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3 Capitaines at Super Besse

Advanced · 535 m long with 144 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 25° at its steepest, facing S.

25°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
535 mlength
144 mvertical
1829 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

3 Capitaines is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to 3 Capitaines

Lifts that reach the top: Ferrand Sud (skiing novice terrain to get there); Ferrand Nord (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Dore
  2. Ski Cacadogne (easy)
  3. Ride Ferrand Nord
  4. Ski Puy Ferrand (easy)
  5. Ski 3 Capitaines (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Le Goulet. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ferrand Sud (2 min), Col de Couhay (3 min).

See 3 Capitaines on the 3D mapAll runs at Super Besse
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.