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Grand Couloir at Courchevel

Advanced · 738 m long with 314 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 37° at its steepest, facing NE.

37°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
738 mlength
314 mvertical
2699 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Grand Couloir 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 Grand Couloir

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

From the base area (about 36 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Praz
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ski Plantrey (novice)
  4. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  5. Ride Epicea
  6. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  7. Ski Bellecôte (novice)
  8. Ride Verdons
  9. Ski Renards (novice)
  10. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  11. Ride Saulire
  12. Ski Grand Couloir (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Grand Couloir 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.