La noire at Arêches-Beaufort
Advanced · 245 m long with 93 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 28° at its steepest, facing N.
28°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
245 mlength
93 mvertical
1552 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
La noire is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to La noire
Lifts that reach the top: TSD4 - Piapolay (skiing easy terrain to get there); Grande Combe (skiing easy terrain to get there); TSF4 - Combettes (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 29 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride TSD4 - Grand Mont
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Les Perches (intermediate)
- Ski Combe de Perche (intermediate)
- Ski L'écharté, Combe de Perche (easy)
- Ride TSD4 - Piapolay
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Roc Blanc (intermediate)
- Ski Variante Roc Blanc (intermediate)
- Ski Papillon (easy)
- Ski Variante Piapolay (easy)
- Ski La noire (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins L'écharté. Nearest lifts from the bottom: TSD4 - Piapolay (4 min), TKE - Pauses (4 min), TKE - Tronchet (4 min).
See La noire on the 3D mapAll runs at Arêches-BeaufortMeasured 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.