Pentue at Arc 1600
Advanced · 290 m long with 135 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 36° at its steepest, facing W.
36°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
290 mlength
135 mvertical
2711 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Pentue is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Pentue
Lifts that reach the top: Inversens (skiing novice terrain to get there); Roche de Mio 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Carella (skiing novice terrain to get there); Glaciers 1 (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 36 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Champagny
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Bouquetin (easy)
- Ride TK Éterlou
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Rossa
- Ski La Tome (easy)
- Ski Levasset (easy)
- Ride Carella
- Ski Levasset (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Pentue (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Levasset. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Plateau de Carella (4 min), Quillis (6 min), Carella (6 min).
See Pentue 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.