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Friday 22 November updated on 11-22-2024 at 8:06
Friday 22 November updated on 11-22-2024 at 8:06
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World record broken with 3593 participants.
Download your certificate attesting that you are the torchlight descent world record holder.
As holders of the torchlight descent world record with 2,887 skiers set in 2016, will we be able to beat our own record and consolidate our position? Several resorts in Austria, France and Italy have tried to break the record, but in vain.
Usually reserved for ski instructors, this time the event is different! You are invited to take part in the entertainment of the holidays to beat the Torchlight Descent World Record.
GET YOUR DIARIES OUT!
Meet on Wednesday 22 February at 5pm at the start of Vagère (Arc 1800). To participate, you must have a level equal to the 2nd star (basic turns on parallel skis, skidding on blue and red runs).
Just like the Funicular, the TS cachette at Arc 1600 will be free on 22/02 from 3:30 p.m. to access the Vagère departure at Arc 1800.
Participation in the World Torchlight Descent Record is free and Ski pass not required.
HOW THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE :
- From 4pm: registration at the Vagère TS departure - Free
- 5pm: 1st ascent of the Vagère chairlift. At the top of the TS Vagère: hot chocolate offered + DJ set
- 6.30 pm: start of the torchlight descent. On arrival, firework and DJ set.
GOOD TO KNOW:
• Wear very warm clothing as well as a helmet for all age groups
• Don’t bring your ski poles, they get in the way when carrying a torch
• Torches will be handed out at the bottom of the Vagère chairlift after a bailiff has checked the number of participants. It is only to be lit on the express instruction of the organisers. The souvenir torch is offered to the participants.
• Entertainments and hot drinks will keep you going while you wait at the top of Vagère
• Minors must be accompanied by an adult
GETTING BACK:
• To the various villages of Arc 1600, Arc 1950 and Arc 2000, with shuttles available
• To Bourg Saint Maurice, by funicular until 10.00 pm
• To Peisey-Vallandry, on skis taking "La Forêt" blue piste
Entries:
Registrations will be made according to several modalities:
1. In all the receptions of the Tourist Office of Les Arcs and Bourg Saint Maurice from Sunday 19 February until Wednesday 22 February 4pm. One registration form per adult will have to be completed (possibility to register two minor children). A bracelet will be affixed to the wrist of each participant and must imperatively be presented at the reception, at the departure of the Vagère chairlift, from 5pm on Wednesday 22/02.
2. On site on D-Day, at the reception point at the departure of the Vagère chairlift, from 4pm.
The registration form must be completed and signed.
NB: On the lesarcs.com website. Possibility to download, print and fill in advance the registration form to be delivered in the Tourist Offices or on site on the day of the event, from 4pm, at the reception point at the departure of the Vagère chairlift.
REMINDER:
Participants registered via the Tourist Offices will be able to arrive from 5pm.
For non-registered, it is requested to arrive from 16h
This payment must be signed and completed according to the terms stipulated at the end of the document.
