Courchevel

Les pistes de luge

Sledging

Courchevel has two sledging runs that have nothing in common, and it is worth knowing which is which before choosing. The 1850 one drops to Courchevel Village, runs two kilometres, is floodlit, and costs nothing: the evening option, after skiing, when nobody wants to get back in the car. Moriond Racing, at Courchevel 1650, is another order of thing: three kilometres of purpose-built run, four hundred and fifty metres of vertical, tunnels and a carousel, gondola back up included. We suggest the first for families with young children, the second from about ten or twelve.

The options

The Courchevel 1850 run, free

Two kilometres between Courchevel 1850 and Courchevel Village, lit from top to bottom, which makes it the end-of-day option par excellence. It costs nothing, but it assumes two things: your own sledge, and a lift pass if you plan to keep going back up. We supply sledges when you have none.

Moriond Racing, €17 a run

Three kilometres and four hundred and fifty metres of vertical drop at Courchevel Moriond, with banked turns, straights, tunnels and a carousel. This is a genuine toboggan run, not a groomed slope, and by far the more entertaining of the two. The ticket includes the gondola back up and all the equipment.

Duration

As long as you like at 1850. About fifteen minutes down at Moriond

When to go

Winter. The 1850 run is lit from top to bottom

Pricing

Free at 1850 · €17 a run at Moriond

Two very different regimes. The run between Courchevel 1850 and Courchevel Village is free, but you must bring your own sledge and a lift pass to get back up, otherwise you go down once. Moriond Racing is paid, €17 a run, but the ticket covers everything: the descent, the gondola back up to the Ariondaz, and the hire of sledge, helmet and goggles. Free for children under 1.25 m riding with an adult.