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Chardons at Valberg

Intermediate · 1077 m long with 229 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1077 mlength
229 mvertical
1850 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Chardons

Lifts that reach the top: Tête du Sapet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Combe Sainte-Marie (skiing novice terrain to get there); Ragès (skiing novice terrain to get there); Éguilles (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cinivières 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cinivières 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Éguilles
  2. Ski Centaurées, Liaison Eguilles-Dreccia (novice)
  3. Ski Centaurées (novice)
  4. Ski Chardons (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Genêts, Joubarbes, Chemin des Fouines. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ragès (1 min), Tête du Sapet (1 min), Saint-Jean (8 min).

See Chardons on the 3D mapAll runs at Valberg
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.