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Grande Pente at Arc 1600

Advanced · 959 m long with 317 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 36° at its steepest, facing NE.

36°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
959 mlength
317 mvertical
2401 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Grande Pente is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

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

How to get to Grande Pente

Lifts that reach the top: Crêtes (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 33 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Champagny
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Bouquetin (easy)
  4. Ski Liaison Verdons (easy)
  5. Ride Verdons Sud
  6. Ski unnamed connector
  7. Ski Verdons (easy)
  8. Ski Marie Chantal (easy)
  9. Ride Bécoin
  10. Ride Crêtes
  11. Ski Grande Pente (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Java. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bécoin (2 min), Lovatière (2 min), Funiplagne Grande Rochette (2 min).

See Grande Pente on the 3D mapAll runs at Arc 1600
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.