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Grands Plans at Zinal / Grimentz

Freeride · 513 m long with 194 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 29° at its steepest, facing S.

29°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
513 mlength
194 mvertical
2394 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Grands Plans

Lifts that reach the top: Bendolla - Grands Plans (skiing easy terrain to get there); Tsarva (skiing easy terrain to get there); Orzival (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lona 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Becs de Bosson (skiing easy terrain to get there); Marenda (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Grimentz - Bendolla
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Bendolla - Grands Plans
  4. Ski Chaché (easy)
  5. Ski Grands Plans (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Visivi, Chemin Grands Plans–Grimentz. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Marenda (2 min), Minigliss Bendolla (3 min), Bendolla - Grands Plans (3 min).

See Grands Plans on the 3D mapAll runs at Zinal / Grimentz
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.