{"id":98272,"date":"2026-08-21T10:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/?p=98272"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:48:13","slug":"wild-jazz-night-trail-grand-prix-wacky-new-ski-show-all-the-winter-highlights-at-serre-chevalier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/jazz-sauvage-trail-nocturne-grand-prix-dejante-nouveau-show-de-ski-tous-les-temps-forts-de-lhiver-a-serre-chevalier\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild jazz, night trail running, wacky Grand Prix, new ski show\u2026 All the highlights of the winter in Serre Chevalier"},"content":{"rendered":"

With one of the largest ski areas in Europe, four communes living to the rhythm of the mountain and UNESCO-listed fortifications, Serre Chevalier Brian\u00e7on<\/a> promises an \u00abXXL version\u00bb winter for 2026\/2027. Between festivals, shows and unusual competitions,<\/strong> The valley is rolling out a busy season. An overview of the unmissable events. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December: first winter sports and Christmas magic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The opening whistle will be blown on 5 December with the \u00abPremi\u00e8res Glisses\u00bb weekend, punctuated by free entertainment to celebrate the opening of the slopes. The ski lifts will then run continuously until 18 April 2027. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the valley puts on its festive attire: illuminated villages, Christmas market in Brian\u00e7on, Christmas village in La Salle-les-Alpes and a parade through the streets of the Vauban citadel. On the sports side, Brian\u00e7on is hosting the French Elite Figure Skating and Ice Dancing Championships for the second consecutive year, from 17th to 20th December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January: the mountain in the raw<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is the month of thrills and the most off-the-wall events. An absolute highlight, the Altitude Jazz Festival is blowing out its 20 candles from 16 to 30 January: twenty years of \u00abwild jazz\u00bb, more than 40 concerts in 27 venues, from large halls to bars, via the Collegiate Church of Brian\u00e7on, the Grands Bains du Mon\u00eatier and even the ski slopes. Half of the concerts are free.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The same weekend, make way for the unusual with Snow Rugby, a snow rugby tournament at an altitude of 2,000 metres at the summit of the Lautaret pass, facing the Meije glacier, and the Serre Che Snow Trail, which is holding its 10th edition. The resort claims the title of the birthplace of winter trail running, as the first \u00abtrail blanc\u00bb was organised there in 2001. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snow sports enthusiasts will meet at the end of January for the Snowkite Masters, still at the legendary Lautaret spot, while double Olympic champion Pierre Vaultier will orchestrate his Pumptrack Battle in Le Mon\u00eatier-les-Bains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February: family celebrations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In February, the valley embraces the holiday season and family reunions. The Demo Ski Show, an unmissable spectacle put on by the 300 instructors of the ESF Villeneuve, features a series of acrobatic jumps and fireworks across several dates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Brian\u00e7on, the Grandes Parades will bring the town centre to life on the 19th and 26th of February with a rhythm of fantastic shows, before the Aravet snow front transforms on the 25th into a giant dancefloor for a major open-air concert at the foot of the slopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March-April: relaxed skiing and a major new attraction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the sun gains ground, Serre Chevalier<\/a> Switching to chill mode. On 20 March, the Grand Prix de Serre Chevalier, billed as the world's biggest gathering of amateur skiers, brings together \u00abthe gentle and the mad\u00bb for fifteen wacky events spread right across the ski area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo \u00a9 Serre Chevalier)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The resort will also host, for the first time, the Masters Ski Mountaineering World Championships from 26 to 28 March, with 300 participants expected. A major first to close the season: the Outdoormix Winter Festival, from 2 to 4 April in La Salle-les-Alpes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the tradition of the great board-sports gatherings of the 2000s, this new event will combine high-altitude snow sports by day and concerts at the foot of the slopes in the evening. Throughout the winter, the Sound of Altitude event will also bring mountain restaurants and valley bars to life with a series of gigs and DJ sets.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With one of the largest ski areas in Europe, four mountain-paced communes and UNESCO-listed fortifications, Serre Chevalier Brian\u00e7on promises an \u00abXXL version\u00bb winter 2026\/2027. Between festivals, shows and unusual competitions, the valley is rolling out a packed season. An overview of the unmissable events. December:<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":98283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[65,338,525,337,298],"class_list":["post-98272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-stations-de-ski","tag-a-la-une","tag-alpes-du-sud","tag-briancon","tag-serre-chevalier-2","tag-stations-de-ski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98272","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=98272"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98287,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98272\/revisions\/98287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}