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Plaine Joux at Les Portes du Mont-Blanc

Easy · 1319 m long with 188 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 15° at its steepest, facing NW.

15°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1319 mlength
188 mvertical
1552 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Plaine Joux

Lifts that reach the top: Plaine Joux (skiing easy terrain to get there); TSF4 de Jouty (skiing easy terrain to get there); TSF4 des Prés (skiing easy terrain to get there); TSD6 de Pertuis (skiing easy terrain to get there); Beauregard (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mowgli (skiing easy terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Mowgli
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ride Beauregard
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Papa (easy)
  6. Ski La Croix (easy)
  7. Ride TSD6 de Pertuis
  8. Ski La Croix (easy)
  9. Ski Plaine Joux (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Jorasse, Jorasse, Plaine Joux. Nearest lifts from the bottom: TSF4 de Jouty (1 min).

See Plaine Joux 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.