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Retour Sud at Val Thorens

Easy · 483 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 11° at its steepest, facing SE.

11°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
483 mlength
70 mvertical
2408 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Retour Sud is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Retour Sud

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

From the base area (about 40 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 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 Retour Sud (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Plein Sud, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Castor Pollux (2 min), Pionniers (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min).

See Retour Sud 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.