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Cretaz at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia

Easy · 667 m long with 103 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing SW.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
667 mlength
103 mvertical
2113 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Cretaz is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Cretaz

Lifts that reach the top: Campetto (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 66 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Salette
  2. Ski Salette (intermediate)
  3. Ski Campetto (easy)
  4. Ski Motta (easy)
  5. Ride Motta
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski E. Noussan (easy)
  8. Ride Bec Carré
  9. Ski unnamed connector
  10. Ski Du Col (easy)
  11. Ride Gran Sometta
  12. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  13. Ski Gran Sometta 3 / Gran Sometta 3 (intermediate)
  14. Ski Gran Sometta 3 (intermediate)
  15. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  16. Ski Falliniere (intermediate)
  17. Ride Plan Maison
  18. Ski unnamed connector
  19. Hike unnamed connector
  20. Ski unnamed connector
  21. Ski Plan Maison-Cervinia (easy)
  22. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  23. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  24. Ski Plan Torrette-Pre de Veau (intermediate)
  25. Ski Pirovano-Cervinia (intermediate)
  26. Ski Cretaz (easy)
  27. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  28. Ride Campetto
  29. Ski Cretaz (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Pirovano - Cervinia, unnamed easy trail, unnamed novice trail, Baby Cretaz. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Campetto (1 min), Cretaz (1 min), Cretaz (1 min).

See Cretaz on the 3D mapAll runs at Zermatt - Breuil-Cervinia
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.