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Abbaye at Les Houches (Chamonix)

Easy · 2473 m long with 389 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 26° at its steepest, facing W.

26°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
2473 mlength
389 mvertical
1887 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Abbaye

Lifts that reach the top: Crozat (skiing novice terrain to get there); Voza-Prarion (skiing novice terrain to get there); Kandahar (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Prarion
  2. Ski Les Aillouds Supérieur Col de Voza, Table d'Orientation (easy)
  3. Ski Les Aillouds Supérieur Col de Voza (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  5. Ski Aillouds (easy)
  6. Ride Voza-Prarion
  7. Ski Abbaye, Col de Voza (easy)
  8. Ski Abbaye (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Fontaines, Abbaye, Col de Voza, Col de Voza, Kandahar Supérieur La Cassure, Friaz, Abbaye, Friaz, Friaz, Abbaye. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Crozat (1 min), Tapis École (2 min), Voza-Prarion (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.