Snow Guide
Snow GuideLe Grand MassifRuns › Quartz

Quartz at Le Grand Massif

Easy · 10 m long with 2 m of vertical, averaging — and — at its steepest, facing NW.

steepest 50 m
average pitch
10 mlength
2 mvertical
1954 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Quartz

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

From the base area (about 56 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 Cristal (easy)
  19. Ski Quartz (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Cristal. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Désert Blanc (1 min).

What people say

en werd er gedacht, met beveiligde funzones voor de allerkleinsten. Hier kan iedereen op eigen tempo en in een gezellige sfeer het plezier van wintersport ontdekken. De funparken liggen verspreid over de verschillende skigebieden van Flaine en Le Grand Massif. In Flaine kunnen riders terecht in ‘Ze Quartz Park‘ op de É…
— Freeride en funparken - Flaine - Het plezier van freeride en funparken
See Quartz 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.