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Col des Mines at 4 Vallées – Verbier/La Tzoumaz/Nendaz/Veysonnaz/Thyon

Freeride · 891 m long with 375 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 30° at its steepest, facing SW.

30°steepest 50 m

23°average pitch

891 mlength

375 mvertical

2323 mtop elevation

SWfaces

Snow and sun

Col des Mines is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Col des Mines

Lifts that reach the top: Funispace (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Lac des Vaux 1 (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Attelas (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Lac des Vaux 2 (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Tortin-Chassoure (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

Where it ends

Joins Etiértses, Route des Ruinettes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mayentzet (4 min), unnamed rope tow (5 min), Rouge (6 min).

See Col des Mines on the 3D map All runs at 4 Vallées – Verbier/La Tzoumaz/Nendaz/Veysonnaz/Thyon

Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.