Combe Balme at Le Corbier ski resort

Easy · 5021 m long with 336 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 19° at its steepest, facing NE.

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Combe Balme

Lifts that reach the top: Lauze (skiing novice terrain to get there); Plan du Moulin Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Chalets de la Balme (skiing novice terrain to get there); Blanchards (skiing novice terrain to get there); Choseaux (skiing novice terrain to get there); Bancs (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 81 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

1. Ride Marmottes
2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
3. Ride Lauze
4. Ski Liaison Grand Truc (intermediate)
5. Ski Grand Truc (intermediate)
6. Ski Louis Buisson (intermediate)
7. Ski Soleil (easy)
8. Ride Soleil
9. Ski Lac (easy)
10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
11. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
12. Ski Lac (easy)
13. Ski Retenues (easy)
14. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
15. Ski unnamed connector
16. Ride Médaille d'Or
17. Ski unnamed connector
18. Ride Pierre du Turc
19. Ski Plan de la Combe (easy)
20. Ski unnamed connector
21. Ride Deux Croix
22. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
23. Ski Longe Combe (easy)
24. Ski Edelweiss (intermediate)
25. Ski Panoramique (easy)
26. Ski Pierre Aigüe (novice)
27. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
28. Ride Lauze
29. Ski Pierre Aigüe (novice)
30. Ski Combe Balme (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Rocher, Pierre Aigüe. Nearest lifts from the bottom: (Proposed) TCD Sapinière (Projet 2021) (5 min), Choseaux (5 min), Choseaux (ESF) (6 min).