The indicators are green for the 2023 Alpine Ski World Championships in Courchevel and Méribel (France), scheduled for February 6 to 19. Twelve days before the opening, a snow check was carried out on Wednesday January 25 by an expert from the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), the former Italian skier Alberto Senigagliesi. Carried out both on the Eclipse track in Courchevel, site of the men's events, and that of the Roc de Fer in Méribel, where the women's races will take place, it validated the holding of the competitions. Comment from Perrine Pelen, the general director of the organizing committee: “ Thanks to the return of cold weather and recent snowfall, as well as the tailor-made work of all the forces at the resorts and the organizing committee, we are approaching the home stretch with serenity. » The first event of the competitions, the ladies' combined, is to be held on the morning of February 6 in Méribel. It will be followed in the early evening by the opening ceremony in Courchevel.

