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Grande Rouge Hors Piste at Pra Loup

Freeride · 504 m long with 100 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 33° at its steepest, facing N.

33°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
504 mlength
100 mvertical
2416 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Grande Rouge Hors Piste is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Grande Rouge Hors Piste

Lifts that reach the top: TK Lac 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); TK Lac 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); TSF3 Quartiers (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 33 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride TCD6 Costebelle
  2. Ski Sestrière (novice)
  3. Ski Langail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Bergeries (easy)
  5. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  6. Ride TK Gimette
  7. Ski Serre de l'Homme (intermediate)
  8. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  9. Ski Marmottes (easy)
  10. Ski Lac (intermediate)
  11. Ride TK Lac 2
  12. Ski Grande rouge (intermediate)
  13. Ski Grande Rouge Hors Piste (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Grande Rouge - Freeride, Grande rouge, Cabane du Berger. Nearest lifts from the bottom: TK Lac 1 (2 min), TK Lac 2 (2 min), TSD6 Bergeries (5 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.