Challenge PistenBully By Kässbohrer
April 2 and 3, 2025
French and Andorran snow groomers challenge each other in the Southern Alps
April 2 and 3, 2025, in Montgenèvre, the 25eChallenge PistenBully will be an opportunity for enthusiasts of extraordinary mechanics to see professionals and rare machines up close and in action, but also to highlight a profession like no other, passionately serving the life and economy of our mountains: snow groomer drivers.
In the mountain world, the National Challenge for PistenBully grooming equipment drivers is a highlight every 2 years, a classic. Over the years, this event has established itself as THE event not to be missed for ski slope professionals from all the French and Andorran massifs. Combining a sense of competition, feedback and technical exchanges, this Challenge highlights the know-how of more than a hundred snow groomers, their often impressive skill at the controls of their machine, by offering them the opportunity to defend the colors of their resort in games that are certainly friendly, but always competitive and of a very high level, under the seasoned eye of a volunteer jury of around thirty ski area specialists.
Beyond the sporting and rivalry, the PistenBully Challenge is a real forum for discussing major changes in the sector. From innovative engines to the challenges posed by the management of an increasingly unpredictable snow cover, there is no shortage of topical themes and liven up enriching discussions between experts.
For the general public, often unaccustomed to seeing these machines in action, the event is also a rare spectacle. Snow groomers, usually relegated to the shadows of the night, become the stars of a day, fascinating young and old with their power and precision.
Note that this year the snow groomers will use HVO fuel to reduce the carbon impact by 90%.
THE GROOMERS’ PADDOCK
- TrackBully 400
- PistenBully 400 ParkPro
- PistenBully 600 Polar
- PistenBully 800 equipped with a KFX system (new system facilitating the assembly and disassembly of the cutter)
- PistenBully 600E+ hybrid (thermal and electric)
All these snow groomers will operate with the SNOWsat system designed by Kässbohrer to measure snow depth in order to optimize energy resources.
PowerBully EXHIBITION
- PowerBully (all-terrain tracked machine, product of the group marketed exclusively for France by the company CAMUC).
ON THE PROGRAM: TESTS & DEMONSTRATION
THE TESTS (on all machines except the PistenBully 100E)
WEDNESDAY APRIL 2
- Skill, precision and mechanics tests
- Management of SNOWsat applications to follow a blind route
- Eco-driving knowledge test
- Test on BeachTech 5 500, a beach cleaning machine, product of the Kässbohrer range so that drivers can try out another type of machine
DEMONSTRATIONS
WEDNESDAY APRIL 2
- PistenBully 100E, 100% electric machine.
THURSDAY APRIL 3
- PistenBully 100E
- PistenBully 800, the latest addition to the PistenBully range with its innovative KFX system which allows the cutter to be removed and removed in just a few seconds!
REWARDS
The resort represented by its winner (team of 2) of the general alpine classification wins the PistenBully alpine trophy and benefits from a loan of a snow groomer for one month for the 2025/2026 winter season, but not only that! All competitors are awarded prizes!
