Les Mines at Arc 1600
Intermediate · 156 m long with 53 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 22° at its steepest, facing NW.
22°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
156 mlength
53 mvertical
1923 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Les Mines is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Les Mines
Lifts that reach the top: Mélèzes (skiing easy terrain to get there); Oxygène (skiing easy terrain to get there); Le France (skiing easy terrain to get there); Boulevard (skiing easy terrain to get there); Jardin d'Enfants Plagne Villages (skiing easy terrain to get there); Biquet (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 28 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Champagny
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Bouquetin (easy)
- Ski Liaison Verdons (easy)
- Ride Verdons Sud
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ski Verdons (easy)
- Ski Marie Chantal (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Puy du Fou (easy)
- Ski Mont Saint-Sauveur (easy)
- Ski Boulevard (easy)
- Ski Loup Garou (easy)
- Ski Les Mines (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Loup Garou. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mélèzes (1 min), Praconduit (1 min), 1800 (1 min).
See Les Mines on the 3D mapAll runs at Arc 1600Measured 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.