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Gentianes at Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise

Easy · 703 m long with 133 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 18° at its steepest, facing W.

18°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
703 mlength
133 mvertical
1964 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Gentianes is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Gentianes

Lifts that reach the top: Mélézet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Repose (skiing novice terrain to get there); Combe (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 9 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mélézet
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ski Route de le Repose (novice)
  4. Ski Gentianes (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, unnamed intermediate trail, Stade, Stade, Gentianes, Adrenaline, Forêt. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Carrelet (1 min), Combe (2 min), Fontaine aux Oiseaux (4 min).

See Gentianes 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.