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La Forêt at Gourette

Easy · 625 m long with 114 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 15° at its steepest, facing NW.

15°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
625 mlength
114 mvertical
1607 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to La Forêt

Lifts that reach the top: Cotch (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sarrière (skiing easy terrain to get there); Cinto (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed magic carpet (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bézou (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lièvre (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Ley
  2. Ride Bézou
  3. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  4. Ski La Balade (novice)
  5. Ski skitour: Pic de Ger, La Balade (novice)
  6. Ride Cotch
  7. Ski La Forêt (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Les Myrtilles, Les Rhododendrons, Pamplona. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cotch (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min).

See La Forêt on the 3D mapAll runs at Gourette
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.