The new Lovatière chair out of Plagne Centre will make reaching this route considerably easier and quicker than before. The old Verdons Nord chair was painfully slow – plus started quite a way above the base station which meant skiers and snowboarders had no option but to take a combination of lifts to reach the summit from this side of the mountain.

La Plagne longest pistes – Mont de la Guerre to Champagny

Regardless, the Champagny pistes remain some of my personal favourites in all La Plagne with some of the most accessible off-piste and incredible, jaw-dropping views. This route takes the Bozelet blue to access the huge Mont de la Guerre run – one of La Plagne’s most scenic pistes with probably the best views in the whole area (and that really is saying something).

Champagny also tends to stay quieter than the front of the mountain and runs around Belle Plagne, Plagne Villages and Plagne Centre – and this runs stays much quieter than most, so it can be a good choice for those more hectic days in the resort. For a better idea how that works out in La Plagne, read more about La Plagne month-by-month. Remember to subscribe to the iRide / LaPlagne360 YouTube channel for more tips like this – or check the snow reports videos on this site.

 

Start by taking the Bozelet blue off Les Verdons

Depending which side you access Les Verdons from, the Bozelet drops to either your right or left (right from Plagne Centre, left from the Verdons Sud on the Champagny side). The Bozelet blue is a hugely enjoyable run at the best of times – but that’s for another day (and another route that uses Bozelet to get to Champagny). However, today, we’re not staying on this piste. In the video above, you’ll see a turning to the right at around 32 seconds. This is the start of the . . .

 

Mont de la Guerre red to Champagny

The Mont de la Guerre starts with a monstrously long meander along a winding pathway as you traverse the long ridge slowly making your way to the outer reaches of this sector of La Plagne. You’ll want to carry as much speed as you can from the steeper sections to avoid unclipping or skating. Eventually, the path comes to an end where the gradient starts to steepen and the run widens to reveal the most incredible view over Les Trois Vallées and, in particular, the various Courchevel resorts.

This view makes you realise just how close these world-famous ski areas are to one another. At one point there was a plan to interlink them to make one massive area (including Tignes/Val) but that’s since been scuppered with the establishment of the Vanoise National Park.

Anyway, I digress. The top of Mont de la Guerre is super wide with fantastic views on a relatively mellow gradient. However, as you ride further down, the piste steepens considerably. If you’re not feeling up to it, there are options to follow significantly shallower pathway runs that criss-cross the main MdlG piste (a good option for less confident riders or if you’re just wanting to take things a bit slower).

As the run nears the base, it becomes a much more straight down affair just before it terminates at the Champagny gondola and one of the lowest areas in La Plagne at Champagny-en-Vanoise village.

 

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