Gran Collet at Valtournenche
Intermediate · 1231 m long with 270 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 22° at its steepest, facing W.
22°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1231 mlength
270 mvertical
2690 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Gran Collet is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Gran Collet
Lifts that reach the top: Du Col (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Bec Carré (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gran Sometta (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 31 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Salette
- Ski Salette (intermediate)
- Ski Campetto (easy)
- Ski Motta (easy)
- Ride Motta
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski E. Noussan (easy)
- Ride Bec Carré
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ski Reine Bianche (intermediate)
- Ski Gran Collet (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins unnamed easy trail, Crot, E. Noussan, unnamed intermediate trail, Rientro 1. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bec Carré (1 min), Motta (4 min), Becca d'Aran (6 min).
See Gran Collet on the 3D mapAll runs at ValtournencheMeasured 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.