All the festivities around the Mont-Blanc!

2012 Entertainments

CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC

• Tuesday: as from 13:00 on the 'désert blanc",a NORDIC'ATHLON organised by the ski nordic section. It will be a nordic walking event with target shooting.
• Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: Salon de l'Ultra-Trail®, all day: come and visit the open country running show!
• Thursday : Children’s entertainment; for those aged between 3 and 11 years, Micro CCC®, Mini CCC®, Mini TDS^TM, Mini UTMB®, Mini PTL^TM
• From Thursday evening until Sunday evening: musical entertainment, arrival of finishers
• Friday and Saturday evenings: raclette au Rotary Babel Bar (+ music Saturday evening)
• Saturday a Sunday all day: Salon des Savoir-faire du Mont-Blanc, children’s entertainments……

LES HOUCHES

• Lively refreshment post for the TDS^TM
• Friday from 19:00: concert with "Edgar" and giant tartiflette, around the UTMB® refreshment post

SAINT GERVAIS MONT-BLANC

• Friday on the Esplanade Marie Paradis:
  • 10:00 - 12:00: Bouncy castle for children
  • 15:00 - 19:00: Remote controlled car circuit
                         Make-up animation
                         Bouncy castle for children
  • From 18:30:    Musical on the move

LES CONTAMINES MONTJOIE

• Friday as from 18:30: Entertainments in the village square around the refreshment post
• Notre Dame de la Gorge: flood-lit church, torches on the roman road
• La Balme: mountain soiree around the refreshment post

HAUTELUCE

• Animated refreshment post at the Col du Joly

BEAUFORT

• Animated refreshment post for the TDS^TM at the Cormet de Roselend

BOURG SAINT MAURICE

• Les Chapieux :
  • Friday night into Saturday: bar, bon-fire, concert until the end of the night.
    Serpentine of light along the route
• Bourg Saint Maurice (village centre) :
  • TDS^TM runners passing through: musical entertainment in the town centre

SEEZ

• Entertainment for the passage of the TDS^TM runners

LA THUILE

• Entertainment for the passage of the TDS^TM runners

MORGEX

• Animation to welcome the PTL^TM runners

PRE SAINT DIDIER

• Visit and cheese tasting at Fontina DOP, with the cheese-maker Fulvio Blanchet.
  Free. Reservation necessary tel. 0039-0165.87817

COURMAYEUR

• Thursday 7:00: Start of the TDS^TM from the Place Brocherel, entertainments, music and
  animation for the start by Silvano Gadin and Ivan Parasacco
• Friday 10:00: Start of the CCC® from the place Brocherel, entertainments, music and
  animation for the start by Silvano Gadin and Ivan Parasacco
  Bus to the Val Ferret to reach Arnuva (CCC® & UTMB®)
  Itinerant musical entertainment in the streets
• Saturday 9:30 - 13:00: Passage of UTMB® runners, Place Abbé Henry, musical animation

LA FOULY

• Friday as from 12:00: bar and hot food, musical animation
• Saturday as from 7:00: breakfast mountain style, bar and hot food musical animation

CHAMPEX-LAC

• Children’s drawing competition, quiz for adults
• Friday as from 15:00: passage of the CCC® runners, musical animation, bar & food, barbecue.
• Saturday from 9:00 – until 3:00 Sunday: passage of UTMB® runners, musical entertainment, yodellers, bar/food, barbecue.

TRIENT

• Friday and Saturday evening: raclettes & barbecue, musical entertainment following the runners’ rhythm, throughout the night
• Saturday afternoon: mini-trail for children

VALLORCINE

• As from Friday 19:00 until 12:00 on Sunday: Musical entertainment and bar, throughout the weekend.
  Hot meal Saturday evening