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Combe de Caron at Val Thorens

Advanced · 1492 m long with 549 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 27° at its steepest, facing N.

27°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
1492 mlength
549 mvertical
3046 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Combe de Caron

Lifts that reach the top: Cime Caron (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 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. Ride Cime Caron
  7. Ski Col de l'Audzin (intermediate)
  8. Ski Cime (intermediate)
  9. Ski Combe de Caron (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed advanced trail, Col de l'Audzin, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cime Caron (2 min), Caron (9 min), Cairn (9 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.