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Croix at Les Contamines-Montjoie / Hauteluce

Easy · 2692 m long with 512 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 23° at its steepest, facing W.

23°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
2692 mlength
512 mvertical
2102 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Croix

Lifts that reach the top: Bûche Croisée (skiing novice terrain to get there); Roselette (skiing easy terrain to get there); Olympique (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 29 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Montjoie
  2. Ride Signal
  3. Ski Montjoie (easy)
  4. Ski Jonction (easy)
  5. Ride Olympique
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Croix (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Variante Boulevard, Bûche, Col. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Col du Joly (1 min), Plans (3 min), Choton (4 min).

See Croix 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.