Local walks:
Using the lifts which connect Le Praz, 1550 and 1850, and run from 1850 up to Chenus, Verdons and the Saulire, a large network of walks can be accessed. You can simply walk down
from 1850 to 1550 and Le Praz following the ski runs, or else meander through the wooded slopes above Le Praz and perhaps descend to Saint Bon. From Chenus there are a variety of
walks back to 1850, or through the woods to Le Praz and La Tania, or into the Meribel Valley. And from the Saulire summit there are descents back to Verdons, into the Creux Valley
and over to Meribel.
From 1650 the Ariondaz lift will take you up to Mont Bel Air, from where you can walk up to the lakes near Col de Chanrossa, or descend into the scenic Vallee des Avals. The
beauty spot around La Rosière lake is a short walk from 1650. There are many paths around the lake and hillsides, and longer walks over the hills towards Pralognan, or down through
the woods around Montcharvet, can be undertaken from La Rosière.
The range of walking possibilities in the Courchevel area is so huge it's difficult to take
it all in. Most of the main skiing descents - together with numerous variations - become trails in the summer, and many other routes, over rocks and through woods, up to craggy peaks
and down into deep valleys, are available to the walker. Every type of walking, from gentle strolling to guided high mountain hiking with overnight stopovers is catered for. And as
for climbing, there are the Via Ferrata on the Croix de Verdons and at La Rosière, which offers some of the highest and most challenging ascents in France.
