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Red · Portes du Soleil · near La Chapelle-d'Abondance

56 length, vertical drop and steepness

56 starts near La Chapelle-d'Abondance, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,600 m and drops 104 m over 318 m, to 1,497 m; difficulty: Red. Its steepest 20 m reach 45 %, #101 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 33 %. It ends near La Chapelle-d'Abondance.

Measured by GeoPeaks · data of October 29, 2026 · not figures of the ski area · How we measure

In feet and miles: 0.20 mi long; 341 ft vertical drop, from 5,249 ft to 4,911 ft.

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Shaded relief map of 56 with the runs and lifts around it
The run in its colour, with a white border: ▲ its top, ○ its end. Around it, the other runs in their colours and the lifts in grey-blue (thicker: those reaching its top). The scale bar’s length is written next to it; north is up. Relief: GeoPeaks, from IGN LiDAR HD and swisstopo swissALTI3D. Runs and lifts: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Length
318 m 0.20 mi
Vertical drop
104 m 341 ft
Average gradient
33 %
Steepest 20 m
45 %
Difficulty
Red
In the area
#101 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 45 %, 200 m from the top

top · 1,600 m318 mbottom · 1,497 m
  • under 15 %
  • 15–25 %
  • 25–35 %
  • 35–50 %
  • over 50 %

Similar runs nearby

Runs of Portes du Soleil with the closest gradient and vertical drop.

How it ranks in Portes du Soleil

Among the 381 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks. 1 run is left out: its line climbs back up, or has a short pitch far steeper than the rest — maybe a bridge, a tunnel or a cut that the bare-ground relief does not show. Steepest · Longest · Biggest drop

Questions

How long is 56?

56 is 318 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 104 m, from 1,600 m to 1,497 m.

How steep is 56?

Its average gradient is 33 %; its steepest 20 m reach 45 %, 200 m from the top.

Where does 56 end?

It ends at 1,497 m, near La Chapelle-d'Abondance.

What difficulty is 56?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Red.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)318 m 0.20 mi
Top1,600 m 5,249 ft
Bottom1,497 m 4,911 ft
Vertical drop104 m 341 ft
Average gradient33 %
Steepest 20 m45 %
DifficultyRed (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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