Plantes at Arc 1600
Easy · 655 m long with 85 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 13° at its steepest, facing W.
13°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
655 mlength
85 mvertical
1572 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Plantes is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
How to get to Plantes
Lifts that reach the top: Adrets (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Montalbert (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Grangette (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Grenouilles (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Dromadaire (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 1800 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 46 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)
- Ride Bécoin
- Ski Pavane (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Emile Allais (intermediate)
- Ski Edmond Blanchoz (easy)
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Adrets
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski Montalbert (easy)
- Ski Bois Crozelin (intermediate)
- Ski Bovet (easy)
- Ski Roclisse (intermediate)
- Ski Plantes (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Le Gentil. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Grangette (2 min), Montalbert (2 min), Montalbert (3 min).
See Plantes 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.