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Forêt at Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise

Intermediate · 1784 m long with 419 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1784 mlength
419 mvertical
1831 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Forêt

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

From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mélézet
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ski Route de le Repose (novice)
  4. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  5. Ski Forêt (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, unnamed intermediate trail, Fontaine aux Oisseaux. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Fontaine aux Oiseaux (1 min), Repose (1 min), Mélézet (1 min).

See Forêt 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.