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Praz Dru at Les Houches (Chamonix)

Intermediate · 849 m long with 130 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 15° at its steepest, facing NE.

15°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
849 mlength
130 mvertical
1759 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Praz Dru

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

From the base area (about 18 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Bellevue
  2. Ski Mont Blanc (novice)
  3. Hike Raquettes Bellevue (novice)
  4. Ski Praz Dru (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Grands Bois, Stade Grand Bois, Bellevue. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Grands Bois (1 min).

See Praz Dru 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.