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Pays Désert at La Daille

Freeride · 4951 m long with 553 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 29° at its steepest, facing SW.

29°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
4951 mlength
553 mvertical
3201 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Pays Désert is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Pays Désert

Lifts that reach the top: Pays Désert (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cascade (skiing novice terrain to get there); Montet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Céma (skiing novice terrain to get there); Vallon de l'Iseran (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 115 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride TCD8 des Brévières
  2. Ride TCD10 des Boisses
  3. Ski unnamed connector
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Rhododendron (easy)
  6. Ride TSD6 Aiguille Rouge
  7. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  8. Ski Bleuets (intermediate)
  9. Ski Petit Col (easy)
  10. Ski Anemone (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed connector
  12. Ski unnamed novice connector (novice)
  13. Ride Tovière
  14. Ski unnamed connector
  15. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  16. Ski Creux (easy)
  17. Ski Verte (novice)
  18. Ski Coupe du Monde (intermediate)
  19. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  20. Ski Verte (novice)
  21. Ride Funival
  22. Ski Fontaine Froide (intermediate)
  23. Ski Santons haut (intermediate)
  24. Ski Santons (intermediate)
  25. Ski Traversée du Rogoney (intermediate)
  26. Ride Solaise
  27. Ski unnamed connector
  28. Ski Lac/Parc à Moutons (easy)
  29. Ski Piste L (intermediate)
  30. Ride Laisinant
  31. Ski Aiglon, Arollay (easy)
  32. Ski Arollay (easy)
  33. Ski Table d'Orientation (intermediate)
  34. Ski Pyramides (easy)
  35. Ride Vallon de l'Iseran
  36. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  37. Ski Lac Céma (novice)
  38. Ski unnamed novice connector (novice)
  39. Ski Pays Désert (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins P'tit Cross, unnamed connector, Moraine, unnamed novice trail, unnamed novice connector, Traversée des Arses. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pays Désert (1 min), Céma (1 min), Cascade (1 min).

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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.