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Retour Stade at station de ski Les Houches

Freeride · 546 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 24° at its steepest, facing SE.

24°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
546 mlength
70 mvertical
1956 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Retour Stade is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Retour Stade

Lifts that reach the top: Col Cornu (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Planpraz
  2. Ski Retour Planpraz Verte (novice)
  3. Ski Combe Vioz (easy)
  4. Ski Variante Vioz (intermediate)
  5. Ride Col Cornu
  6. Ski Col Cornu (intermediate)
  7. Ski Retour Stade (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Combe Vioz, Vioz. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Col Cornu (1 min), Sources (2 min), Parsa (2 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.