Franck Piccard at Les Saisies
Intermediate · 2770 m long with 270 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 25° at its steepest, facing W.
25°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
2770 mlength
270 mvertical
1856 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Franck Piccard is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
How to get to Franck Piccard
Lifts that reach the top: Légette (skiing novice terrain to get there); Jorets (skiing novice terrain to get there); Roche Blanche (skiing easy terrain to get there); Coqs (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 72 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 unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski Frêtes (easy)
- Ski Blanchots (novice)
- Ski Franck Piccard (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Chenavelle, Chenavelles. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Légette (1 min), Lucioles (1 min).
See Franck Piccard 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.