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Cairn at Val Thorens

Easy · 577 m long with 98 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 19° at its steepest, facing W.

19°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
577 mlength
98 mvertical
2197 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Cairn

Lifts that reach the top: Musaraigne (skiing novice terrain to get there); unnamed magic carpet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Campagnols (skiing novice terrain to get there); unnamed magic carpet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Castor Pollux (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cascades (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 30 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Plan de l'Eau
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Blanchot (easy)
  4. Ski Boulevard du Téléphérique (easy)
  5. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  6. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  7. Ride Cairn
  8. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  9. Ski Plein Sud (easy)
  10. Ski Combe de Thorens (novice)
  11. Ski Cairn (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed novice trail, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Caron (1 min), Cairn (1 min), Moutière (1 min).

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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.