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La Cassorte at Arolla

Freeride · 981 m long with 235 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 29° at its steepest, facing SW.

29°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
981 mlength
235 mvertical
2860 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

La Cassorte is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to La Cassorte

Lifts that reach the top: Fontanesses 3 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 34 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Fontanesses 1
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Fontanesses 3
  4. Ski Fontanesses 3 (easy)
  5. Ski La Cassorte (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Fontanesses 3. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Fontanesses 3 (4 min), Remointze (6 min), Fontanesses 1 (10 min).

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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.