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Essarts at Val Cenis

Intermediate · 524 m long with 138 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 25° at its steepest, facing N.

25°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
524 mlength
138 mvertical
1658 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Essarts

Lifts that reach the top: Essarts (skiing novice terrain to get there); Ramasse (skiing novice terrain to get there); Buffa (skiing novice terrain to get there); Vieux Moulin (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mont Cenis (skiing easy terrain to get there); Arcellins (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Pré Novel
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ski Escargot (novice)
  4. Ride Essarts

Where it ends

Joins Escargot, Clot. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Essarts (1 min), Plan des Champs (3 min), Plan des Champs (3 min).

See Essarts on the 3D mapAll runs at Val Cenis
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.