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