La face de Bellevarde
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La face de Bellevarde is a World Cup downhill ski course in France, on Rocher de Bellevarde mountain in Val d'Isere, Savoie; it debuted at the 1992 Winter Olympics with the men's downhill.[1][2][3]
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La face de Bellevarde | |
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Place: | Val d'Isere, France |
Mountain: | Rocher de Bellevarde |
Architect: | Bernhard Russi (SUI) |
Opened: | 1992 |
Level: | Expert |
Competition: | Critérium of the First Snow (Critérium de la première neige) |
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) |
Most wins: | Marcel Hirscher (4x) |
Slalom | |
Start: | 2,065 m (6,775 ft) (AA) |
Finish: | 1,845 m (6,053 ft) |
Vertical drop: | 220 m (722 ft) |
Most wins: | Marcel Hirscher (3x) |
Close
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.