An update from the Courchevel, La Tania and Mottaret ski area infrastructure & management company S3V.
A little reminder for the winter season: the dates to remember…
In Courchevel you can find the pleasures of skiing from 08 December to 22 April!
For your information:
08 December: opening of Courchevel 1850 / Courchevel-Village / Courchevel-Le Praz and 3 Valleys connections (Le Praz & 1550 Lift access only).
15 December: La Tania & Courchevel 1650 Moriond open along with The 3 Valleys links.
The first 2 weeks planned opening of lifts & pistes in Courchevel & La Tania
A few days before the arrival of the first snow, our teams checked the avalanche release systems.
The Courchevel station uses 4 types of trigger: the Gazex system (gas explosion), the Catex system (explosive charges transported and dropped using a ski lift type installation), manual triggering using explosives and ski release.
The first dynamic tests of the artificial snow installations were carried out in early October with the IEA (Artificial Snow Installation) service, involving the start-up of the 9 engine rooms spread over the entire Couchevel – La Tania area.
Air and water have been sent under pressure to all the networks and now all 3 snow cannon reservoirs are full!
S3V are now just waiting for the temperatures to fall – this is forecast and snow making is expected to commence next week.