Plancerts at Les Houches (Chamonix)
Intermediate · 920 m long with 283 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 24° at its steepest, facing NW.
24°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
920 mlength
283 mvertical
1654 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Plancerts is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Plancerts
Lifts that reach the top: Mélèzes (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plancerts (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tapis École (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); École (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Kandahar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Crozat (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Prarion
- Ski Les Aillouds Supérieur Col de Voza, Table d'Orientation (easy)
- Ski Les Aillouds Supérieur Col de Voza (easy)
- Ski École (novice)
- Ski Chamois (easy)
- Ski Mélèzes (easy)
- Ski La Cha (easy)
- Ski Chamois (easy)
- Ski Plancerts (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Plan du Cret Supérieur. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mélèzes (1 min), Plancerts (1 min).
See Plancerts 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.