Snow Guide › Les Contamines-Montjoie / Hauteluce › Runs › Retour Gorge

Retour Gorge at Les Contamines-Montjoie / Hauteluce

Intermediate · 668 m long with 91 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 12° at its steepest, facing S.

12°steepest 50 m

8°average pitch

668 mlength

91 mvertical

1275 mtop elevation

Sfaces

Snow and sun

Retour Gorge is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Retour Gorge

Lifts that reach the top: Montjoie (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); La Gorge (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Foyères (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Montjoie (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Signal (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Jonction (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Montjoie
Ski unnamed easy connector (easy)
Ski Retour Lay (intermediate)
Ski Retour Gorge (intermediate)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: La Gorge (1 min).

See Retour Gorge on the 3D map All 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.