There’s plenty of changes in Courchevel for this winter as the resort begins its preparations for hosting the Alpine Ski World Championships in 2023.
Courchevel and Méribel in Les 3 Vallées will jointly organize the 2023 World Champs, with Courchevel hosting the men’s events and Méribel hosting the women’s races as they did at the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics.
Saalbach Hinterglemm lost out to the joint French bid, which will be the first time that France hosted the event since it was held in Val d’Isère in 2009.
Courchevel investing EUR42m in infrastructure
Courchevel has announced it has invested EUR42 million in improvements for this winter season, including a new cable car and more snow cannons.
Following last year’s new Ariondaz gondola and the Moriond Racing toboggan run in Courchevel 1650, the biggest development is the new Grangettes lift.
This is a new gondola from Courchevel Village at 1550m to 1850 and will replace the existing 4-seater Les Grangettes gondola. The new 10-person cabins will take 2 minutes 55 seconds instead of five minutes and carry 2400 skiers per hour. The cabins will also light up on the inside when it’s dark outside.
Work on the new Grangettes gondola
The Croisette in 1850 is being upgraded
The Croisette building in Courchevel 1850 will also be updated to improve access to the Verdons, Chenus, Jardin Alpin and Grangettes gondolas.
A key part of the preparations for 2023 is the creation of a new multi-service building in Courchevel Le Praz. This will offer 500 covered parking spaces as well as a new base station, tourist office, S3V sales counters, a children’s games room, a medical centre and lockers for ski storage.
More snow cannons
If that wasn’t enough, Courchevel is also investing EUR1 million in 26 new snow machines to be added to Lac des Creux & Rama pistes.
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