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Les Pelées at Arc 1600

Advanced · 2531 m long with 243 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
2531 mlength
243 mvertical
1886 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Les Pelées 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 Les Pelées

Lifts that reach the top: Montchavin (skiing novice terrain to get there); Plan Bois (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lac Noir (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plan Leschaux (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bijolin (skiing easy terrain to get there); Dos Rond (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Montchavin
  2. Ski Les Pelées (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Pierres Blanches, Montchavin, Mont Blanc. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pierres Blanches (2 min), Petit Sauget (2 min), Vanoise Express 1 (3 min).

See Les Pelées 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.