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L'Aiguille at Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (ski resort)

Intermediate · 5427 m long with 540 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
5427 mlength
540 mvertical
2620 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

L'Aiguille is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to L'Aiguille

Lifts that reach the top: Aiguille (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Grand Plan
  2. Ski Les Combes (easy)
  3. Ride Arpettaz
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Les Combes (easy)
  6. Ride Aiguille
  7. Ski L'Aiguille (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins L'Arpettaz, Plan des Veaux, Natur’ Morion. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Aiguille (1 min), Arpettaz (3 min), Marquise (4 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.