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Vardasses at Megève/Saint-Gervais

Intermediate · 933 m long with 201 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
933 mlength
201 mvertical
1792 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Vardasses

Lifts that reach the top: Les Nants (skiing novice terrain to get there); Tapis Marmottons (skiing novice terrain to get there); Freddy (skiing novice terrain to get there); Bettex - Arbois (skiing novice terrain to get there); Idéal (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mont d'Arbois (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride L'Alpin
  2. Ride Bettex - Arbois
  3. Ski Monchus (novice)
  4. Ski Chateluy (novice)
  5. Ski Vardasses (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Clairière, Boucle du Bettex-Communailles, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Les Nants (1 min).

See Vardasses 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.