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Ailefroide at Serre Chevalier

Advanced · 1784 m long with 219 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 31° at its steepest, facing N.

31°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
1784 mlength
219 mvertical
2626 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Ailefroide 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 Ailefroide

Lifts that reach the top: Clot Gauthier (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Eychauda (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 27 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride TSD6 Blétonet
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ride Serre Chevalier
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Echaillon (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ride Clot Gauthier
  8. Ski Clot Gauthier (intermediate)
  9. Ski Ailefroide (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Creux du Loup, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Eychauda (1 min), Clot Gauthier (4 min), TSD6 Côte Chevalier (8 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.