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Mathusalem at Super Besse

Advanced · 660 m long with 162 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 30° at its steepest, facing W.

30°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
660 mlength
162 mvertical
1496 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Mathusalem is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Mathusalem

Lifts that reach the top: Dore (skiing easy terrain to get there); Ferrand Nord (skiing easy terrain to get there); Ferrand Sud (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plateau (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pas de l'Âne (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sancy (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Dore
  2. Ski Cacadogne (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Pan de la Grange (easy)
  5. Ski Mathusalem (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Retour. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Dore (1 min), Sancy (3 min), Val d'Enfer (3 min).

See Mathusalem 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.