Resort Description
Courchevel is made up of four resorts, at altitudes of between 1300 m and 1850 m. Courchevel 1550 lies on a promontory featuring a charming chapel with a pinnacle tower. The resort has woods nearby. Courchevel 1650 is situated on a promontory marked by a charming chapel with a pinnacle tower. The resort has woods nearby. Courchevel 1850 is laid out in a gentle hollow of mountain pastures, with a wide panoramic view over Mont Jovet, the peak of Bellecôte and the Grand Bec, flanking the Doron de Bozel and the Doron de Champagny Valleys. Courchevel in summer means happiness for children and peace and tranquillity for parents. Numerous activities and events are on offer, with something for everyone.
The surrounding area
- The Parc de la Vanoise offers a large number of walks and climbs. You will marvel at the natural site,
with its breathtakingly beautiful glaciers, mountain streams and waterfalls.
- The lakes: Lacs Merlet, Rocher de la Loze, Lac Bleu.
- The forest of Le Praz.
Sports and leisure
Hiking and mountaineering
- A large number of walks and hikes: in the Vanoise National Park, night-time hike,
learning about high mountain pastures and beekeeping.
- Rock-climbing:
Outdoor climbing wall at the Grandes Combes.
Training cliff and routes of several lengths in the Avals Valley.
Artificial indoor climbing rock 13 m high at Courchevel 1850.
- Mountaineering on the glacier, on the Grand Paradis, Mont Blanc and the traverse of the Plassaz rocks.
- Via ferrata at Lake Rosière and the Croix de Verdons (the highest in France, at an altitude of 2739 m).
Water sports
- Courchevel swimming-pool 1550/Les Grandes Combes: 2 x 25-m pools, one of which is partially outdoors.
- Rafting and white water sports (canyoning, hydrospeed). Descent down the Isère and the
Doron.
- Fishing in lakes and torrents : at Lake Rosière and torrent (altitude 1500 m), at Lake Praz (altitude 1300 m), in the high-altitude lakes (Lake Rateau, Lake Pêtre, Upper and Lower Lake Merlet, Lake Bleu : altitudes of 2230 to 2450 m).
Air sports
- Flying with the Dauphiné/Courchevel Aeroclub .
- Helicopter.
- Paragliding and hot air balloon.
- Hang glider.
Other activities
- Bowling: 8 international competition runs at Courchevel 1850.
- Riding: guided treks on horseback.
- Golf course at Courchevel 1850: 9 compact holes and practice pitch.
- Mini-golf: 18 holes outdoors.
- Paint-ball: site laid out in the forest at Grandes Combes (Courchevel 1550).
"Courchevel-Activ".
- Ice-skating rink at Courchevel 1850.
- Tennis: 10 courts and a training wall at Grandes Combes (Courchevel 1550).
Tennis Club.
- Archery: shooting at targets or hunting territory in the forest at target animals.
Courchevel Archery.
- Mountain-biking:
256 km of marked trails in a circuit or downhill, access by 4 ski lifts.
Descent down the Loze (2875 m long 480 m difference in height).
Mountain-bike Evolution Centre: 2 runs at Courchevel 1850; 1 fun run for beginners
and 1 mountain-bike trial run for improvers and to learn the techniques.
- Fitness: fitness course, cardio-training, body-building, sauna, jacuzzi, hammam, beauty care, massages.
Resort Fêtes and events
- July: The 3 Valleys Mountain-Bike Competitions at Courchevel 1850, including the Free Bike and the Rando Tour.
- July: European Ski-jumping Cup at Le Praz.
- July: Courchevel Raid at Courchevel 1850.
- July: Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Festival at - Courchevel 1650.
- August: 3rd Fireworks Art Festival at Courchevel 1850.
- August: Summer Ski-jumping Grand Prix at Courchevel 1300.
- August: Tovets Festival at Courchevel 1850.
- August: Aeronautics Festival at Courchevel 1850 (mountain airfield).
Shops and Services
- Cinemas (in 1650 and 1850), disco (1850), piano-bars, concerts, traditional summer festivals of La
Madelon (end of July) and Notre Dame des Neiges (Our Lady of the Snow – beginning of August).
- Self-services, restaurants, butchers, bakers, book shops, sport equipment rental, clothes shops, service stations, tobacconists, banks (cash dispenser in 1550, Crédit Agricole in 1650 and 1850, Banque de Savoie and Banque Populaire Savoisienne in 1850).
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