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Courchevel 1550

View from Saulire peak, 2700m

Courchevel is the name of a ski area located in the Savoie region of the French Alps, and part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski area in the world. A ski area is a developed recreational facility usually on a Mountain or large Hill, containing ski trails and vital supporting services Savoie ( Arpitan: Savouè d’Avâl) is a French department located in the Rhône-Alpes ( Rôno-Arpes The French Alps are those parts of the Alps mountain range which lie in France. Les Trois Vallées or The Three Valleys is a ski region in the Savoie département of France, The original resort was planned during the Second World War with a study in 1942 by the Vichy regime and in a doctorate by the town planner Laurent Chappis. Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944 Laurent Chappis (born 1915 in Aix-les-Bains, France) Architect and Town planner, created the French Ski resort of Courchevel Chappis was a natural choice to direct the development of the resort in the immediate post war years. Courchevel 1850 was significant as it was the first resort in France to be constructed from scratch rather than based around an existing village. It therefore served as an open air laboratory of ideas.

Courchevel also refers to the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz - the original village), Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650 (Moriond), and Courchevel 1850, which are named for their altitudes in metres. Altitude is the Elevation of a point or object from a known level or datum (plural data The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The highest point in Courchevel 1850 is in fact only 1747 meters[1], the name was chosen for marketing reasons to compete with arch rivals Val d'Isère. Val-d'Isère is a Ski resort and a commune located ( in the Savoie département, in France, 5 km (3 miles from the The Courchevel valley also includes the town of La Tania, built as competitors accommodation for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. La Tania is a ski resort in the Courchevel area of Les Trois Vallees at 1400m above sea level The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was staged in 1992 Albertville ( Arpitan: Arbèrtvile) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Alps in southeastern France Le Praz hosted the Olympic ski jump in that year. Ski jumping is a Sport in which skiers go down an "inrun" with a take-off ramp (the jump attempting to go as far as possible There was a ski Jump in Courchevel 1850 on the snowfront however it was removed recently due to safety precautions.

Courchevel's airport also has a certain degree of infamy in the aviation industry as home to one of the shortest runways in the world, with a length of 525 metres and a gradient of 18. 5% in order to help slow landing aircraft.

Courchevel's couloirs are renowned as some of the most difficult black runs in the world.

Courchevel's sister city is Park City, Utah, USA.

Courchevel has one of the largest bases for ski instructors and other seasonaires due to the size of the three vallees area. Park City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the US state of Utah.

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