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Combe du Machon at Avoriaz

Advanced · 694 m long with 319 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 38° at its steepest, facing NW.

38°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
694 mlength
319 mvertical
2185 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Combe du Machon is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Combe du Machon

Lifts that reach the top: Grandes Combes (skiing novice terrain to get there); Stade (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Arare 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Arare 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lac-Intrêts (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Surf (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 48 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Super-Morzine
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Zore
  4. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  5. Ski unnamed connector
  6. Ride Proclou
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski unnamed connector
  9. Ski Crête (easy)
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed connector
  12. Ski Boulevard des Skieurs (easy)
  13. Ski unnamed easy connector (easy)
  14. Hike Les Crêtes d'Arare
  15. Ski Crôt (easy)
  16. Ride Grandes Combes
  17. Ski Combe du Machon (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Jean Vuarnet, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Grandes Combes (3 min), Prodains (7 min), Prodains Express 3S (8 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.