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La Tortue at Le Grand Domaine

Novice · 417 m long with 57 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 15° at its steepest, facing NW.

15°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
417 mlength
57 mvertical
1649 mtop elevation
NWfaces

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: Slalom 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Slalom 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Marquis (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lune Bleue (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mollaret (skiing easy terrain to get there); Rocher Blanc (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 46 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Planchamp
  2. Ski Haut des Traverses (easy)
  3. Ski Combe du Beaudin (easy)
  4. Ride Biollène
  5. Ski Combe de Beaudin (easy)
  6. Ski La Valette (easy)
  7. Ride Madeleine
  8. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  9. Ski unnamed trail
  10. Ski Le Frêne (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  12. Ski la Route du Tour (novice)
  13. Ski Chemin des 1450m (novice)
  14. Ride Slalom 2
  15. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  16. Ski La Tortue (novice)

Where it ends

Joins Chemin des 1450m, la Route du Tour, unnamed trail, Le lièvre. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Slalom 1 (1 min), Slalom 2 (1 min), Lune Bleue (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.