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Chardons at Piau Engaly

Easy · 699 m long with 161 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
699 mlength
161 mvertical
2166 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Chardons

Lifts that reach the top: Pic de Piau (skiing easy terrain to get there); Campbielh (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 33 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hourc
  2. Ski Grande bleue (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed trail
  4. Ride Engaly
  5. Ski Sarrous (easy)
  6. Ski 3 ruisseaux (easy)
  7. Ski Grives (easy)
  8. Ski Laquette (easy)
  9. Ski Bd. des skieurs (easy)
  10. Ride Pic de Piau
  11. Ski unnamed trail
  12. Ski Grande bleue (easy)
  13. Ski Chardons (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Laquette. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lac (3 min), Campbielh (3 min), Pic de Piau (3 min).

See Chardons on the 3D mapAll runs at Piau Engaly
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.