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Event Previews & Reviews from Les 2 Alpes

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Fred Syversen: Professional Skier With World Record for Highest Cliff Jump an image of fred syversen skiing in chamonix

Fred Syversen: Professional Skier With World Record for Highest Cliff Jump

An insider's guide to life as a pro skier, freeskiing in Chamonix and who to look out for in the 2013 Freeride World Tour

As the best freeriders in the world gather in Revelstoke this weekend for the first stop on the all-new Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face, we were fortunate to be able to have a sit down with a free skiing legend, holder of the world record for the highest cliff jump and super nice guy - Fred Syversen.

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

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

With music festivals, parties, races and endurance challenges there really is something for everybody

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.

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Mountain of Hell 2016 MTBers starting a race mountain of hell

Mountain of Hell 2016

Another great year & plenty of snow for this unique MTB race

The Mountain of Hell MTB race is now in its 17th year and the 2016 edition saw 700 mountain bikers take part from no less than 18 different countries. For the first time this year there was a children's race with 23 competitors taking part, and 16 women also joined the ranks - I was one of them.

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Froome extends Tour de France 2016 lead cyclists on a corner of the tour de france

Froome extends Tour de France 2016 lead

Surprise stage winner & Froome tightens grip on Tour victory

Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2016 took the riders from Bern, the capital of Switzerland, to Finaut-Emosson on the Swiss-French border, just around the corner from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

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Christmas & New Year Highlights from Les 2 Alpes 2016/17 fireworks in les 2 alpes

Christmas & New Year Highlights from Les 2 Alpes 2016/17

Fun, fireworks & dancing on tables..

Location
Les Deux Alpes

With a busy festive fortnight coming to an end, we bring you a rundown of the highlights of the last two weeks.

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Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

Highlights from London freeze and a chat with James Woods

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.

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Les 2 Alpes Event Review: 9th November 2012 Happy chilly times at The Relentless Freeze Festival

Les 2 Alpes Event Review: 9th November 2012

Warming up for the winter ski season in London

The Relentless Freeze Festival did exactly what it said on the tin and those not wearing their ski jackets could be found with teeth chattering, huddled around the vin chaud stand wrapping themselves in a fruity alcoholic blanket.

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Les 2 Alpes World Record attempt torchlit descent world record torchlit descent

Les 2 Alpes World Record attempt torchlit descent

A good effort, but no place in the Guinness Book of records this time

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.

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Defi Vertical Ski Challenge 2017 ski racers going up hill

Defi Vertical Ski Challenge 2017

A new race to the top of the mountain

The Les Deux Alpes Défi Vertical, or Vertical Challenge is a new event this year for those who like to ski uphill.

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Rise Festival 2018 bookings Rise Festival 2018 bookings

Rise Festival 2018 bookings

Tickets selling fast for the biggest party of the season in 2 Alpes

For the past four winters, Rise Festival has brought high-altitude partying to Les Deux Alpes before Christmas. This year promises to be no exception. Only a few tickets are left for the six-day event which begins on December 15th.

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Mountain of Hell 2019 bookings Mountain of Hell 2019 bookings

Mountain of Hell 2019 bookings

Book your place for the biggest enduro-downhill-freeride mountain bike event on Les Deux Alpes calendar

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.

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Crankworx Slopestyle Finals

Great video edit showing the best moments from the Deux Alpes Crankworx

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...

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Rise Festival 2016 kicks off in 2 Alpes DJ's on stage

Rise Festival 2016 kicks off in 2 Alpes

The festival returns for its 3rd year & it's even bigger & better

Saturday afternoon saw the arrival of around 3000 Rise festival-goers in Les Deux Alpes, and it didn’t take long for the party to get underway. Back for the third year running, this time around looks set to be bigger than ever.

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Katie Summerhayes Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Katie Summerhayes Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

One Team to Sochi Katie Summerhayes

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.

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