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Freeriding

Freeriders will love this place; there’s everything from the wide rolling pistes of 1650 to the steep rock shoots under the Saulire cablecar. There's so much piste that it doesn’t get chopped up and they have a huge fleet of piste bashers to flatten it out each night. There’s some good off-piste riding straight off the lifts under the Vizelle bubble and Dou des Lanche chair, beside the Chanrossa chair and down through the trees to Le Praz is a must in bad visibility. If you don’t mind a walk, check out the back of the Creux Noirs.One great spot which must be treated with the utmost respect in the Vallee des Avals which is prone to slide but has a great refuge and is stunningly beautiful, access is a short walk from the Chanrossa chair.

Freestylers

Freestylers. A good place to hang out is the big snow park under the Plantrey chair, there’s some good hits and two pipes. If the sun's out, get there early as by afternoon one wall's slush and the other's bullet, there's a free drag. The top of the Verdon's got some manmade dunes and some good kickers. A small drop-off can be found by the Bel air and Signal drags at 1650. Go to the top of the Suisses if you're looking for some big drop offs.

Pistes

Piste Lovers will be in hard boot heaven. They reputedly spend £20,000 a night grooming the pistes, so get up for first lifts and you can carve your way down the Saulire, racing the cablecar. When everyone else gets up, head over 1650 for motorway-wide runs.

Beginners

Beginners should head for the Biollay and Bellecote as both have a good sustained pitch, the Biollay even has a travelator at the bottom for total beginners. 1650 has some great wide runs but still a lot of drag lifts, so watch out. If looking for a lesson, check out rtmsnowboarding.com a British board school who hold beginners, freestyle and carving clinics. A special pass giving access only to the beginner lifts is available for 14 euros a day.

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Dec to April
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 63
Cable cars: 1
Gondolas: 10
Chair lifts: 16
Drag lifts: 36
Max people per hour: 68,000
Board Leashes required: Yes

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 117
Total ride area: 100miles (160km)
Longest run: 3miles (5km)

Top lift: 2700m
Vertical drop: 1400m
First lift: 1300m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 25%
Red runs: 64%
Black runs: 11%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	EUR	GBP	Average	EUR	GBP	Average
Day Pass	24.00	19.62	-37%	37.00	30.25	-11%
6-Day Pass	116.00	94.84	-34%	178.00	145.53	-12%
6-Day Linked area Pass	149.00	121.82	-20%	220.00	179.87	0%

	EUR	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	790.00	645.90	34%

Lift Passes:
3 Vallees
1-Day pass 43 euros
6-day pass 215 euros
Season 935 euros
Courchevel only
1 day 36,50 euros
6 days 174 euros
Season 775 euros
Lift times:8.30am to 4.00pm 4.45pm late season

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 6m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 26%

Facilities

	EUR	GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots:	30.00	24.53
4hr Group Lesson (full day):	30.00	24.53

Snowboard Schools: Group lessons: 15hrs 195 euros
12hrs 165 euros
Private lessons: 2hrs 120 euros, 3hrs 165 euros
Snowboard Hire: 6 days 150 euros
Night Riding: : In 1650

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Heli's fly into Italy's Monta Rosa area
Snowmobiles: 60 euros

Further information

www.courchevel.com/
Email:pro@courchevel.com

Good all-round resort. Miles of groomed piste and natural terrain. An excellent intermediate/advanced resort but expensive. If you're a beginner, save your money and come here when you can fully utilise the whole resort.

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ON THE SLOPES: Excellent
OFF THE SLOPES: Okay, but stuck up
MONEY WISE: Hellishly expensive resort. Worth it if you have the cash!

HALFPIPE: Yes - 2
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 2
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:Yes

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