Testing Olympic sports in a resort can be done from an early age!
In the Hautes-Pyrénées, the domain of Saint-Lary-Soulan, perched at an altitude of 2,515 meters, offers children from 18 months old the chance to learn snowboarding for free! With a suitable board. The succession is assured !
The resort also organizes biathlon sessions for juniors, from 7 years old. The activity begins with test firings with laser rifles that are safe and do not generate any nuisance (noise, waste, etc.). Then place in a mini competition. No need to know how to ski, because the objective is to do precision shooting. A great run ensues! Duration of the route: 1h30, price 29 euros.
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Very good skiers (arrow level of vermeil) can follow the course for 6 days Slalom in the station des Gets, in Haute-Savoie. On the program: specific training for giant, special and parallel slalom. Price: 256 euros.
Aged 10, Maxime does slalom in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, in Savoie. “The first time we do it, he explains, you have to reconnoitre and go slowly. And in the second run, go a little faster, and in the third, we can try to give everything. The goal is to descend as quickly as possible, losing as little time as possible at the finish.”
As for Thiméa, a Savoyard teenager, she practices ice sledding in La Plagne 1800.
“It consists of descending an ice track as quickly as possible, details the young specialist. The sledge is made up of iron runners and a stretching section. And it’s steered with the shoulders and with the hands, because there are handles to hold on to, and towards the feet, there are pieces of wood called spars, which allow you to steer the sled. And it’s going fast! I’m going 95 km/h.”
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To taste these thrills, La Plagne 1800 opened Speed Luge sessions to the public. Set off on the Olympic track built for the Albertville Olympics in 1992. From 16 years old, price: 112 euros. On site, you can also discover the bobsleigh accompanied by pilot Bruno Mingeon, world champion and Olympic medalist in the discipline.
In the northern Alps at Val Thorens, we follow in the footsteps of skicross champion Jean-Frédéric Chapuis. In the World Cup stadium that bears his name, you are challenged to beat his best qualifying time: 1 minute 11 seconds and 32 hundredths! A timed descent of 1.4 km embellished with bumps, curves and springboards. Smile, your exploits are filmed!