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Red · Portes du Soleil · near Avoriaz

Casse Noisettes length, vertical drop and steepness

Casse Noisettes starts near Avoriaz, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,762 m and drops 271 m over 733 m, to 1,491 m; difficulty: Red. Its steepest 20 m reach 56 %, #35 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 37 %.

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

In feet and miles: 0.46 mi long; 889 ft vertical drop, from 5,781 ft to 4,892 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Casse Noisettes 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
733 m 0.46 mi
Vertical drop
271 m 889 ft
Average gradient
37 %
Steepest 20 m
56 %
Difficulty
Red
In the area
#35 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 56 %, 580 m from the top

top · 1,762 m733 mbottom · 1,491 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 Casse Noisettes?

Casse Noisettes is 733 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 271 m, from 1,762 m to 1,491 m.

How steep is Casse Noisettes?

Its average gradient is 37 %; its steepest 20 m reach 56 %, 580 m from the top.

Where does Casse Noisettes end?

It ends at 1,491 m.

What difficulty is Casse Noisettes?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Red.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)733 m 0.46 mi
Top1,762 m 5,781 ft
Bottom1,491 m 4,892 ft
Vertical drop271 m 889 ft
Average gradient37 %
Steepest 20 m56 %
DifficultyRed (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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