Iconic Ski Slope Named After Candide Thovex

Candide Thovex, one of our sport’s brightest stars, is being honored by La Clusaz — a French ski resort — with terrain named in his honor.Between the Crintiaux track and the Col de Balme chairlift line in La Clusaz’s Massif de Balme stands a new slope bearing Thovex’s name. The route is marked with beacons La Clusaz installed in collaboration with Thovex and can be accessed by riding the Col de Balme.“I learned to ski at Balme and Balme taught me everything. T