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Gypaète at Les 3 Vallées

Intermediate · 998 m long with 172 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.

18°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
998 mlength
172 mvertical
2182 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Gypaète

Lifts that reach the top: Cherferie (skiing easy terrain to get there); Tougnète 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 51 minutes, intermediate 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)
  11. Ski Gélinotte (easy)
  12. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  13. Ride Cherferie
  14. Ski Crêtes (easy)
  15. Ski Choucas (easy)
  16. Ski Gypaète (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Roc de Fer, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Caves (1 min), Cherferie (2 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.