Grand Ubac at station de ski de Vars
Advanced · 347 m long with 143 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 32° at its steepest, facing NE.
32°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
347 mlength
143 mvertical
2118 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Grand Ubac 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 Grand Ubac
Lifts that reach the top: Escondus V15 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Eyssina V18 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sibières V14 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 21 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Plans V10
- Ski Adroits (novice)
- Ride Claux V1
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ride Escondus V15
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Grand Ubac (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Chemin des Italiens, Petit Ubac. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Claux V1 (3 min), Escondus V15 (3 min), Chabrières V4 (3 min).
See Grand Ubac on the 3D mapAll runs at station de ski de VarsMeasured 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.