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Piste à Léon at Les Houches (Chamonix)

Easy · 1042 m long with 154 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1042 mlength
154 mvertical
1772 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Piste à Léon

Lifts that reach the top: Grands Bois (skiing novice terrain to get there); Bellevue (skiing novice terrain to get there); Mont Blanc (skiing novice terrain to get there); Schuss des Dames (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Bellevue
  2. Ski Mont Blanc (novice)
  3. Hike Raquettes Bellevue (novice)
  4. Ski Piste à Léon (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Mur des Épines Supérieur, Aillouds, Mur des Épines Intermédiaire. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Schuss des Dames (1 min), Coupe du Monde (6 min), Bellevue (6 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.