{"id":825,"date":"2015-12-03T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T16:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2015-12-03T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T16:11:37","slug":"courchevel-prepares-for-the-start-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/courchevel-prepares-for-the-start-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Courchevel prepares for the start of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a good start to the winter in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/courchevel-1850\">Courchevel<\/a>, with 30 cm of fresh snow in the resort and 1 metre at the top of La Saulire.<\/p>\n<p>The resort officially opens for the season on Saturday 05 December for winter 2015\/16.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_826\" style=\"width: 551px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-826\" class=\"size-full wp-image-826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg.png\" alt=\"Early snow in Courchevel\" width=\"541\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg.png 541w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg-190x190.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg-336x335.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Early snow in Courchevel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Opening last week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The season started early with a one-off opening on Wednesday 25 November &#8211; which offered free skiing, parking and hot chocolate to anyone who wanted to get some early skiing in.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lQT9W6b-erk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Art comes to Courchevel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visitors to Courchevel this winter will have the chance to admire contemporary art across the resort.<\/p>\n<p>You won&#8217;t miss\u00a0the Saulire cable car &#8211; which has been decorated for the season by renown graffitti artist Jonone:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"cour saulire jonone\" width=\"510\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire-190x119.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire-60x38.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire-400x251.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cour-saulire.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And throughout the resort you can enjoy the sculptures of Richard Orlanski. \u00a0Regulars to the resort may recognise his polar bear, joined this year by Kong!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art3.jpg\" alt=\"courchevel kong art\" width=\"558\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art3-143x190.jpg 143w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art3-60x80.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art3-251x335.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will be able to find Kong at the top of Saulire and there are three other pieces in the ski area: a panther at Chenus and two polar bears at La Vizelle. \u00a0Six other sculptures will be positioned in the town of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/courchevel-1850\/catered_chalets\">Courchevel 1850<\/a> itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art.jpg\" alt=\"courchevel art panther\" width=\"577\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art-190x143.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-art-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the latest and best deals on chalets in Courchevel and any of the resorts in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/france\/les-trois-vallees\">Les 3 Vallees<\/a> please contact the Chaletline team on 01822 617761.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Courchevel-1850-main_1_maxi_x685y321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Courchevel-1850-main_1_maxi_x685y321.jpg\" alt=\"Courchevel 1850 \" width=\"589\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Courchevel-1850-main_1_maxi_x685y321.jpg 685w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Courchevel-1850-main_1_maxi_x685y321-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Courchevel-1850-main_1_maxi_x685y321-190x89.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Courchevel-1850-main_1_maxi_x685y321-60x28.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Courchevel-1850-main_1_maxi_x685y321-400x187.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Article by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107961348339974741522\/about?rel=author\">Iain Martin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/courchevel-prepares-for-the-start-of-the-season\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg-190x190.png);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/courchevel-egg-190x190.png<\/a><p>It&#8217;s been a good start to the winter in Courchevel, with 30 cm of fresh snow in the resort and 1 metre at the top of La Saulire. The resort officially opens for the season on Saturday 05 December for &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/courchevel-prepares-for-the-start-of-the-season\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[81],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}