La face de Bellevarde is a World Cup downhill ski course in France, on Rocher de Bellevarde mountain in Val-d'Isère, Savoie; it debuted at the 1992 Winter Olympics with the men's downhill.

It is only about two kilometres (1.2 mi) kilometres up the road from "Piste Oreiller-Killy" in La Daille, another legendary course with a lengthier World Cup tradition.

With 17.8 degrees (32.1%) incline it is the world's steepest giant slalom course in average gradient, with no flat sections, only steepness the whole time.

The course was developed for the 1992 Winter Olympics, designed by Swiss Olympic downhill champion Bernhard Russi, a respected constructor of downhill slopes around the world. The official opening was planned for late 1991 with two World Cup events, but the course was not yet finished. Both were moved to the nearby Oreiller-Killy course, and held on 7–8 December.

The Bellevarde course was officially opened two months later at the Olympics with the men's downhill competition; later events on the slope included combined, super-G, and giant slalom.

Near the end of 1992, the World Cup circuit premiered on this course with Super-G and slalom events on 6–7 December; the downhill was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. In February 2008, World Cup races returned after an absence of more than fifteen years; it became a regular host on the men's calendar, rarely exchanged with Oreiller-Killy.

A year later in February 2009, Val d'Isere hosted its first World Championships. All of the men's events and the women's technical events (GS, SL) were held on the Bellevarde slope; the team event was cancelled.

• Passage de la Rute, Le Rocher, Slalom Start, Le Stade Olympique, La Flamme

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992	DH	9 February 1992	Patrick Ortlieb	Franck Piccard	Günther Mader
	KB	10–11 February 1992	Josef Polig	Gianfranco Martin	Steve Locher
	SG	16 February 1992	Kjetil André Aamodt	Marc Girardelli	Jan Einar Thorsen
	GS	18 February 1992	Alberto Tomba	Marc Girardelli	Kjetil André Aamodt

The slalom was held at Les Menuires on 22 February.

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009	SG	4 February 2009	Didier Cuche	Peter Fill	Aksel Lund Svindal
	DH	7 February 2009	John Kucera	Didier Cuche	Carlo Janka
	SC	9 February 2009	Aksel Lund Svindal	Julien Lizeroux	Natko Zrnčić-Dim
	GS	13 February 2009	Carlo Janka	Benjamin Raich	Ted Ligety
	SL	15 February 2009	Manfred Pranger	Julien Lizeroux	Michael Janyk

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009	GS	12 February 2009	Kathrin Hölzl	Tina Maze	Tanja Poutiainen
	SL	15 February 2009	Maria Riesch	Šárka Záhrobská	Tanja Poutiainen

The downhill, super-G, and combined events were held at Piste Rhône-Alpes.

Poor weather conditions.

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009	PG	11 February 2009	cancelled due to heavy snowfall over the night

It is part of traditional annual "Critérium of the First Snow" (Critérium de la première neige) competition.