L'Astuce at Pra Loup
Easy · 830 m long with 103 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.
16°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
830 mlength
103 mvertical
2009 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
L'Astuce is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to L'Astuce
Lifts that reach the top: TSD6 La Chaup (skiing easy terrain to get there); TSF4 Observatoire (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); unnamed rope tow (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 75 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 unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Quartiers (intermediate)
- Ski La directe (intermediate)
- Ski Quartiers (intermediate)
- Ski Chemin des Agneliers (intermediate)
- Ski Perdrix (intermediate)
- Ride TSF4 Ubaguets
- Ski Perdrix (intermediate)
- Ski Chamois (intermediate)
- Ride TK Crous 2
- Ski Aigle (intermediate)
- Ski Renard (easy)
- Ski Forêt (easy)
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski Gentianes (novice)
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski Coucous (easy)
- Ride TSD6 La Chaup
- Ski Roche aux fées (easy)
- Ski L'Astuce (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Séolane. Nearest lifts from the bottom: TSD6 Marin Pascal (4 min), Tardée (4 min), Chauvets 2 (VALD) (5 min).
See L'Astuce 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.