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Escargot at Les 3 Vallées

Novice · 421 m long with 55 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 12° at its steepest, facing N.

12°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
421 mlength
55 mvertical
2013 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Escargot

Lifts that reach the top: Legends (skiing novice terrain to get there); Caves (skiing novice terrain to get there); Arpasson (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 41 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Olympe 1
  2. Ride Olympe 2
  3. Ride Olympe 3
  4. Ski unnamed novice connector (novice)
  5. Hike unnamed novice connector (novice)
  6. Ski unnamed novice connector (novice)
  7. Ski Gélinotte (easy)
  8. Ride Legends
  9. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  10. Ski Escargot (novice)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, unnamed novice trail, unnamed intermediate trail, Gélinotte. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Caves (1 min), Cherferie (1 min), Olympic (3 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.