9b at Pila
Advanced · 367 m long with 102 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 32° at its steepest, facing N.
32°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
367 mlength
102 mvertical
2263 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
9b is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to 9b
Lifts that reach the top: Leissé (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Couis - Platta de Grévon (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Couis 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 49 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Aosta / Aoste - Les Fleurs
- Ride Les Fleurs - Plan Praz
- Ride Plan Praz - Pila
- Hike unnamed easy connector (easy)
- Ride Pila-Gorraz
- Ride Gorraz - Couis
- Ride Couis - Platta de Grévon
- Ski Platta de Grevon (intermediate)
- Ski Couis 1 (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Couis 1 (intermediate)
- Ski Variante Cousin 1 (intermediate)
- Ski 9b (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Raccordo Couis 1, unnamed easy trail, Couis 1, Plan de l'Eyvie. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Couis - Platta de Grévon (1 min), La Nouva (4 min), Leissé (5 min).
See 9b on the 3D mapAll runs at PilaMeasured 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.