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Samba at Arc 1600

Intermediate · 1116 m long with 134 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 28° at its steepest, facing E.

28°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1116 mlength
134 mvertical
2231 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Samba is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Samba

Lifts that reach the top: Bécoin (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 30 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Champagny
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Bouquetin (easy)
  4. Ski Liaison Verdons (easy)
  5. Ride Verdons Sud
  6. Ski unnamed connector
  7. Ski Verdons (easy)
  8. Ski Marie Chantal (easy)
  9. Ride Bécoin
  10. Ski Pavane (easy)
  11. Ski Samba (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins École Aime 2000, Mont Saint-Sauveur. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Stade (2 min), Bécoin (2 min), Lovatière (2 min).

See Samba 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.