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Voie Lactée at Val Thorens

Novice · 342 m long with 39 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 11° at its steepest, facing S.

11°steepest 50 m
average pitch
342 mlength
39 mvertical
2317 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Voie Lactée is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Voie Lactée

Lifts that reach the top: Castor Pollux (skiing novice terrain to get there); 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 39 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Plan de l'Eau
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Blanchot (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ride Moutière
  6. Ski Linotte (easy)
  7. Ski Traversée Deux Lacs (novice)
  8. Ski Espace Junior (novice)
  9. Ski Combe de Thorens (novice)
  10. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  11. Ride Castor Pollux
  12. Ski Voie Lactée (novice)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed novice trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pionniers (1 min), Castor Pollux (1 min), Lac Blanc (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.