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Grandes Drozes at station de ski de Valmeinier

Advanced · 1211 m long with 424 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 28° at its steepest, facing N.

28°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
1211 mlength
424 mvertical
2023 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Grandes Drozes is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Grandes Drozes

Lifts that reach the top: Grandes Drozes (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plan Palais 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plan Palais 1 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Crête (skiing easy terrain to get there); Moneul (skiing easy terrain to get there); Château Ripaille (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Grandes Drozes
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Arcosses (easy)
  4. Ski Mine (easy)
  5. Ski Grandes Drozes (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Riouberoux, unnamed easy trail, Roches, Grapil. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Moneul (1 min), Pré Varel (1 min), Arméra (2 min).

See Grandes Drozes on the 3D mapAll runs at station de ski de Valmeinier
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.