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Croissant at Val Thorens

Intermediate · 1461 m long with 312 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 24° at its steepest, facing W.

24°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1461 mlength
312 mvertical
2757 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Croissant is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Croissant

Lifts that reach the top: Lac Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Funitel Péclet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 35 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 Haute Combe (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  7. Ski Blanchot (easy)
  8. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  9. Ride Moutière
  10. Ski Linotte (easy)
  11. Ski Traversée Deux Lacs (novice)
  12. Ski Fun Slope (easy)
  13. Ski Combe de Thorens (novice)
  14. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  15. Ride Lac Blanc
  16. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  17. Ski Croissant (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Corniche, unnamed intermediate trail. 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.