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La Pirolaine at Les Portes du Mont-Blanc

Intermediate · 1238 m long with 287 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 27° at its steepest, facing NE.

27°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1238 mlength
287 mvertical
1354 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to La Pirolaine

Lifts that reach the top: Herney 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Herney 1 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Fieux (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Frébouge
  2. Ride Herney 2
  3. Ski L'Herney (easy)
  4. Ski La Pirolaine (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins La Croix, Frébouge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Frébouge (1 min), Herney 2 (1 min), Herney 1 (1 min).

See La Pirolaine on the 3D mapAll runs at Les Portes du Mont-Blanc
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.