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Les Grandes Combes at Les Menuires

Intermediate · 3289 m long with 288 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 22° at its steepest, facing NW.

22°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
3289 mlength
288 mvertical
2256 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Les Grandes Combes

Lifts that reach the top: Stade (skiing novice terrain to get there); Roc 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Bettex (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sunny Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Becca (skiing easy terrain to get there); Granges (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 32 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Saint Martin 1
  2. Ski Biolley (easy)
  3. Ski Pelozet (easy)
  4. Ride Saint Martin Express
  5. Ski Crêtes (easy)
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Gros Tougne (easy)
  8. Ski Violette (novice)
  9. Ski Les Grandes Combes (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Violette, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Becca (1 min), Mont de la Chambre (4 min), Stade (4 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.