{"id":97392,"date":"2026-03-30T13:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/?p=97392"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:05:41","slug":"the-popular-event-that-all-french-skiers-have-been-waiting-for-arrives-in-courchevel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/ce-rendez-vous-populaire-que-tout-le-ski-francais-attend-debarque-a-courchevel\/","title":{"rendered":"The popular event that all French skiers have been waiting for arrives in Courchevel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From 12 to 18 April 2026,<a href=\"https:\/\/courchevel.com\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Courchevel<\/a> is hosting the Challenge des Moniteurs, the French championship for French Ski School instructors. More than 2,000 participants are expected to take to the slopes of the Savoyard resort for around forty events. It's a rare event for Courchevel, which hasn't organised the competition since 2007, and one that will involve the entire region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the early hours of the morning, the red suits lined up at the start of the \u00c9mile Allais stadium. The events follow one another throughout the day, from slalom to the technical disciplines taught in ski schools. The \u00c9pic\u00e9a stadium completes the programme, between the Croisette and the Loze plateau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/youve-never-seen-anything-like-this-in-courchevel-freestyle-derbys-and-big-parties-on-the-slopes-are-on-the-cards\/\">You've never seen anything like it in Courchevel: derbies, freestyle and big parties on the slopes are on the cards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Instructors' Challenge remains a special event in the winter calendar. It brings together professionals from all the French resorts, with a view to competition as well as peer recognition. Nearly 3,000 instructors will be present during the week, some of them competing in the race, others coming to support or encourage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Alpe d'Huez in 2025, the ESF of <a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/subject\/courchevel\/\">Courchevel <\/a>Village placed eleven riders in the final. A performance that provides a benchmark ahead of the home edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A fully mobilised station<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the slopes, the event extends to the whole resort. Around 600 accompanying adults are expected, with nearly 2,000 beds mobilised and 2,000 meals served each day. Traffic will be organised around the various competition venues and meeting points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/courchevel-local-produce-stunning-scenery-three-daltitude-farms-to-discover-this-summer\/\">Courchevel: local produce, stunning scenery... Here are three mountain farms to discover this summer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day, participants gather around the Bar des Neiges or at the ice rink, where the evening events are held. The atmosphere remains one of group life and reunions between instructors from all over France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The director of ESF 1550, Lucas Dyen, emphasises the importance of welcoming new guests to the resort. <em>\u00abCourchevel is proud to be hosting the 74th Instructors\u00bb Challenge. The local ESFs and all the players in the area are mobilised to offer competitions on World Cup stadiums and gatherings around the ice rink\".\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courchevel-challenge2026.com\/?_sc=MjYzOTMxMSMxOTgyMjU%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Du 12 au 18 avril 2026, Courchevel accueille le Challenge des moniteurs, championnat de France des enseignants de l\u2019\u00c9cole du Ski Fran\u00e7ais. Plus de 2000 participants sont attendus sur les pistes de la station savoyarde pour une quarantaine d\u2019\u00e9preuves. Un rendez-vous rare \u00e0 Courchevel, qui n\u2019avait plus organis\u00e9 la comp\u00e9tition depuis 2007, et qui mobilise<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":97397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[312,327,311,351,298],"class_list":{"0":"post-97392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stations-de-ski","8":"tag-3-vallees","9":"tag-alpes-du-nord","10":"tag-courchevel","11":"tag-savoie","12":"tag-stations-de-ski"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97392"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97401,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97392\/revisions\/97401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}