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Mélèzes at Les Houches (Chamonix)

Easy · 1219 m long with 174 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 16° at its steepest, facing NW.

16°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1219 mlength
174 mvertical
1870 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Mélèzes

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

From the base area (about 17 minutes, intermediate 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 École (novice)
  5. Ski Chamois (easy)
  6. Ski Mélèzes (easy)
  7. Ski La Cha (easy)
  8. Ski Chamois (easy)
  9. Ski Plancerts (easy)
  10. Ride Mélèzes
  11. Ski Mélèzes, La Cha (easy)
  12. Ski Mélèzes (easy)

Where it ends

Joins La Cha. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mélèzes (1 min), Plancerts (3 min), Crozat (3 min).

See Mélèzes on the 3D mapAll 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.