15th February 2011
In Montgenèvre, February 11- 12, 1907, it was finally decided to hold the first international ski competition. Alpine troopers, local soldiers, members of the Swiss and Italian armies and Swedish and Norwegian ski champions competed in downhill, cross cou...
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15th February 2011
In 1942, one year after the inauguration of the world's biggest cable car in Chantemerle (now also known as Serre Chevalier 1350), Edmond Astier was one of three piste workers in the budding ski resort. Their job was to block canals, flatten the snow with...
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15th February 2011
Originally naive depictions of cows going to pasture, wooden poyas are now a popular art form. Serre Chevalier's artist Penelope has made them one of her trademarks.
Speckled, brown or black, they patiently follow one another on the path to the mountai...
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14th February 2011
Ski resorts are taking on the Residence de Tourisme concept to an increasing extent these days. The idea has been around since the 1980s, but do you know what it involves and what are its advantages? This article explains everything.
A Residence de Tou...
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14th February 2011
The breathtaking scenery of the Cucumelle has offered fantastic skiing for over a quarter of a century, and is the corner stone in the development of Serre Chevalier as we know it.
The Cucumelle is easily spotted on the piste maps - it is the large, wh...
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11th February 2011
The designer of Ride Doctor Pro Twin skis lives in Serre Chevalier, France. His first name is Eric, but everybody calls him Bob, which is short for his surname Bobrowicz. After 15 years designing skis for Rossignol, Bob has created his own ski line that i...
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11th February 2011
The mountain tops in Serre Chevalier were long inaccessible, held in mystery and supposedly home to both Gods and other worldly creatures. Man conquered this universe in the 19th Century and the fragile glaciers are now within our reach. When you are in M...
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