Grande rouge at Pra Loup
Intermediate · 1581 m long with 353 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 28° at its steepest, facing NE.
28°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1581 mlength
353 mvertical
2497 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Grande rouge is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Grande rouge
Lifts that reach the top: TK Lac 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); TK Lac 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); TSF3 Quartiers (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 32 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride TCD6 Costebelle
- Ski Sestrière (novice)
- Ski Langail (intermediate)
- Ski Bergeries (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride TK Gimette
- Ski Serre de l'Homme (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Marmottes (easy)
- Ski Lac (intermediate)
- Ride TK Lac 2
- Ski Grande rouge (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed intermediate trail, Lac, Marmottes, Lac - Bas, Paravalanche, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: TK Lac 1 (1 min), TK Lac 2 (1 min), TSD6 Bergeries (2 min).
See Grande rouge on the 3D mapAll runs at Pra LoupMeasured 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.