Courchevel

...and leaping's latest technique, which was good for gold

He slipped into France unnoticed: a large, close-cropped, friendly looking sort in rumpled ski togs, and he toured all the chic resorts, places like Courchevel, La Plagne, Flaine, Megève and Val d'lsère, mingling...

This winter the Olympic torch not only will light up Grenoble, it will illuminate what until now has been a fairly well-kept secret: France has Europe's best skiing. The Americans who have discovered this fact would...

MICHEL ZIEGLER PROVES THAT FLYING TO THE TOP OF A GLACIER IN A SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE AND THEN SKIING 15 MILES DOWN NOT ONLY IS THE NEWEST THRILL IN SKIING BUT IS SAFER THAN TAKING THE LIFT

This winter Air-Alpes has expanded its operation, adding an altiport, or high-mountain landing strip, at Val d'Isère to those already existing at Méribel, Courchevel and La Plagne. There are airports at Le Fayet,...