Sapinière at Les Saisies
Advanced · 684 m long with 199 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 26° at its steepest, facing W.
26°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
684 mlength
199 mvertical
1891 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Sapinière is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Sapinière
Lifts that reach the top: Brichou (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 70 minutes, advanced 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)
- Ride Brichou
- Ski Sapinière (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Arcosses. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Brichou (1 min).
See Sapinière 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.