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Marcassin at Les 3 Vallées

Intermediate · 3872 m long with 431 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 27° at its steepest, facing W.

27°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
3872 mlength
431 mvertical
2636 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Marcassin is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Marcassin

Lifts that reach the top: Pas du Lac 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Saulire Express 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pas du Lac 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 56 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 unnamed easy connector (easy)
  8. Ski unnamed novice connector (novice)
  9. Ride Tougnète 1
  10. Ski Perdrix (novice)
  11. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  12. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  13. Ski Ours (easy)
  14. Ride Pas du Lac 1
  15. Ski Marcassin (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Aigle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pas du Lac 2 (1 min), Aigle (4 min), Pas du Lac 1 (4 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.