Table des matières
- The Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
- EVENEMENT La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc a mis une patte dans les Portes du Soleil
- La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
- Alpina La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
- The world’s most challenging sled dog race
- An extraordinary adventure
- The winner’s prize: a 100% outdoor smart watch
- Une course unique à vivre avec France Bleu Pays de Savoie
- Votre séjour au ski à Val-Cenis à gagner !
- Hublot follows la Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
The Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is a dog sled race, known for being one of the longest and most difficult of its kind in the world, because of its change in altitude of over 25,000 metres. For eleven days, the world’s best mushers and their dogs travel nearly 750 kilometres and pass through 22 resorts in Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
Each Musher has a crew of 14 top-level sled-pulling dogs (Malamute, Alaskan, husky and Greenland dog). The start line for each leg of the race is attended by thousands of spectators who have gathered to watch this spectacular race. The exceptional mountain landscapes immerse spectators in a Great North atmosphere and offer the ideal terrain for this sport.
There is plenty of entertainment at the start and finish line of the race, and in the towns and villages along the way: opening ceremony with fireworks, walks and snowshoe hikes, mulled wine, giant tartiflettes, campfires, film screenings, themed exhibitions, children’s introduction to sled driving, igloo-buildings, hunters’ workshops… Each year the race attracts over 100,000 spectators.
EVENEMENT La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc a mis une patte dans les Portes du Soleil
Ce mardi 14 janvier, les chiens de La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc ont mis une patte dans les Portes du Soleil (Haute-Savoie), berceau d’origine de la course, avec une étape de fin d’après-midi qui s’est courue sur les pistes des Chavannes, aux Gets.
En plein cœur de la station, les attelages de cette course de chien de traîneaux ont livré un beau spectacle sportif où le monde de la montagne et celui des animaux s’épousent pleinement, pour le plus grand bonheur des spectateurs.
Tout au long de l’après-midi, on a pu patienter avec les stands du Grand Nord ainsi que des chiens de traîneaux hors compétition qu’on pouvait approcher et même caresser !
Des marshmallows à la flamme, de la sculpture sur glace, du vin chaud et une ambiance de fête et de vacances… Mais la foule était surtout venue pour encourager les attelages.
Pour cette 16e édition de La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc, les mushers se sont regroupés au départ sur le front de neige, parfaitement préparé et enneigé, sous un ciel d’azur. Chacun a alors pu voir combien les chiens étaient pressés de courir, hurlant, tirant sur leur harnais, piaffant littéralement d’impatience.
Un spectacle total pour le public !
A 16h, le coup d’envoi était donné pour la vingtaine de mushers, qui avaient 32 km et 1 450 m de dénivelé à parcourir. Ils s’élançaient d’abord dans la montée raide du front de neige, puis revenaient à leur point de départ pour réaliser la 2e boucle identique, avant de se lancer dans la descente et la ligne d’arrivée.
Ce mercredi, la course sera à Megève, toujours dans une ambiance printanière. C’est d’ailleurs à cause de ses conditions de “chaleur” que le parcours sera réduit de 14 km (une seule boucle) pour le bien-être des chiens. L’heure de départ est confirmée à 14 heures sur le secteur de la Côte 2000.
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc – 16th édition
For this new edition, Les Gets will host one stage of this unique race uniting the best mushers in the world on Tuesday 14th of January 2020!
This long-distance sledge god race was inspired by the legendary Yukon Quest and Idirarod. It has been the first wide-spread event of the sort in the Alps since the end of the Alpirod : a virgin territory for mushers from all over the world, never crossed by any sledge dog. Several races are programed in this event, with a departure from the heart of the village. The Grande Odyssée will be the biggest event of the week; you will find activities and entertainment for the whole family.
Race program :
From 4pm : departure of the stage
From 6pm : arrival of the first mushers
Entertainment program from 2:30pm to 8pm :
– Camp « Far North »
– Meeting with mushers and the slep dogs
– Grilled marshmallows on camp fire
– Carving on ice
– Complimentary mulled wine and hot chocolate
Opening hours
Tuesday 14 January 2020 between 9 am and 10 pm.
Services
- SCHEDULE
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc 2019
15th edition – stage 3 in Les Gets, Tuesday January the 15th
3.30pm – 9pm:
– Departure of the stage place de la Maison des Gets. Carry slope
– Last stage of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Trophy
From 6pm:
– Arrival of the first mushers on the snow front
– Award ceremony
ENTERTAINMENT – from 2pm to 9pm:
– Camp « Far North »on the snow front
– Meeting with mushers and the sled dogs
– Grilled marshmallows on camp fire
– Reading frosty tales
– Maple syrup lollipop
– Carving on ice
– Complimentary mulled wine and hot chocolate
> Full schedule
Access map
Route du Front de Neige – 74260 – Les Gets
Alpina La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
Taking place from 12 to 23 January in the massifs of the French Alps, this sled dog race is synonymous with high adventure, promoting a certain vision of sport, nature and respect for the environment.
The world’s most challenging sled dog race
The origins of the Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc: a dream imagined by Nicolas Vanier and Henry Kam that became a reality in January 2005. The dream of a great adventure that would cross the massifs of the French Alps, whereas the norm for this sport for decades had been to run across icy expanses with little topographical relief. The mountainous topography it runs through makes it the most challenging international sled dog race in the world. The 15th edition of this annual 12-day European event is expecting over 45 mushers with their 400 canine athletes from the United States, Russia and Europe (France, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy). With a course covering 400 kilometres in total, the Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is the only race of its kind in the world. It arouses tremendous popular enthusiasm, attested by the millions of television viewers and 80,000 spectators in attendance at each edition.
© Alpina
An extraordinary adventure
Equivalent to the Tour de France in the realm of sled dog racing, the Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc brings together some of the world’s best mushers (dog team drivers). Once the finish line has been crossed, they will have covered nearly 400 kilometres with a change in positive altitude of more than 15,000 metres in stages of 27 to 48 kilometres. A complete sport, mushing calls for very precise knowledge and preparation: nutrition, strength training, endurance, speed, mental stamina, but also training under all kinds of different meteorological conditions.
Commitment, technical skills, perseverance, respect for nature are all words that resonate in the Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc and that are echoed in the values of the Alpina watch brand. Originating in the Swiss Alps in 1883, Alpina will present the winner with a watch from its new collection AlpinerX.
© Alpina
The winner’s prize: a 100% outdoor smart watch
Equipped with five sensors, the AlpinerX measures the UV index, temperature, pressure, altitude and direction. An alliance between the sporty design of a classic Alpina watch and smart technologies, it offers a wide range of functions, visible in real time on the digital screen, divided into three categories: environment, body, time and notifications.
A l’occasion de la Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont-Blanc 2020, France Bleu vous fait gagner du 11 au 19 janvier un séjour au ski pour 4 personnes à Val-Cenis ainsi qu’un baptême en traîneau tiré par des chiens. A vous de jouer !
Une course unique à vivre avec France Bleu Pays de Savoie
Pour sa 16è édition, du 11 au 22 janvier 2020, la Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont-Blanc, la plus grande course de chiens de traîneaux au monde, traverse comme elle le fait depuis ses débuts les départements de Savoie et de Haute-Savoie. Un événement à suivre au quotidien sur France Bleu Pays de Savoie.
Belle aventure, paysages à couper le souffle, l’événement célèbre la montagne et l’hiver de la plus belle des manières. France Bleu vous en fait profiter en invitant l’un ou l’une d’entre vous à Val-Cenis.
Votre séjour au ski à Val-Cenis à gagner !
- Séjour d’une semaine pour 4 personnes en appartement à VVF Villages Le Parc de la Vanoise à Val-Cenis
- 4 forfaits de ski pour 6 jours
- Un baptême de chiens de traîneaux pour 4 personnes chez Husky Adventure
Validité du lot : Offre valable durant la Saison d’hiver 2020-2021, hors vacances scolaires et selon les disponibilités du chalet.
The programme of this 15th edition, in each of the 12 stations:
Saturday 12 January – To Samoens
After a busy morning in the villages, the mushers will make a tour on the side of Morillon and across its beautiful blue lake, before arriving to fireworks in Samoëns in the evening.
Sunday 13 January – Stage 1 at Praz de Lys Sommand and Montagnes du Giffres
Departure at 10.15am from the Praz de Lys de Sommand station, traversing the Col de la Ramaz and returning to Praz by the start of the afternoon. On site will be the initial prizegiving and a children’s odyssey.
Monday 14 January – Stage 2 at Giffre Mountains and the Grand Massif
A stage mostly concentrated in Morillon and in the Nordic centre of Agy, with an eventual arrival at Samoens Les Saix for the awards ceremony.
Tuesday 15 January – Step 3 in Les Gets
Departure from the village of Les Gets, passing the Perys, taking in the coast of the snow front and arriving on the resort’s snow front for the awards ceremony.
Wednesday 16 January – Stage 4 in Megève
Departure from the Place de la Resistance in Megève village, continuing on the paths of the Golf, next to the hamlet of Le Lait and the Chalet de la Livraz, before finishing at Cote 2000.
Thursday 17 January – Stage 5 in Pralognan la Vanoise
Departure from the centre of the village of Pralognan la Vanoise. The sledges will pass the Nordic Plateau, the Vacanciel Bridge, the Fontanettes, the Alpine Snow Front and Mount Bochor, before returning to the starting point for the awards ceremony.
Hublot follows la Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc
For the fourth year in a row, Hublot officiated as official timekeeper of La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc, one of the most spectacular, technical and diverse international sledge dog races worldwide.
It is in Megève, a ski resort boasting one of the most beautiful views over the Mont Blanc mountain – between alpine pasture and wide natural spaces – that the Manufacture has decided to celebrate its close ties with the alpine environment.
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc, which took place from January 13th to 24th 2018, is a nonstandard sledge dog race, plunging the mushers into a wild and untamed territory. A true human and sporty adventure, this unusual experience requires an intense warm up and constant self-surpassing to face more than 600 kilometers of tracks and more than 22,000 meters of ascents.
This extreme adventure has inspired the Hublot brand to create a Special Edition watch. With only 100 pieces available, the Classic Fusion “La Grande Odyssée” features a satin-finished and polished titanium case sparkling like snow in the sunshine while recalling the purity of the large spaces covered by the mushers and their dogs. While the human adventure is symbolised by the counter’s wind rose, the first tool used by navigators to find their way depending on wind direction, this Special Edition also pays tribute to the canine athletes through the blue of the chronograph seconds hand, a reference to the eye colour traditionally associated with them. The strap – combining white rubber and vintage brown calfskin overstitched in white – is an ode to nature.
February 01, 2018
