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Corniche at Val Thorens

Intermediate · 1474 m long with 211 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 28° at its steepest, facing SW.

28°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
1474 mlength
211 mvertical
2537 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Corniche is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Corniche

Lifts that reach the top: Pionniers (skiing easy terrain to get there); Plein Sud (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed platter (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Cascades (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lac Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 3 Vallées (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 39 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 Plein Sud (easy)
  14. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  15. Ski Corniche (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed novice trail, Adrien Théaux, unnamed easy trail, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed platter (1 min), Lac Blanc (2 min), Pionniers (2 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.