Espace Diamant (literally ''Diamond Space'') is a group of
French ski resorts, located in the
Savoie and
Haute-Savoie departments in the
French Alps. The ski area has 185 km of slopes for all levels of experience, distributed between the altitudes of 910 and 2069 meters.
It is composed of the following ski resorts:
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Crest-Voland: 16 ski lifts, 28 ski slopes (35 km), 80 km of cross-country skiing;
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Cohennoz;
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Flumet: 8 ski lifts, 20 ski slopes, 3 km of cross-country skiing;
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Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe: 19 ski lifts, 27 ski slopes, 8 km of cross-country skiing;
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Praz-sur-Arly 6 ski lifts, 26 ski slopes (35 km), 10 km of cross-country skiing; and
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Les Saisies in
Hauteluce 34 ski lifts, 40 ski slopes (35 km), 80 km of cross-country skiing.
In addition to
alpine skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...
, other winter activities such as
Nordic skiing,
hiking,
snowshoeing, and four-season
tobogganing are also available. In summer, the Espace Diamant stations offer many activities such as
horseback riding,
mountain biking, hiking,
alpine slides,
paragliding,
canyoning
Canyoning (canyoneering in the United States, kloofing in South Africa) is a sport that involves traveling through canyons using a variety of techniques, such as walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling (rappelling), swimming, and raft ...
, and
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...
in lakes.
Slopes
*32 green slopes
*58 blue slopes
*47 red slopes
*10 black slopes
* slopes total
References
External links
Espace DiamantDetailed information on Espace Diamant
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Tourism in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Sports venues in Haute-Savoie
Tourist attractions in Savoie
Ski areas in France
Sports venues in Savoie