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Red · Portes du Soleil · near Les Gets

Brésy length, vertical drop and steepness

Brésy starts near Les Gets, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,606 m and drops 180 m over 889 m, to 1,425 m; difficulty: Red. Its steepest 20 m reach 42 %, #127 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 20 %. Lifts to its top: Betex and Brésy.

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

In feet and miles: 0.55 mi long; 591 ft vertical drop, from 5,269 ft to 4,675 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Brésy 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. © OpenStreetMap · IGN · swisstopo · Copernicus · Credits
Length
889 m 0.55 mi
Vertical drop
180 m 591 ft
Average gradient
20 %
Steepest 20 m
42 %
Difficulty
Red
In the area
#127 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 42 %, 290 m from the top

top · 1,606 m889 mbottom · 1,425 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 Brésy?

Brésy is 889 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 180 m, from 1,606 m to 1,425 m.

How steep is Brésy?

Its average gradient is 20 %; its steepest 20 m reach 42 %, 290 m from the top.

Which lift goes to the top of Brésy?

The top of Brésy is reached by Betex (Drag lift) and Brésy (Drag lift).

Where does Brésy end?

It ends at 1,425 m.

What difficulty is Brésy?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Red.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)889 m 0.55 mi
Top1,606 m 5,269 ft
Bottom1,425 m 4,675 ft
Vertical drop180 m 591 ft
Average gradient20 %
Steepest 20 m42 %
DifficultyRed (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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