Les MilleHaches

Sport Woodcutting in Corrèze

Les MilleHaches is a sport woodcutting competition organized on the Plateau de Millevaches, an emblematic forest territory in Haute-Corrèze, near Ussel. Supported by the 'Les Cogneurs du Plateau de Millevaches' association, this event showcases woodcutting athletes in spectacular and technical disciplines, inherited from the region's forest traditions.

Speed Woodcutting Disciplines

Sport woodcutting, popularized by STIHL TIMBERSPORTS competitions, is a series of extreme sport events where athletes compete in six disciplines: three with the axe and three with the saw. Competitors must demonstrate strength, technique, precision, and speed to cut logs as quickly as possible. Disciplines include chainsaw sawing (vertical and horizontal cuts), crosscut sawing (two-person saw), axe throwing (standing block chop, underhand chop), and other technical events.

'Les Cogneurs du Plateau de Millevaches' Association

Les MilleHaches is organized by the 'Les Cogneurs du Plateau de Millevaches' association, which brings together enthusiasts of sport woodcutting and forest traditions. This association works to promote this spectacular sport and to enhance the forest heritage of the Plateau de Millevaches, a region historically linked to wood exploitation and forestry professions. The name 'MilleHaches' echoes the Plateau de Millevaches, whose name is said to come from 'a thousand springs' or 'a thousand cows', but here evokes the axes of the sport woodcutters.

A Spectacular and Demanding Sport

Sport woodcutting is a spectacular sport that attracts large crowds during competitions. The events, timed to the hundredth of a second, offer an impressive spectacle where wood chips fly and athletes compete in power and technique. National and international woodcutting competitions, such as those organized by STIHL TIMBERSPORTS, bring together the best athletes in the world. Les MilleHaches is part of this tradition and allows regional competitors to measure themselves and improve.

An Event Rooted in Forest Heritage

By organizing a woodcutting competition on the Plateau de Millevaches, the 'Cogneurs' association promotes the forest heritage of Haute-Corrèze and traditional wood-related trades. This event helps to raise awareness of this sport, which is still little publicized in France, and to attract an audience curious to discover the prowess of athlete-woodcutters.