Snow bolide at station de ski de Valmeinier
Intermediate · 541 m long with 87 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 15° at its steepest, facing N.
15°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
541 mlength
87 mvertical
2016 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Snow bolide is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Snow bolide
Lifts that reach the top: Thimel (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cornafond (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride TCD Sétaz
- Ski Myosotis (novice)
- Hike La Forêt, Myosotis (novice)
- Ski Myosotis (novice)
- Ride Thimel
- Ski Jourbarbe, Chevreuil, Sétaz Bleue, Snow bolide (novice)
- Ski Snow bolide (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Myosotis, Rhodos, Jourbarbe, La Forêt, JB Grange, unnamed connector, Sétaz Bleue. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Thimel (2 min), TCD Sétaz (4 min), TCD8 Crêt de la Brive (4 min).
See Snow bolide on the 3D mapAll runs at station de ski de ValmeinierMeasured 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.