Competition at Station des Rousses
Intermediate · 1677 m long with 331 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.
23°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1677 mlength
331 mvertical
1593 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Competition is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Competition
Lifts that reach the top: Cuvaloup 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cuvaloup 3 (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 39 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Jouvenceaux
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski Balcon de la Dôle (novice)
- Ski Gaston Cottet (novice)
- Ski Liaison Franco-Suisse (novice)
- Ski Gaston Cottet (novice)
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ride Reculet
- Ski Reculet-Dessous, Liaison Reculet-Dessous - Valdappes (easy)
- Ski Franco-Suisse, Reculet-Dessous, Liaison Reculet-Dessous - Valdappes (easy)
- Ski Liaison Reculet-Dessous - Valdappes (easy)
- Ride Valdappes
- Ski Liaison Valdappes - Cuvaloup (easy)
- Ski Chalet (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ride Cuvaloup 1
- Ski Competition (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed intermediate trail, unnamed trail, Chalet. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Couvaloup 2 (1 min), Cuvaloup 1 (1 min), Cuvaloup 3 (1 min).
See Competition on the 3D mapAll runs at Station des RoussesMeasured 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.