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Choucas at station de ski de Valmeinier

Intermediate · 1302 m long with 440 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 31° at its steepest, facing W.

31°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
1302 mlength
440 mvertical
1998 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Choucas is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Choucas

Lifts that reach the top: Verneys (skiing novice terrain to get there); Thimel (skiing novice terrain to get there); Moulin Benjamin (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cornafond (skiing easy terrain to get there); TCD Sétaz (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lac de la Vieille (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride TCD Sétaz
  2. Ski Myosotis (novice)
  3. Hike La Forêt, Myosotis (novice)
  4. Ski Myosotis (novice)
  5. Ride Thimel
  6. Ski Jourbarbe, Chevreuil, Sétaz Bleue, Snow bolide (novice)
  7. Ski Jourbarbe (novice)
  8. Ski Choucas (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Les Arolles, Verneys, unnamed connector. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Verneys (1 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.