring a sequence of features reaching heights of up to 6 meters, lined up over a distance of …

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New Gondola for Serre Chevalier

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Work will start later this year with plans for a new gondola to open in Serre Chevalier in December 2024. To make it easier for skiers to circulate between the different resorts of Villeneuve, Chantemerle and Monêtier, the Pontillas and …

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What’s New in Serre Chevalier for 2021/22?

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Serre Chevalier is one of the best known ski resorts in the southern French Alps and for good reason. With 61 lifts and 250km of slopes, the different ‘stations’ of Serre Chevalier give access to skiing between 1200m and 2735m. …

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Snow in the Alps! (Nov 2019)

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Now is the time to get excited about winter…because it’s not just coming, it’s arrived! All of these photos were taken this week in the French Alps: Book your ski holiday now There are already some great early season offers …

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New road for cyclists only from Courchevel to Méribel opens

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In July, Courchevel and Méribel will open a new road exclusively dedicated to cyclists. The Col de la Loze will cross the ridge between the two resorts at 2304m and will be the first French pass over 2000m to be cleared of …

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Serre Chevalier goes from Strength to Strength

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With more kilometres of pistes than La Plagne, more vertical than Avoriaz and more lifts than Les 2 Alpes, Serre Chevalier sometimes disappears below the radar, but Serre Chevalier has always been popular with British skiers in the know. Made …

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