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Iolite at Le Grand Massif

Easy · 382 m long with 30 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 12° at its steepest, facing SW.

12°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
382 mlength
30 mvertical
2103 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Iolite

Lifts that reach the top: Tête des Verds (skiing easy terrain to get there); Désert Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Diamant Noir (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Grandes Platières (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 54 minutes, easy 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. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  16. Ride Tête des Verds
  17. Ski Tanzanite (easy)
  18. Ski Iolite (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Diamant noir, Almandine, Traversée Diamant Noir. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Diamant Noir (1 min), Lapiaz (4 min), Tête des Verds (6 min).

See Iolite on the 3D mapAll runs at Le Grand Massif
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.