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Couloir des Belges at Courchevel

Freeride · 257 m long with 137 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 35° at its steepest, facing NW.

35°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
257 mlength
137 mvertical
2615 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Couloir des Belges 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 Couloir des Belges

Lifts that reach the top: Marmottes (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Suisses (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Vizelle (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Saulire (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 35 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Praz
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ride Grangettes
  5. Ski Bellecôte (novice)
  6. Ride Verdons
  7. Ski Renards (novice)
  8. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  9. Ride Vizelle
  10. Ski Chemin Vizelle-Combe de la Saulire (intermediate)
  11. Ski Couloir des Belges (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed intermediate trail, Chemin Vizelle-Combe Saulire. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Saulire (4 min), Vizelle (4 min), Sources (7 min).

See Couloir des Belges on the 3D mapAll runs at Courchevel
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.