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Cascades at Val Thorens

Advanced · 440 m long with 161 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
440 mlength
161 mvertical
2536 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Cascades

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

From the base area (about 38 minutes, advanced 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 Voie de la Boucle (easy)
  10. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  11. Ride Cascades
  12. Ski Dalles (novice)
  13. Ski 2 Combes (novice)
  14. Ski Cascades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Béranger. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed platter (2 min), Lac Blanc (3 min), Pionniers (3 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.