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Amethyste at Le Grand Massif

Intermediate · 968 m long with 129 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 19° at its steepest, facing SW.

19°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
968 mlength
129 mvertical
2471 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Amethyste

Lifts that reach the top: Diamant Noir (skiing novice terrain to get there); Grandes Platières (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 58 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Vercland
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ski Demoiselles (novice)
  4. Ski Stade (novice)
  5. Ride Chariande Express
  6. Ski Silice (easy)
  7. Ski Dolomie (easy)
  8. Ride Vernant
  9. Ski Tourmaline (easy)
  10. Ski Baudroie (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  12. Ski unnamed novice connector (novice)
  13. Ski Épicéa (novice)
  14. Ski Pin (novice)
  15. Ride Grandes Platières
  16. Ski unnamed novice connector (novice)
  17. Ski Serpentine (easy)
  18. Ski Amethyste (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Méphisto supérieure. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lindars Nord (3 min), Lapiaz (6 min), Grand Grenier (8 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.