Courchevel

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Courchevel is the name of a ski station in the department of Savoie in the French Alps. It forms along with Meribel, Les Menuires and Val Thorens, Les Trois Vallées ski area.

Courchevel consists of three parts, which are named according to their altitude: Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650 and Courchevel 1850.

The German driver Michael Schumacher owns a chalet in Courchevel, where he spends his winter holidays. He was killed on 29 December 2013, the nearby ski resort of Méribel life-threatening.

Airfield

South of the highest building is located at an altitude of 2007 meters ( 6584 feet ) the aerodrome Courchevel ( altiport, ICAO code LFLJ ) with 537 m (1762 feet) short take-off and landing strip. To the not unusual for Altiports the runway gradient is vertically bent and has the steeper slope of a piece of 18.66 %. Landed is uphill, downhill started, in each case over a precipice. You can see the runway in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).

Sports events

Ski Jumping Grand Prix

The ski jump Tremplins you Praz in Courchevel is traditionally the venue for the Summer Grand Prix in ski jumping.

Tour de France

As part of the Tour de France Courchevel was three times milestone and at the subsequent stage again each starting point. Won the 1997 Richard Virenque, Marco Pantani in 2000 and 2005, Alejandro Valverde.

The increase in the first category starts in La Perrière and leads to a length of 21.8 kilometers with 1264 meters of altitude to the target at an altitude of 2004 meters above sea level, which corresponds to an average slope of 6.3 percent.