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Aiguille at Les Contamines-Montjoie / Hauteluce

Intermediate · 656 m long with 180 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 23° at its steepest, facing E.

23°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
656 mlength
180 mvertical
2435 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Aiguille is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Aiguille

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

From the base area (about 39 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Montjoie
  2. Ride Signal
  3. Ski Montjoie (easy)
  4. Ski Jonction (easy)
  5. Ride Jonction
  6. Ski Coins (easy)
  7. Ride Tierces
  8. Ride Aiguille Croche
  9. Ski Aiguille (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed intermediate trail, Croche, Grevettaz. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Aiguille Croche (1 min), Tierces (6 min), Grevettaz (7 min).

See Aiguille on the 3D mapAll runs at Les Contamines-Montjoie / Hauteluce
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.