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Chocard at Val Thorens

Easy · 1219 m long with 222 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 26° at its steepest, facing NW.

26°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1219 mlength
222 mvertical
3008 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Chocard

Lifts that reach the top: Thorens (skiing novice terrain to get there); Face Nord (skiing novice terrain to get there); Grand Fond (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 36 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Plan de l'Eau
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Blanchot (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ride Moutière
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ride Grand Fond
  8. Ski Niverolles (easy)
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski Chocard (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Fond, unnamed intermediate trail, unnamed easy trail, Portette. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Thorens (1 min), Portette (5 min), Moraine (5 min).

See Chocard 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.