Off the Slopes in Courchevel

The guide to what Courchevel has to offer when you’re off the slopes.

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Sun 01 Dec 2024 - Sun 08 Dec 2024

Resort Attractions

Courchevel is a place where you can try many activities that are rarely available anywhere else. You can take a French cookery course or learn to drive a piste basher for example.

But it also has an ‘Altiport’ – meaning a small altitude airstrip – where you can take flying lessons with one of two flying schools.
All kinds of courses are available including one hour introductory lessons (Costing a little over 150 Euros) with an instructor through to improvement or mountain flying classes for those who already have some flying experience.

Special classes are also available for young people aged from 14 to 21 years old who wish to prepare for their Aeronautic Brevet French mountain flight course.
Of course if you’d just like to look out of the window you can take tourists flights as short as 15 minutes for as little as 35 Euros per person (children under 12 half price) in a four seater Cessna 172, Jodel D 140 or Mousquetaire D 140 (with wheels and skis)

Aero Courchevel (+33 (0) 479 00 20 64; aeroclub3vallees.com).
Aéroclub Dauphiné Courchevel (+33 (0) 479 08 31 23; aeroclub-courchevel.com).

Activities Available

Art Exhibitions (Hall de La Croisette).

Bowling (Le Forum)
+33 (0) 479 08 23 83

Cinema
+33 (0) 479 08 38 69
megarama.fr

Climbing (Maison de la Montagne
+33 (0) 6 23 92 46 12
guides-courchevel-meribel.com

Cookery Courses (Le Chabichou Quartier des Chenus)
+33 (0) 479 08 00 55
chabichou-courchevel.com

Fitness Centre
+33 (0)4 79 08 85 54

Flying School
+33 (0) 479 08 31 23
aeroclub-courchevel.com

Games Arcade
+33 (0) 479 08 34 80
funhouse-courchevel.com

Hang Gliding (Rue des Cerisiers)
+33 (0) 609 76 50 40
tandem-FBI.com

Helicopter sight-seeing flights (Route de l'Altiport)
+33 (0) 479 08 00 91
www.air-courchevel.com

Heritage Tours
+33 (0) 479 60 59 00
fondation-facim.fr

Hot Air Ballooning (Domaine de l'Ariondaz)
+33 (0) 607 48 16 79
aero-action-aventure.com

Ice Karting (Les Grandes Combes)
+33 (0) 665 51 17 29

Ice Rink
+33 (0) 479 08 33 23

Nordic Walking
+33 (0) 683 17 78 65
azimut-rando.fr

Paragliding
+33 (0) 6 71 90 21 95
sergeheulluy.com

Piste Basher Driving (La Maison de la Montagne)
+33 (0) 479 08 39 60
chardonloisirs.com

Quad Biking On Snow (Les Grandes Combes)
+33 (0) 665 51 17 29

Scenic Flights
+33 (0) 479 08 31 23
aeroclub-courchevel.com).

Snowmobiling (La Maison de la Montagne)
+33 (0) 479 08 39 6
chardonloisirs.com

Snow Rafting (La Maison de la Montagne)
+33 (0) 479 08 39 60
chardonloisirs.com

Snowshoeing (18km of trails).

Taxi Tour (Résidence La Marmotte Appt n°2)
+33 (0) 479 08 00 81
taxi-prestige.com

Toboggan Run (2km long).

Torchlit Descents
+33 (0) 479 22 01 07
animationservices.net

Winter Hiking
+33 (0) 683 17 78 65
azimut-rando.fr

Shopping

Courchevel is a shopping Mecca, at least 1850 is, however options at the lower bases are rather more limited.

At 1850 there are about 150 shops, many of them spread along the roadside through the resort. Along with all holiday essentials you will find high class fashion boutiques, galleries and jewellers.

Chic Altitude (Galerie du Forum; +33 (0) 479 08 32 36) is the place to buy Swarovski, Jean Paul Gaultier and Barbara Rihl. 1850 Parfum (Espace Diamant; +33 (0)4 79 08 39 84) is one of several parfumeries.

Several of the ski shops also sell the top brands, this time skiwear. Jean Blanc Sports (Rue Park City; +33 (0) 479 08 26 41; jeanblancsports.com) for example stocks brands including Bogner, Killy, Spyder and Sun Valley.