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Vires at Val Thorens

Intermediate · 799 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 13° at its steepest, facing NW.

13°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
799 mlength
92 mvertical
2849 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Vires

Lifts that reach the top: Funitel Péclet (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 Haute Combe (intermediate)
  6. Ski Boulevard Boismint (intermediate)
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ride Cairn
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski Plein Sud (easy)
  11. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  12. Ride Funitel Péclet
  13. Ski Tête Ronde (easy)
  14. Ski Lac Blanc (intermediate)
  15. Ski Vires (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed intermediate trail, Croissant, Boulevard Lauzes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed platter (5 min), Lac Blanc (6 min), Pionniers (6 min).

See Vires 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.