Blue Velvet at Avoriaz
Easy · 1474 m long with 417 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 31° at its steepest, facing NE.
31°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
1474 mlength
417 mvertical
1997 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Blue Velvet is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Blue Velvet
Lifts that reach the top: Brochaux (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 39 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Super-Morzine
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Zore
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Proclou
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Combe à Floret (easy)
- Ski Combe à Floret, Mosettes (easy)
- Ski Prolays (easy)
- Ski Mossettes (easy)
- Ski Jonction Blue Velvet (easy)
- Ski Blue Velvet (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Brochaux
- Ski Blue Velvet (easy)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed connector, Mossettes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mossettes (1 min), Brochaux (1 min).
What people say
Chavanette » located nearby, which will gently descend you into Switzerland. 2nd option: From the arrival stations of TSD Proclou or TSD Tour, head towards the Lindarets area. Take the blue slopes « Covagnes » or « Sapinette », and follow the signs indicating Brochaux or Mossettes, by taking the « Blue Velvet » or « C…See Blue Velvet on the 3D mapAll runs at Avoriaz
— Avoriaz Piste Map - Portes du Soleil Ski Resort & Area: Lifts Open, Pistes, and Ski Map
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.