New Snow Cannons

Currently being installed on the Lapin piste down to Meribel Village so access to Lodge du Village should be easier at the beginning and end of season. A new reservoir up the hill just out of view from the Village has been built to supply these new snow guns - lets hope it's finished in time for the October / November rain.

The La Tania snow cannon reservoir has sprung a leak but this will be fixed in time - the cannons did a marvelous job keeping the run to resort open all season last year. Also new cannons over in Mottaret down from Plattieres 1 gondola station down to resort level have been installed.

Piste Improvements

The piste from Plattieres 1 down to resort level at Mottaret is being widened and reshaped to make things easier for beginners. There's also a lot of work around Chenus / Saulire on the Courchevel side but this may just be to stop erosion.

New Lifts

Plan des Mains is being replaced with a new high speed 6 seater detachable and will definitely be ready for this Winter. This is the old slow 4-man chair with the magic carpet / conveyor belt that links you back into the system from Mont Du Vallon, on very cold days the water on the carpet used to freeze on the base of your skis leading to some interesting falls at the top exit. It brings you out at the left of Plattieres 2 station with access straight down to Mottaret or via the Cote Brune lift over to Val Thorens.

No news on the proposed improvements down at St Martin de Belleville yet and replacement of the steep Creux and Fruit drags on the return from 1650 to 1850 seem to have been put on hold.

Building Work

Going on everywhere in the Summer months as usual - more chalets, more refurbs wherever you look...

Summer Football Tournament and other events

Reports on who actually won are very hazy - pictures and a match report of a kind now exists. No one has actually sobered up from the Bastille Day Fetes yet anyway, and misbehaviour continued at Lac Rossiere.

Report from Toffa - Natives Resort Reporter in La Tania

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