Ski Courchevel

This summer there has been the usually bustle of, cranes and huge machines going up and down to various building projects in the different levels of Courchevel.

 A new piste from the top of Pralong & Biollay chairs straight down to the Suisse chair is being created for the new season thus ending the chaos at the corner above the Suisse chair on the Pralong piste.

The new piste follows a similar route to the old Super Pralong drag lift from a few years ago and was a popular easy off piste run in the usual route up to Saulire using Biollay and Suisse with no need to remove skis.

New snow cannons are to be installed on both the Bouc Blanc (red) and Boulevard des Arolles (blue) pistes which link 1850 over to the top of the La Tania gondola from which there is already snow cannons all the way down to resort thus guaranteeing the link over from Courchevel. To La Tania. They are also widening the Boulevard des Arolles which will make it much better for struggling beginners who get skied over by faster better skiers!

There's also plans for a new Tourist Office with left luggage and waiting room over in 1550. Plus talks of a large swimming pool and sports center to be built at Grand Coombs, though this is still in the planning stages and rumours are that it could be a high altitude training area for sports.

In Méribel, the Tougnette gondola is getting completely refurbed for next Winter (this now runs only to the mid-station with the advent of the new Tougnette 6-man chair to the summit).