Val d'Isère WC Course Walk

Oh, hai epic view. It looks like this no matter what direction you look in here.

The view from the upper gondola of the town, the valley, the XC track and some of the Dh track. It's a riders paradise here with trails and lifts everywhere.

You can see almost the entire track from the finish line and the pits. It's definitely an interesting layout here in France, no trees on the track to speak of and speeds are going to be insanely fast.

A few of the steep, tight switchbacks, as seen from the chair.

The start gate will be off the top of a building at the top of the Gondola. It's 3 drops right off the hop.

First rock drop.

Second rock drop.

This hip is a couple of hundred meters out of the start and the landing will let you go as far as you want.

Step up right after the hip.

The landing looking back up to the hip.

This is how tight most of the corners are here.

Got Off camber? The weather is calling for rain. It could get wild.

Yet another rock drop.

S turn with a sweet drop line out of it.

This is steeper than it looks.

Hey why not just launch off the roof of this shed and into the sketchiest landing ever?

Corners rule.

Close up of the shed drop. It isn't small and the landing is littered with loose rocks.

The corners are filled with natural and less than natural jumps.

The only "tree" section on the course. They don't come into play, but at least they look nice.

Views everywhere you look here.

This is a corner. Nice and smooth like.

The final corner has a gnarly hole on the inside line. It is going to be interesting to see if anyone attempts to jump it.

The last massive corner into the wooden sender is loose as can be and extremely off camber.