Winter Games 2030
In 2030, the Hautes-Alpes will be more freestyle than ever
In the French Alps, the Southern and Northern Alps have joined forces to create an unprecedented fresco for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
At the heart of this alliance, the Hautes-Alpes set the stage: twenty-six freestyle skiing and snowboarding competitions will take place here, in Serre Chevalierthe largest resort in the Southern Alps, and Montgenèvrethe doyenne of French resorts. Briançon and its Fort des Têtes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, will be transformed into an Olympic village.
The legacy of the Games will be immense. They will leave the Hautes-Alpes with major advances in terms of regional development and access. Olympism won’t just pass through here, it will take root.
2030,
set a course for epic proportions
Serre Chevalier opens the arena for the daring: mogul skiing, acrobatic jumping, big air. Montgenèvre brings out the heavy artillery: slopestyle, parallel giant slalom, cross-country, halfpipe. Briançonthe hub of the Olympic village, will set the pace. Beyond the podiums, it’s a historic opportunity for an entire département: infrastructures raised to the highest level, local know-how thrown into the limelight, young people discovering a horizon wider than the peaks. The Hautes-Alpes won’t be hosting the Games: they’ll be magnifying them.
The great champions of the Alps
The champions made in Hautes-Alpes have their spatulas pointed towards 2030: Cyprien Sarrazin, with his fulgurance intact despite the breakage, is aiming for the big event on home soil, as are World Cup winner Nils Allègre, Nils Alphand, three-time Paralympic champion Arthur Bauchet, cross-country skier Flora Dolci and the new generation on the way. A team in the race, sharpened up, that can turn the Olympic windfall into a harvest of emotions.
A sporting legacy
In the Hautes-Alpes region, the legacy of the Games is already taking shape: a boom in top-level competition with modernized venues, the regular organization of international events and greater support for local clubs and the inter-regional training center. The reputation of the region is further enhanced by the youth-oriented disciplines of freestyle skiing and snowboarding, which are among the biggest draws at the Olympics.
A legacy
economic
Economic spin-offs and ripple effects irrigate the Hautes-Alpes, and the event accelerates transformations, as in the case of the Olympic village, which has been partly converted to seasonal housing and home ownership. The legacy can also be seen in the infrastructure: road and rail advances, not forgetting soft paths, and everyday mobility with, in the Briançonnaisa high service level bus.
Expectation
of additional disciplines
In the Hautes-Alpes region, ambitions already extend beyond the ropes of the safety nets: beyond the acrobats of Serre Chevalier and Montgenèvrethe département is a candidate to open its doors wide to other Olympic events. Imagine ski mountaineering tracing its ridges at sunrise over the peaks of the Ecrins. Écrinsfreeride skiing on steep slopes, and KL in Vars, a human rocket launched against the clock.
