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Event Previews & Reviews from Les 2 Alpes

Read reviews of the best Les 2 Alpes events

world record torchlit descent

Les 2 Alpes World Record attempt torchlit descent

Location
Les Deux Alpes

On Wednesday, Les Deux Alpes attempted to beat the world record for the largest ever torchlit descent on skis. Thousands of torches were ready, the people from Guinness were there to officiate and count, and a large crowd was gathered on La Toura ready for the ski down in the dark.

Katie Summerhayes Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Katie Summerhayes from Sheffield is back on snow for the first time since her ACL injury. She talks about the freeski scene to come out of Sheffield Ski Village and how Woodsy helped to push her when she started out on the European circuit.

a cyclists winning a stage of the tour de france 2016

1st rest day Tour de France 2016

As 15,000 people cycled the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2016, from Megeve to Morzine in the Etape du Tour on Sunday, the drama of the actual race was unfolding in the Pyrenees.

a snowborader in a competition

Les 2 Alpes Enjoy the Glacier 2016

The glacier in Les 2 Alpes opened this weekend and in the region of 3,000 people arrived in resort to get their first skiing and snowboarding of the season done.

trail runners in les 2 alpes

Les Deux Alpes Vertical Trail weekend 2017

Location
Les Deux Alpes

There are many trail races in the Deux Alpes area, but the Vertical Trail weekend is reserved for two of the steepest, most gruelling hill-climbs on the calendar.

Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

The London Freeze is the ski and snowboard event that brings together international live music acts and some of the world's best riders. The two day festival is the last weekend in October and in 2011 we caught up with X-Games medalist James Wooods for a chat about his Olympic hopes.

a ski racer in action

Ski racing world cup end of Season roundup 2017

February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.

Les Deux Alpes Night Snow Trail 2018

Les Deux Alpes Night Snow Trail 2018 Review

Les Deux Alpes’ unusual trail running challenge returned for its sixth and perhaps its toughest instalment this weekend. Heavy snow, high winds and avalanche risk meant that courses had to be altered. Some competitors had a shorter run and others a longer one but all had a difficult time trying to race through deep snow.

Murray Buchan Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Murray Buchan a skier who grew up on the finger-snapping plastic of Edinburgh's Hillend made a choice to ski rather than play rugby and hopefully that choice will take hi to an Olympic medal.

tdf pic of peter sagan in green jersey

Switch it up a gear for TDF 2016

July brings with it all sorts of sporting events. This year we have the EURO 2016 hosted in France at the start of the month, the annual tennis tournamant at Wimbledon and Formula 1 action at Silverstone, Budapest and Hockenheim.

La Fete de la Musique Video, France

Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.

running up a piste at night

Les Deux Alpes Night Snowtrail review

This weekend just gone saw the fifth edition of the Deux Alpes Night Snowtrail race. As always it was a well-attended, well-run event, but this year saw the 2015 Trail Running world champion in attendance. Sylvain Court, who is also a two-time French champion, was running in the 20km race.

Crankworx Slopestyle Finals

The 2013 Crankworx in Les 2 Alpes was bigger than ever, and this video shows some of the best tricks from the bike festival. In case you are confused this is not a video game...

Jamie Nicholls Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.

What's on in Les 2 Alpes winter 2018/19

What's on in Les 2 Alpes winter 2018/19

As always there is a full programme of events running from the start to the end of the season. Many of these will be familiar to regular visitors, and you might even have planned your holiday around one of them.

Mountain of Hell 2019 bookings

Mountain of Hell 2019 bookings

The Mountain of Hell is back for its 20th edition, this time with a Clash of the Titans theme, on June 28th-30th 2019. The event attracts around 700 riders each year and has been hugely popular since its debut in 1999.

Mountain of Hell Video, Les Deux Alpes 2010

A race of superlatives. The descent from 3400 meters to 900 meters is both physical and invigorating and one of the highlights of the Summer calendar.

runners at twilight

2017 Snow Trail Running Events in 2 Alpes

Location
Les Deux Alpes

Now in its fifth year, the Deux Alpes Night Snow Trail has become something of a fixture on the resort’s calendar. A growing number of trail running aficionados are choosing their skiing holiday dates each winter to allow them to compete in the race.