During the Chapelle d’Abondance stage of La Grande Odyssée, on January 13, and the January 21 stage at Collet d’Allevard, in the Gresivaudan region, children are transformed into competitive mushers.

The Children’s Odyssey with Crédit Mutuel is a race entirely dedicated to children. For one day, they’ll enjoy the same conditions as the mushers taking part in La Grande Odyssée : same infrastructures, same start and finish sites, announcer and numerous spectators.

Eighteen young mushers, previously selected and trained by professional mushers, will take part in a race with 3-dog teams over 4 km, on the same track that will be used a few hours later by the world’s elite mushers in La Grande Odyssée. Departures are scheduled in waves from 1:30 p.m. at La Chapelle d’abondance and 10 a.m. at Collet d’Allevard.

Ahead of the race, the apprentice mushers are given a day’s training in mushing, one week before the race, by a professional musher.

See you on La Grande Odyssée to support our young mushers!