Weather observed:
The snowflakes are making a real comeback this morning. At 10am, the temperature in town is -1 degrees. At altitude it is not much colder with -6 degrees at Pisaillas.
Roads:
With snowy, wintery conditions and continued snowfall expected throughout the day, please exercise caution on the roads. Snow tyres or chains are mandatory in Savoie.
Today's Ski Report
On the Bellvarde Sector, all slopes are open with a few exceptions.Orange, OK, and Diebold are closed at the bottom, possibly scheduled to open later in the day. La Face, Joseray, and Olympique are completely closed in preparation for the Criterium.
On the Solaise, the Rhone Alps and L pistes are closed, with possible openings on the Mattis and Traverseee de Laisinant later in the day. The Cognai, Arcelle, and Marmottons are closed.
In the Fornet sector, the Signal and Pyramides are closed.
On the Pisallas, Montets is closed.
Cross Country skiers can head out to the Manchet valley.
Pedestrians can walk on the Pont Saint Charles path or the Manchet Valley trail.
Avalanche risk is 3 out of 5.
Local News
The mayor of Val d'Isere, Patrick Martin, held a press conference yesterday afternoon at the center of Congress to talk about the Olympic Games, presenting Val d'Isère as a competition site. While our village may no longer host races according to the most recent version of the project, the idea defended by the municipality is to organize slalom as well as giant slalom. A grouping of mens and womens technical events are planned to take place here, allowing for teams, journalists, and spectators to avoid travel in our valleys, which would be good news for the environment.
In addition to this press conference, other actions are planned this weekend during the Critérium de la Première Neige events.
According to the mayor yesterday, it was French skiers' turn to play the press conference game at the end of the day. The best French professionals answered questions from journalists at the convention center. Among them, the reigning Olympic slalom champion Clément Noël. The slalom skier supported by the Val d’Isère Sports Club has had mixed fortunes on the Face de Bellevarde, we listen to him:
Another skier supported by the Val d'Isère Sports Club, Victor Muffat Jeandet. After two injuries over the last two seasons, the skier is slowly regaining these marks:
Before the races on Saturday and Sunday, the festivities around the Criterium will begin this evening on Avenue Olympique. The road will be closed to vehicles from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for these festivities with the bib drawing ceremony starting at 6:30 p.m.
Another event this afternoon and this evening, the telethon. The Val d'Isère Fire Brigade Association invites you at the end of the day to its stand set up on the Tourist Office square. Pancakes, hot drinks and telethon goodies will be sold, with all profits being donated to the telethon association.
New on the snow front, Val d'Isère Téléphériques installed a cabin yesterday afternoon, an exact replica of the "eggs" of the future Vallon de l'Iseran device.
You probably had difficulty receiving Radio Val d'Isère yesterday afternoon. It's not your FM radio or your computer that's to blame, it's those nasty computer demons. Our internet network went down yesterday, preventing us from broadcasting our program between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The outage was repaired thanks to the work of the Radio Val team and the rapid intervention of the town hall's IT department.
Official opening of the 68th Critérium: Val d'Isère celebrates its champions in the resort center from 5:30 p.m. You can find an area reserved for pedestrians on Avenue Olympique
• From 5:30 p.m.: Street show in Avenue Olympique, DJ Loran and cheerleaders (podium on Avenue Olympique)
• From 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Signature session with Dynastar athletes.
• 6 p.m.: Official opening of the 68th Critérium with the presentation of Clément Noël's Film and mulled wine.
• 6:30 p.m.: Public drawing of bibs (podium on Avenue Olympique)
Closure of Avenue Olympique between the 2 roundabouts from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Telethon: organized by the Val d’Isère firefighters association. On the program, sale of hot drinks, crepes and Telethon products, all funds raised will be donated to the Telethon association. From 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
-The red train runs from La Daille to Fornet via the slopes roundabout every 6 minutes, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. then every 20 minutes until 2 a.m.
-The blue train goes up to Legettaz every 15 minutes from 8:30 a.m. to 11:20 p.m.
-The yellow train takes you to the Manchet valley via rue de la Balme, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:20 p.m. every 20 minutes
-The Val Tignes shuttle runs between our two resorts. 6 round trips per day, departing from La Daille: 7:55 a.m., 8:35 a.m., 10:50 a.m., 4:25 p.m., 5:25 p.m., 6:20 p.m. Departing from Tignes 1800: 8:05 a.m., 8:45 a.m., 11 a.m.; 4:35 p.m., 5:35 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
- The Tourist Office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- The aqua sports center is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- The ice rink is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- The media library is open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- The town hall is open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Vie Val d’Is is open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Carole, Sébastien and their staff, open the doors of Etincelle to you this evening and tomorrow evening, remember to reserve your table!
For the opening of its bar today, Le Bananas is offering you a 50% reduction on all drinks from 6 p.m.! This offer is valid every evening until December 14.
