{"id":14466,"date":"2018-05-30T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T04:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14466"},"modified":"2018-05-29T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:10:35","slug":"2023-world-cup-downhill-above-la-tania-more-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/2023-world-cup-downhill-above-la-tania-more-details\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 World Cup Downhill Above La Tania – More Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

The successful joint Courchevel-M\u00e9ribel bid to host the 2023 FIS World Ski Championships has the Men’s Downhill starting near the top of the Bouc Blanc piste and then cutting across on to Jockeys and down to Le Praz (this may use the original path of Jockeys – see below).<\/p>\n

Some changes and modification to pistes are likely in the run up to the event which is still over 4 and a half years away! The Women\u2019s and Team events are being held on the Roc de Fer piste in M\u00e9ribel.<\/p>\n

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According to the promotional video included at the bottom of this post, the Men’s Downhill will start near to the top of the Bouc Blanc Chair at 2230m – possibly in the area now vacated by the old remaining Cr\u00eates Chair pylons used for chairlift rescue training that were removed last year). It looks like a new track on to the Bouc Blanc piste and then down possibly on to the original Jockeys piste (removed in 2007) and across the new beginners area then on to the current Jockeys piste down to Le Praz.<\/p>\n

Modifications to the bottom of the slope around the Envolee beginners lift area with a new grandstand \/ finish area also look likely and of course the new Le Praz base building<\/a> with lift pass office, cr\u00eache, toilets, ski storage, Tourist Office, Medical Centre plus sports facilities on the roof and 500 underground parking spaces will all be completed by then.<\/p>\n

The original Jockey Piste used to connect to the Bouc Blanc piste (2006 Piste Map)<\/strong>
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But now Jockeys starts just past the Bouc Blanc Restaurant (2018 Piste Map)<\/strong>
\n(We like how La Tania got 50m higher though!)
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The Super G starts near the top of the For\u00eat Lift and La Tania Gondola at 1875m<\/strong>
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The Giant Slalom at 1725m<\/strong>
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And finally the Slalom at 1495m<\/strong>
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Google Earth images of the area<\/strong>
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The 2023 Courchevel-M\u00e9ribel TOGETHER Promotional Video in full<\/strong><\/p>\n