Hautes-Alpes

Arthur BAUCHET

Para alpine skiing – Ski Club Serre-Chevalier

At the age of 25, Arthur Bauchet is a multiple Paralympic medalist in alpine skiing. He comes to these Games with the crazy ambition of winning five gold medals in as many disciplines. Smiling, approachable and resourceful, he is a combination of talent, perseverance and joie de vivre.

Aurélie RICHARD

Para alpine skiing – Ski club Queyras

Aurélie Richard, 20, is hoping to be the French revelation of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. She will not be taking part in Beijing 2022, having ruptured the cruciate ligaments in her right knee in June 2021. Aurélie, the bubbly one, arrives at these Games full of pride in representing France, and intends to make the most of every moment.

2 athletes from the Club Elite Hautes-Alpes, who never give up, and of whom the Hautes-Alpes are very proud.

The development agency won the award in the ” Saveur & Savoir-faire: valoriser le patrimoine agricole français ” category, which recognizes initiatives that promote local produce and the transmission of know-how.

This recognition underscores the constant commitment of the organizing team, which has been present at the Salon International de l’Agriculture for over ten years, and pays tribute to the long-standing work of highlighting Haute-Alpes producers and craftsmen, ambassadors of a living heritage and a fully-fledged agricultural chain.

A word from the jury

“The Haut-Alpin candidate ticked a lot of boxes: transmission, generational renewal, pedagogy, gustatory pleasures. On the stand, we travelled. And in the speech, no fuss, precise, concise, intelligent, without trying to seduce us, on the other hand absolutely convincing!”

Wines

Domaine de Tresbaudon (Tallard):
🥇 U Chjùcu Corsu (white wine, vintage 2025)

Cave Coopérative des Hautes-Vignes (Valserres):
🥇 Croquant de petit grain (white wine, vintage 2025)
🥈 Domaine de la Grande Hauche (red wine, vintage 2025)

Charcuterie

La Salaison des Écrins (Aubessagne):
🥇 Le Petit Écrin traditional dry sausage
🥉 Dry sausage

Goûte Traiteur (Pont-du-Fossé):
🥈 Home-made dry sausage
🥉 Home-made dry sausage

La Salaison du Champsaur (Saint-Laurent-du-Cros):
🥉 Le Montagnon old-fashioned, unsmoked cooked ham

Sarl Laurent Lamorlette (Embrun):
🥉 Le Barcelo traditional dry sausage

Dairy products

La Fromagerie de la Durance (Guillestre):
🥈 Capriraclette

Sacré Willy (Tallard):
🥇 Vanilla rice pudding
🥈 Caramel baked cream
🥈 Vanilla cottage cheese

La Fromagerie de la Durance (Guillestre):
🥈 Capriraclette

Fromagerie Ebrard (Chabottes):
🥉 Cow’s milk yogurt with vanilla

GAEC des 2 Bégüe (Manteyer):
🥇 Plain ewe’s milk yogurt

Honeys and meads

Borel Joël (Gap):
🥈 Lavender / lavandin honey

Apiland (Rousset):
🥇 Lavender honey
🥇 Light polyfloral honey
🥇 Dark mountain honey

Tiron Gérald (Saint-Firmin):
🥈 Dark mountain honey

Le rucher de saruchet – Faure Joseph (Montgardin):
🥇 Light polyfloral honey
🥉 Acacia honey

EARL des Terres Sauvages (Saint-Firmin):
🥈 Acacia honey

Apiculture Monnet et fils (Château Ville Vieille):
🥇 Clear Polyfloral honey
🥇 Acacia honey

Aperitifs

Le Plantivore (Château Ville Vieille):
🥇 Fruit liqueur

Distillerie de Saint Véran (Saint Véran):
🥈 Herbal liqueur

Jams

Le Plantivore (Château Ville Vieille):
🥉 Bitter orange jam
🥉 Raspberry jam
🥈 Strawberry jam

At the heart of this alliance, the Hautes-Alpes set the stage for more than twenty freestyle skiing and snowboarding competitions. The venue is Serre Chevalierthe largest resort in the Southern Alps, and in Montgenèvrethe doyenne of French resorts, where riders will take to the skies, their trajectories intersecting against a backdrop of majestic peaks.

Briançonthe citadel of stone, will be the vibrant epicenter. Its Fort des Têtes, aUNESCO World Heritage Site, will be transformed into an Olympic village: a crossroads of cultures, a logistical hub, a forge of energy.

Beyond the light the Games will shed on the department, their legacy is immense. They will leave the Hautes-Alpes with concrete advances in terms of more fluid access and rethought mobility, particularly by rail. Olympism won’t just cross the mountains: it will take root there, making the Hautes-Alpes not just a theater, but the center of the world.

Parks as refuges

The Écrins National Park (925 km²), the Queyras Regional Nature Park (650 km²) and the Baronnies provençales Regional Nature Park (1,560 km²) form a protective belt around exceptional landscapes.

The breath of wild animals

Ibexes, chamois, bearded vultures, black grouse and the Ecrins trout are all part of a resilient yet fragile fauna.

The richness
of mountain flowers

The flora of the Hautes-Alpes is a journey between altitude and the Mediterranean.

Water,
shared treasure

In the Hautes-Alpes, following the river’s course means understanding the intimate link between people and their environment.

In the heart of winter, discover the wild Clarée valley, its fauna, flora and magnificent landscapes. Along the way, mountain refuges welcome you for a warm and comforting break.

• Névache → Refuge Buffère
• Refuge Buffère → Refuge du Chardonnet
• Refuge du Chardonnet → Refuge Ricou
• Refuge Ricou → Refuge I Re Magi
• Refuge I Re Magi → Névache

This roadtrip guides you from producer to producer, from the orchards of the Haute-Durance to the vineyards of the Avance valley, from the alpine pastures of the Dévoluy and the Queyrasto the bocages of Champsaur. In just a few days, you’ll discover all the richness of the Alpine terroir : meats, cured meats, market gardening, cheeses, fruits, wines, beers, liqueurs… on an itinerary through enchanting landscapes.

• Sisteron → Buëch Valley
• Buëch Valley → Dévoluy
• Dévoluy → Champsaur → Gapençais
• Gapençais → Avance Valley
• Avance Valley → Queyras

For delirium and challenge

• March 7 and 8 | PAYS DES ÉCRINS Testi’vol
• March 14 | RÉALLON Ripaaa Race, luge race
• March 14 | MONTGENÈVRE Snow Triathlon
  
  
  
  

• March 14 | LES ORRES La Dévale des Orres
• March 21 | SERRE CHEVALIER Grand Prix de Serre Che
• March 21 to 22 | LE DÉVOLUY Monoski gathering
• March 28 and 29 | RÉALLON Snow bike race
  
  
  

For exchange and sharing

• March 2 to 6 | LE DÉVOLUY The summits of Olympic sport
  
  
  

Good conditions and deals

March brings longer days, exceptional light and milder temperatures for skiing. And with the sun shining, terrace breaks are even more enjoyable! As for the snow, there’s plenty to do.

Find out what’s on offer in your favourite resort!

On the sidelines of the latest working session of the Hautes-Alpes 2030 Executive Committee, figures from the world of sport and local elected representatives share their vision of the Olympic project and the legacy to be built.

As a reminder, the Hautes-Alpes 2030 Executive Committee, set up last June, brings together all the department’s driving forces and is organized around four operational committees: Sport, Access and Mobility, Development, Culture and Inclusion.

The resort of Réallon has been awarded the Flocon Vert (^1st level) by the Mountain Riders association, which recognizes mountain destinations committed to ecological transition. Nestled at the gateway to the Ecrins National Park and overlooking the Serre-Ponçon lake, this human-scale resort has strengthened its position among sustainable alpine territories.

Réallon is implementing several structuring actions linked to the label: optimization of water consumption, installation of solar panels and creation of a collective self-consumption company (25%self-consumption of energy).

In addition, a responsible charter brings together hosts, restaurateurs and service providers to promote short circuits, waste reduction and soft mobility (car-sharing, shuttles).