Pra-Loup
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| Location |
Uvernet-Fours, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , France |
| Nearest city | Barcelonnette, France |
| Coordinates | 44°22′08″N 6°36′04″E / 44.369°N 6.601°ECoordinates: 44°22′08″N 6°36′04″E / 44.369°N 6.601°E |
| Vertical | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,500 m (8,200 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,500 m (4,920 ft) |
| Runs |
39  – 6 – Easiest – 13 – More Difficult – 17 – Most Difficult – 3 – Expert |
| Total length | 180 km (110 mi) |
| Website | www |
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Pra-Loup is a ski resort in France, at Uvernet-Fours in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 7 km (4 mi) from the town of Barcelonnette.
The ski station has two separate base areas, 2 km apart:
The lift-served summit elevation is 2,500 m (8,200 ft), for a vertical drop of 900 m (2,950 ft) to Pra-Loup 1600.
The resort has 53 lifts, 165 km (103 mi) of tracks, and its ski area is linked to that of La Foux d'Allos through the valley of Agneliers. Pra-Loup hosted the Junior World Championships for alpine skiing in 1999.
The climate is of the Alpine type.
By road:
The name of Pra-Loup consists of Pra, Pro and lovin, derived from a patoise form Pralovin, isolated houses in a clearing and Latin lupinus "pré au loup", loup itself coming from olim le Lau, hamlet. Therefore: Pra-Loup means "meadow grown for hay, or pasture". Pra-Loup residents are called praloupiens and the praloupiennes. According to the Fénie couple, Pra-Loup is the "meadow of loup", an owner's first name.
The site of Pra-Loup has been known since the 1st century BC, with the presence of Ligurian shepherds coming from the Mediterranean, who settled here and gave birth to the local tribes. The hamlet took shape in the 12th century, the Chalaisian monks, who came via Laverq, built four formerly associated buildings: The church, the school, the priory and the presbytery. From the 14th century to the 17th century, the hamlet grew, with the construction of farms and a hostel, as well as with pastoralism.
Until 1920, the hamlets were sparsely populated, often completely self-sufficient with the mill and oven, though notably lacking drinking water. The inhabitants found an ingenious system to pick up a meagre water source by building a wooden pipeline with hollowed tree trunks, "le bournéous", visible at the Museum of Jausiers Valley. At the end of the 1950s, Pierre Grouès, a medical philanthropist, had the idea to create a skiing resort to develop the attractiveness of the village. To do this, it was surrounded by the best specialists of the moment: Émile Allais, French alpine skier and Honoré Bonnet, France's alpine ski team coach. The ski resort took shape in the 1960s. Instead of the 3,000 beds that were planned for the ski resort, Honoré Bonnet offered a capacity of 10,000 beds for reasons of profitability. From the summit of Pegueiou, he found fertile ground and also identified a possibility by the small valley of Agneliers, which later became the link with La Foux d'Allos, inaugurated in 1977. Under the leadership of Michel Lantelme, Mayor of Allos and Louis Lequette, Mayor of Uvernet-Fours, this very large-scale ski area is one of the largest in the Southern Alps.
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