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École at Les Houches (Chamonix)

Novice · 494 m long with 39 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 13° at its steepest, facing N.

13°steepest 50 m

7°average pitch

494 mlength

39 mvertical

1861 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

École is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to École

Lifts that reach the top: École (skiing novice terrain to get there); Prarion (skiing novice terrain to get there); Tapis École (skiing novice terrain to get there); Mélèzes (skiing easy terrain to get there); Kandahar (skiing easy terrain to get there); Crozat (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, novice skiing needed):

Ride Prarion
Ski École (novice)

Where it ends

Joins Belvedere du Prarion. Nearest lifts from the bottom: École (1 min), Tapis École (1 min), Mélèzes (6 min).

See École on the 3D map All runs at Les Houches (Chamonix)

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.