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Elephant at Mont Blanc

Advanced · 405 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
405 mlength
116 mvertical
514 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Elephant

Lifts that reach the top: Quad Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Triple Faustin (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Triple Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Quad Faustin (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Quad Nord (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Marmotte (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Triple Blanc
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Elephant (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Raton Laveur, Geant Special. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quad Blanc (1 min), Triple Blanc (1 min), Tapis Blanc (1 min).

See Elephant on the 3D mapAll runs at Mont Blanc
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.