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Tête Dure Hors Piste at Le Sauze

Freeride · 888 m long with 244 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 35° at its steepest, facing W.

35°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
888 mlength
244 mvertical
2389 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Tête Dure Hors Piste is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Tête Dure Hors Piste

Lifts that reach the top: Dôme (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 27 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Pré Guerin
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Le Sauze 1700 (novice)
  4. Ride Brec II
  5. Ski Chemin Côte 2200 (easy)
  6. Ski Grand Quartier (intermediate)
  7. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  8. Ski Col de Fours (intermediate)
  9. Ski La Rente (intermediate)
  10. Ski Soudane (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  12. Ride Jouquet
  13. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  14. Ski La Ticky (easy)
  15. Ride Alp
  16. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  17. Ride Dôme
  18. Ski Tête Dure Hors Piste (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Tête Dure. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bergères (2 min), Dôme (2 min), Alp (5 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.