Balme at Les Saisies
Intermediate · 1312 m long with 316 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 25° at its steepest, facing SE.
25°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
1312 mlength
316 mvertical
1497 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Balme is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
How to get to Balme
Lifts that reach the top: Coqs (skiing easy terrain to get there); Roche Blanche (skiing easy terrain to get there); Légette (skiing easy terrain to get there); Jorets (skiing easy terrain to get there); Trolliers (skiing easy terrain to get there); Périots (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 77 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Seigneurs
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Renard (easy)
- Ski Jonction Mont Rond (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ride Mont Rond
- Ski Thuile (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Gueux (easy)
- Ride Gueux
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Plan Dessert (easy)
- Ski Plans (easy)
- Ski Plan Dessert (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Lac
- Ski Bolchu (easy)
- Ski Borlat (easy)
- Ski La Coudray (easy)
- Ride Grattary
- Ski Grattary (easy)
- Ski Plan Corbet (novice)
- Ride Roche Blanche
- Ski Vardache (easy)
- Ski Frêtes, Vardache (easy)
- Ski Frêtes (easy)
- Ski Balme (intermediate)
Where it ends
Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chozal (1 min).
See Balme on the 3D mapAll runs at Les SaisiesMeasured 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.