Font Froide at Chabanon
Intermediate · 289 m long with 109 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 24° at its steepest, facing N.
24°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
289 mlength
109 mvertical
1718 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Font Froide is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Font Froide
Lifts that reach the top: Fontfroide (skiing easy terrain to get there); Les Gagniayes (skiing easy terrain to get there); Combes (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Ubarguet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Les Gagniayes
- Ski Le Plateau (novice)
- Ski Pra Vert (easy)
- Ski Font Froide (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Pra Vert, unnamed novice trail, Le Réservoir. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Fontfroide (1 min), Les Gagniayes (1 min), Les Marmottons (1 min).
See Font Froide on the 3D mapAll runs at ChabanonMeasured 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.