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Les Menuires, panorama
Panoramic sight of Les Menuires ski resort, in Savoie , France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Panoramic sight of Les Menuires ski resort, in Savoie , France
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Les Menuires
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Les Menuires.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Les Menuires is a ski resort in the Belleville valley of Les Trois Vallées between Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Val Thorens.
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1964
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The resort was founded in 1964 and has an altitude range of 1,850 m (6,070 ft).
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1967
A route reaches Les Menuires
In 1967, the first accommodation residences in the Croisette area were opened, as well as the second stage of the La Masse cable car.
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Les Menuires, panorama
Panoramic sight of Les Menuires ski resort and the Belleville valley, in Savoie , France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Panoramic sight of Les Menuires ski resort and the Belleville valley, in Savoie , France
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
1973
Winter becomes organised
1973 saw the first stage of the impressive 3 Valleys ski area, with the Allamands drag lift linking Les Menuires to Méribel, at the same time that the nearby resort of Val Thorens was starting to be developed.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Les Menuires is recorded at 45.323° N, 6.536° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,850 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Ledger AOD.EU.LES-MENUIRES.V00
Les Menuires, panorama
Panoramic sight of Les Menuires ski resort, in Savoie , France. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Panoramic sight of Les Menuires ski resort, in Savoie , France
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Les Menuires now
In 1969, the tourist office was created together with Les Menuires’ first hotel, and the west side of the mountain was equipped with ski lifts.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Les Menuires, panorama
AOD.EU.LES-MENUIRES.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Les Menuires, panorama
AOD.EU.LES-MENUIRES.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Les Menuires overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.