La Tortue at Le Corbier ski resort
Easy · 1232 m long with 160 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 13° at its steepest, facing NE.
13°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1232 mlength
160 mvertical
1759 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
La Tortue is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to La Tortue
Lifts that reach the top: Ourson (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 58 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Marmottes
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Lauze
- Ski Liaison Grand Truc (intermediate)
- Ski Grand Truc (intermediate)
- Ski Louis Buisson (intermediate)
- Ski Soleil (easy)
- Ride Soleil
- Ski Lac (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Lac (easy)
- Ski Retenues (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Côte du Bois
- Ski Comborcière (easy)
- Ski Renard (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Envers
- Ski Frite (intermediate)
- Ski Baby Baiko (easy)
- Ski Les Jardins (novice)
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Ourson
- Ski La Tortue (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Les Jardins. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Baïko (1 min), Sybelles Express (2 min), Ourson (2 min).
See La Tortue on the 3D mapAll runs at Le Corbier ski resortMeasured 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.