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Couloir Emile Allais at Courchevel

Freeride · 316 m long with 186 m of vertical, averaging 30° and 38° at its steepest, facing NE.

38°steepest 50 m
30°average pitch
316 mlength
186 mvertical
2635 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Couloir Emile Allais 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 Emile Allais

Lifts that reach the top: Saulire (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 34 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 Saulire
  10. Ski Grand Couloir (advanced)
  11. Ski Couloir Emile Allais (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Combe de la Saulire. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Saulire (3 min), Vizelle (4 min), Sources (7 min).

See Couloir Emile Allais 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.