The danger of night-time activities in the ski area

For your safety, night-time activities in the ski area, or during PIDA*, are strictly forbidden.

You ski in the ski area but do you know what happens when the ski patrols close the slopes? Do you know what a PIDA* is?

We tell you everything so that you don't take any risks.

The resort never sleeps... It lives 7 days a week and 24 hours a day!
As soon as the last skiers have left the slopes, the groomers come in to prepare the slopes at night so that skiers can enjoy the slopes to the full the next day.
Between 5pm and 8.30am the following morning, 18 machines cover the entire Serre Chevalier ski area to ensure that the pistes are perfectly prepared.

7 of these machines are equipped with a winch. The cable of this winch can be unwound up to 1.4 km and, when used by the drivers on the slopes, it is often invisible to the naked eye, especially at night, and represents a real danger for people who might be nearby.

The practice of night-time activities in the ski area is strictly forbidden by a municipal decree issued by each commune of the Serre Chevalier Valley. Only activities linked to the maintenance of the ski area and the operation of the mountain restaurants are authorised.

This measure aims to avoid serious accidents with grooming machines, as has already been the case in some resorts.

This prohibition is also valid during the days of preventive avalanche triggering (PIDA*) set up to secure the ski area as soon as conditions require it, particularly after recent snowfalls. This can lead to the closure of the slopes during the intervention.

For your safety, we thank you for respecting these rules so that you will only have good memories of your favourite activity.

* Avalanche control plan

For your safety, we thank you for respecting these rules so that you will only have good memories of your favourite activity.

* Avalanche control plan