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Pylones at Les Menuires

Advanced · 2093 m long with 227 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 27° at its steepest, facing W.

27°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
2093 mlength
227 mvertical
2402 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Pylones is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Pylones

Lifts that reach the top: Sunny Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Becca (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bruyères 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mont de la Chambre (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 56 minutes, advanced 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 unnamed novice trail (novice)
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  11. Ride Menuires
  12. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  13. Ski Boyes (easy)
  14. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  15. Ride Sunny Express
  16. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  17. Ski Paturages (easy)
  18. Ski Pylones (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins David Douillet Bas. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mont de la Chambre (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min), TPS VCS (4 min).

See Pylones on the 3D mapAll runs at Les Menuires
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.