Snow Route des Bauches at Arc 1600
Easy · 3975 m long with 332 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 9° at its steepest, facing N.
9°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
3975 mlength
332 mvertical
1791 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Route des Bauches is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Route des Bauches
Lifts that reach the top: Petit Sauget (skiing novice terrain to get there); Montchavin (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plan Bois (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lac Noir (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bauches (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plan Leschaux (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 13 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Les Coches
- Hike unnamed hike path
- Ride Petit Sauget
- Ski Route des Bauches (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Mont Blanc, unnamed easy trail, Les Coches. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Vanoise Express 1 (1 min), Télébuffette (1 min), Plan Bois (1 min).
See Route des Bauches 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.