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Half Pipe at Pila

Intermediate · 247 m long with 22 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 11° at its steepest, facing N.

11°steepest 50 m
average pitch
247 mlength
22 mvertical
2259 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Half Pipe

Lifts that reach the top: La Nouva (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 47 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Aosta / Aoste - Les Fleurs
  2. Ride Les Fleurs - Plan Praz
  3. Ride Plan Praz - Pila
  4. Ski Grimod (easy)
  5. Ride Chamolé
  6. Ski unnamed connector
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski La Châtelaine (easy)
  9. Ski La Chatelaine (easy)
  10. Ski La Châtelaine (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  12. Ride La Nouva
  13. Ski La Chatelaine (easy)
  14. Ski Half Pipe (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Plan Perdu, La Châtelaine. Nearest lifts from the bottom: La Nouva (3 min), Gorraz - Couis (4 min), Baby Gorraz (5 min).

See Half Pipe on the 3D mapAll runs at Pila
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.