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Gd bois at Megève/Saint-Gervais

Intermediate · 550 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
550 mlength
153 mvertical
1412 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Gd bois

Lifts that reach the top: Bosses (skiing easy terrain to get there); Princesse (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mont d'Arbois (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mandarines (skiing easy terrain to get there); Pierre Plate (skiing easy terrain to get there); Venaz (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride L'Alpin
  2. Ride Bettex - Arbois
  3. Ski Monchus (novice)
  4. Ski Chateluy (novice)
  5. Ski unnamed trail
  6. Ride Bosses
  7. Ski unnamed trail
  8. Ski Finance (easy)
  9. Ski Prapacot (easy)
  10. Ski Gd bois (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Encraty (liaison), Le Plan. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Princesse (4 min), Petit Bois (4 min).

See Gd bois on the 3D mapAll runs at Megève/Saint-Gervais
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.