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the slopes are among the best groomed in Europe.
The Verdons and Jardin Alpin provide beginners with a number of
gentle, wide pistes with gentle gradients. |
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many opportunities across the 3 valleys area. Exciting
reds, leisurely blues. Courchevel boulevard slopes down under the 160
person cable car, the largest in the world, through the trees into
1850. |
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experts can try the black run under the Chanrossa
chairlift and then go under the Roc Mugnier chair, down to
Courchevel's Fruit Junction to find very steep and deep slopes. Then
try the ugly sisters- a famous trio of couloirs, racing down from the
Saulire summit. |
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large dedicated snow park at Plantrey Chair is ideal
for mastering technique before trying the popular area near the
Biollay chairlift where the ridge is known as The Lip. |
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| 3
cable
cars | 40 gondolas | 68
chairlifts | 87 drag lifts |
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number of lifts
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| 198 (3
valleys) |
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uphill capacity per hour
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| 68,349 |
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direction of slopes
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N, E, S/E, W |
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total length of pistes |
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600km (3 valleys) |
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piste type and number |
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easy |
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101 |
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intermediate |
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146 |
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difficult |
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28 |
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longest run |
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5km
Cime de Caron |
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number of snow cannons |
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519 |
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mountain restaurants |
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43 |
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cross country trails |
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124km |
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glacier
skiing? |
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yes |
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number of ski instructors |
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1000 |
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usual hours of instruction |
| 0930-1230
or 1345-1645 sun-fri
(different during school holidays) |
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photo required for lift pass? |
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yes |
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