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Petite Gentiane at Station du Ballon d'Alsace

Novice · 266 m long with 31 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 10° at its steepest, facing NW.

10°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
266 mlength
31 mvertical
1092 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Petite Gentiane

Lifts that reach the top: Petite Gentiane 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Petite Gentiane 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Grande Gentiane (skiing novice terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Grand Langenberg
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Petit Langenberg (novice)
  4. Ride Petit Langenberg
  5. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  6. Ski Les Bruyères (novice)
  7. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  8. Ski Grande Gentiane (easy)
  9. Ride Grande Gentiane
  10. Ski Grande Gentiane (easy)
  11. Ski Petite Gentiane (novice)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed trail, unnamed novice trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Petite Gentiane 1 (1 min), Petite Gentiane 2 (1 min), Grande Gentiane (2 min).

See Petite Gentiane on the 3D mapAll runs at Station du Ballon d'Alsace
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.