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La Vallée de la Mort at Arc 1600

Freeride · 453 m long with 88 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
453 mlength
88 mvertical
2106 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

La Vallée de la Mort 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 La Vallée de la Mort

Lifts that reach the top: Colorado (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Funiplagne Grande Rochette (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Verdons Sud (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Lovatière (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, freeride 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 Banzaï (intermediate)
  9. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  10. Ski Puy du Fou (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed freeride trail (freeride)
  12. Ski La Vallée de la Mort (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Puy du Fou, Puy du fou. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Colorado (1 min), Funiplagne Grande Rochette (1 min), Lovatière (2 min).

See La Vallée de la Mort 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.