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Blanchons at Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise

Novice · 684 m long with 45 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 11° at its steepest, facing NW.

11°steepest 50 m
average pitch
684 mlength
45 mvertical
1836 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Blanchons

Lifts that reach the top: Pré Pinet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Saint-Joseph (skiing novice terrain to get there); Repose (skiing novice terrain to get there); Combe (skiing novice terrain to get there); Mélézet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Norma 5 (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, novice skiing needed):

  1. Ride Repose
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ride Saint-Joseph
  4. Ski Blanchons (novice)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed novice trail, La Chapelle, unnamed novice connector, Les Amis de Timo, Route de le Repose, Granges, Sainte-Anne, Mélèzes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Arlette (1 min), Saint-Joseph (1 min), Granges (1 min).

See Blanchons on the 3D mapAll runs at Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise
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.