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Pylône 6 at Zinal / Grimentz

Freeride · 584 m long with 168 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 30° at its steepest, facing NE.

30°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
584 mlength
168 mvertical
2623 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Pylône 6 is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Pylône 6

Lifts that reach the top: Combe Durand (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Zinal - Sorebois
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Combe (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  5. Ride Combe Durand
  6. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  7. Ski La Crête (intermediate)
  8. Ski Pylône 6 (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Combe. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Combe Durand (1 min), Ecole Sorebois (1 min), Miniglisse Sorebois (2 min).

See Pylône 6 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.