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Plein Sud at Val Thorens

Easy · 3888 m long with 377 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 29° at its steepest, facing SW.

29°steepest 50 m
average pitch
3888 mlength
377 mvertical
2596 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Plein Sud

Lifts that reach the top: Plein Sud (skiing novice terrain to get there); Pionniers (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cairn (skiing novice terrain to get there); Funitel 3 Vallées (skiing easy terrain to get there); 3 Vallées (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 29 minutes, easy 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 Plein Sud (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Traversée de Montaulever, Montagnette, La Val Tho, unnamed easy trail, La Voie de la boucle, unnamed novice trail, Chalets, Combe de Thorens. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Plein Sud (1 min), Deux Lacs (1 min), Castor Pollux (1 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.