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Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/Col des Mines (sometimes, rarely groomed, only this upper part) at 4 Vallées – Verbier/La Tzoumaz/Nendaz/Veysonnaz/Thyon

Freeride · 186 m long with 20 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 10° at its steepest, facing NW.

10°steepest 50 m

6°average pitch

186 mlength

20 mvertical

2581 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/Col des Mines (sometimes, rarely groomed, only this upper part) is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/Col des Mines (sometimes, rarely groomed, only this upper part)

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

Where it ends

Joins Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/Col des Mines. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mayentzet (13 min), unnamed rope tow (14 min), Rouge (16 min).

See Col des Mines, Vallon d'Arbi/Col des Mines (sometimes, rarely groomed, only this upper part) 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.