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According to Vojo Magazine (29 October 2026), the 2027 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup calendar includes a Les Gets round on 18-20 June 2027, combining cross-country and downhill, a few weeks before the world championships.
On 23 August 2026, France's Adrien Boichis won the Olympic cross-country at the Les Gets World Cup ahead of Mathieu van der Poel. In the women's race, Switzerland's Sina Frei beat Jenny Rissveds by two seconds.
The 10th edition of Les Cognées, a timber skidding competition, took place in Les Gets on 19-21 June 2026, with 20 drivers competing and a trade fair of around 60 exhibitors, free to the public, according to the tourist office press kit.
According to the UCI calendar, the 2027 Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc Cycling World Championships run from 24 August to 5 September 2027. The mountain bike downhill finals take place in Les Gets on 27 and 28 August, and the Olympic cross-country on 2-4 September.
In the first round of the municipal elections on 15 March 2026, the list led by Philippe Vinet received 515 votes, or 100% of valid votes cast, and won all 15 seats on the Les Gets municipal council.
On 22 August 2026, France's Max Alran won the elite men's downhill final at the Les Gets World Cup in 3:27.924, his first win in the category. Britain's Harriet Harnden took her first World Cup downhill victory in the women's race.
In March 2026, Les Gets council launched a tender to build a multidisciplinary health centre and staff housing at 3221 route des Grandes Alpes. The contract, estimated at €4.35 million excluding VAT, was split into 20 lots.
The official Les Gets lift pass website lists a partial opening on Saturday 12 December 2026, subject to natural snow, a full opening on Saturday 19 December and closing day on Sunday 11 April 2027.
According to Alti-Mag (6 October 2026), the six-seat Grains d'Or chairlift has been taken down and reinstalled in place of the Pointe du Chéry chairlift. Les Gets is one of several resorts relying on second-hand lifts this winter.
In May 2026, the MRAe, the regional environmental authority for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, adopted an opinion on the sustainable tourism development programme for the Mont Chéry and Rosta sectors in Les Gets. A public inquiry followed from 1 June to 1 July 2026.
The detachable eight-seat Rosta chairlift, built by Poma, opened to the public on 20 December 2025. It replaces a fixed-grip four-seater from 1992 and cuts the ride to just over two minutes, according to Remontées-mécaniques.net.