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Chardons at Val Thorens

Intermediate · 1258 m long with 286 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 21° at its steepest, facing S.

21°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1258 mlength
286 mvertical
2830 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Chardons

Lifts that reach the top: 3 Vallées (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 44 minutes, intermediate 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 unnamed novice trail (novice)
  12. Ride Plein Sud
  13. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  14. Ride 3 Vallées
  15. Ski Chardons (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: 3 Vallées (1 min), Funitel 3 Vallées (1 min), Castor Pollux (4 min).

See Chardons on the 3D mapAll runs at Val Thorens
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.