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| La face de Bellevarde | |
|---|---|
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| Place: |  Val-d'Isère, France
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| Mountain: | Rocher de Bellevarde |
| Architect: | Bernhard Russi (SUI) |
| Opened: | 1992 |
| Level: |  Expert
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| Competition: | Critérium of the First Snow |
| Downhill | |
| Start: | 2,807 m (9,209 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 1,848 m (6,063 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 959 m (3,146 ft) |
| Length: | 2.998 km (1.863 mi) |
| Max. incline: | 35.4° degrees (71%) |
| Avr. incline: | 17.8° degrees (32.1%) |
| Avr. incline: | 2.8° degrees (5%) |
| Giant slalom | |
| Start: | 2,300 m (7,546 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 1,850 m (6,070 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
| Slalom | |
| Start: | 2,065 m (6,775 ft) (AA) |
| Finish: | 1,845 m (6,053 ft) |
| Vertical drop: | 220 m (722 ft) |
La face de Bellevarde is a World Cup downhill ski course in France, on Rocher de Bellevarde mountain in Val-d'Isère, Savoie; it debuted at the 1992 Winter Olympics with the men's downhill.[1][2][3]
It is only about two kilometres (1.2 mi) kilometres up the road from "Piste Oreiller-Killy" in La Daille, another legendary course with a lengthier World Cup tradition.
With 17.8 degrees (32.1%) incline it is the world's steepest giant slalom course in average gradient, with no flat sections, only steepness the whole time.
This competition is known as the Critérium of the First Snow (Critérium de la première neige).
- ^ "SKI ALPINFace de Bellevarde, la montagne sacrée" (in French). .ledauphine.com. 30 January 2008.
- ^ "La face de Bellevarde à Val d'Isère, championne des championnats" (in French). ledauphine.com. 16 February 2016.
- ^ "List of all events on La face de Bellevarde". fis-ski.com. 2 November 2021.