Champagny-en-Vanoise & surroundings : activities and events

The Charm of a village,
the pleasure of a large terrain

DOWNHILL SKIING : From the resort centre, within 8 minutes
a cable car takes skiers to the Southern slopes and the vast
area for board sports of La Grande Plagne : 225km of pistes
for all levels between 2,000 and 3,000 meters. You can also
enjoy Paradiski ski area : La Plagne – Les Arcs resorts are
450 km of pistes.

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING : Crowned by la Grande-Motte and
la Grande-Casse, the plateau of Champagny-le-Haut is
home to one of the most sumptuous Nordic ski terrains in
Savoy. 22 kilometers of pistes kept and well maintained
are waiting for skate skiing or diagonal stride enthusiasts.

Situated in the
French Alps, in Savoy
(Tarentaise-Vanoise)
at 1250m altitude,
Champagny-en-Vanoise
it’s a mountain
village and
a ski resort.

Chalet Les Balcons de l’Arbé virtual tour

The resort offers also a lot of Nordic activities like
trekking, ice climbing, snowshoeing, sledging for kids,
“Espace glacialis” glacier museum.

Our guests give their opinion, make the most of it . . .

Charm of a village, pleasure of a great Park

On Summer, Champagny, gateway to the National Park of Vanoise,
welcomes you in a greenery case surrounded by majestic summits
and propose you different activities like : walking, climbing,
mountaineering, adventure course, via ferrata, paragliding, tennis
course, mountain bike, water sports, swimming pool, fishing,
mountain refuges.

In spring :

* Initiatory trips in the middle of fauna (ibex,
roebucks, marmots) and the flora of mountain.
* Special stays : short stay or weekend stay.

The graet dates of the winter !

At Courchevel

- From 21st to 26th December 2008 : Magical Christmas Week,
information coming soon at www.courchevel.com

-The 30th December 2008 : Mercedes Ice Skating Gala
At the ice rink of Le Forum, Courchevel 1850

-The 23rd December 2008 : Ice Skating Christmas Gala
at Courchevel 1850

- From 22nd to 25th January 2009 : S Club Snow Arena Polo
Courchevel World Cup, the highest Snow Polo tournament
in the world, at the high altitude airport - Courchevel 1850

- From 19th to 22 January 2009 : Alpine skiing Europa Cup
at Emile Allais Slalom course - Courchevel 1850

- From 26th February to 6th Marsh 2009 : International
Festival of Pyrotechnic Art

At Pralognan

- From 21st to 28th January 2009 : Music Festival

- The 5th April 2009 : « La Transvanoise » mountain skiing race

At Champagny

- The 24th & 25th January : "The Gorzderette",
An unusual event in an original setting : far from official
competitions, it is a true meeting of mountain lovers : 2 days
of meetings, competitions, partying and demonstrations,
matches and a concert . . . Open to everyone !

- The 9th February 2009 : “Derby du Mont de la Guerre”,
downhill skiing, telemark, snowboarding, this sport event
became one of the most important event for all sort of riders.
Target : downhill one of the longest and most beautiful slopes
of the skiing area of La PLagne “ Le Mont de la Guerre”.
Open to all riders (from the age of 16).

- The 9th February 2009 : “Nordic Derby”, cross country
skiing race by night open to everybody.
Head-on lamps necessary.

- The 21st March 2009 : « La Kramelet », Original TELEMARK
meeting : Initiation, show, descent in traditional costumes,
race by team of 2. Music live, open air barbecue...

- The 9th April 2009 : “4 S Session”, 4 S’s like snowboard,
ski, slope-style & Sound. Slope contest & 2 concerts, open to
13 years old and more.

Valérie Exbrayat – Côte Arbet 73350 Champagny-en-Vanoise, FR. -Phone. 33 (0)4 7922 1181 Mobile 33 (0)6 8907 7618 - valeriexbrayat@wanadoo.fr