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Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/Col des Mines at 4 Vallées – Verbier/La Tzoumaz/Nendaz/Veysonnaz/Thyon

Freeride · 1757 m long with 238 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m

8°average pitch

1757 mlength

238 mvertical

2561 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/Col des Mines is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry, classic. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/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 Vallon d'Arbi, Col des Mines. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mayentzet (7 min), unnamed rope tow (8 min), Rouge (9 min).

See Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/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.