Bobsleigh in La Plagne

Where can you go bobsleighing in France?

The answer is short : in La Plagne, and nowhere else. The La Plagne track is the only homologated bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track in France. It was built for the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics and has hosted international training and competition ever since — as well as the general public, outside the athletes’ slots.

That is what makes the experience different : you are not riding a purpose-built tourist attraction, but a genuine homologated Olympic track, the same one the competition crews use. The 1,500 metres and 19 bends have not been softened for visitors.

The resort sits in the Tarentaise valley, in Savoie, between Albertville and Bourg-Saint-Maurice, about an hour from Chambéry. The nearest railway stations are Aime-la-Plagne and Bourg-Saint-Maurice.

The track at the 2030 Winter Olympics

The track has been selected to host the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events of the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps. The 1992 layout will be used again : rather than building a new facility — costed at between 150 and 200 million euros — the decision was taken to renovate La Plagne.

The design contract has been put out to tender by Solideo Alpes 2030, with an indicative budget of around 30 million euros. Most of the work concerns the buildings and equipment around the track — the start building, the timing tower, storage and car parks — and the refrigeration plant, to cut its energy consumption. The track itself should see only limited changes, mainly to the lighting. After the Games, operation will be taken over by the Compagnie des Alpes.

Two things follow for you. First, you will be riding a track that is about to be Olympic again. Second, the detailed works schedule has not been published yet, so we confirm slot availability when you book.