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Variante Cousin 1 at Pila

Intermediate · 183 m long with 45 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 25° at its steepest, facing N.

25°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
183 mlength
45 mvertical
2308 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Variante Cousin 1 is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Variante Cousin 1

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 48 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Aosta / Aoste - Les Fleurs
  2. Ride Les Fleurs - Plan Praz
  3. Ride Plan Praz - Pila
  4. Hike unnamed easy connector (easy)
  5. Ride Pila-Gorraz
  6. Ride Gorraz - Couis
  7. Ride Couis - Platta de Grévon
  8. Ski Platta de Grevon (intermediate)
  9. Ski Couis 1 (intermediate)
  10. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  11. Ski Couis 1 (intermediate)
  12. Ski Variante Cousin 1 (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins 9b, Raccordo. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Couis - Platta de Grévon (1 min), La Nouva (5 min), Leissé (6 min).

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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.