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

Cerf Bas length, vertical drop and steepness

Cerf Bas starts near La Chapelle-d'Abondance, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,266 m and drops 88 m over 273 m, to 1,178 m; difficulty: Red. Its steepest 20 m reach 48 %, #78 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 32 %. 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: 896 ft long; 289 ft vertical drop, from 4,154 ft to 3,865 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Cerf Bas 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
273 m 896 ft
Vertical drop
88 m 289 ft
Average gradient
32 %
Steepest 20 m
48 %
Difficulty
Red
In the area
#78 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 48 %, 120 m from the top

top · 1,266 m273 mbottom · 1,178 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 Cerf Bas?

Cerf Bas is 273 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 88 m, from 1,266 m to 1,178 m.

How steep is Cerf Bas?

Its average gradient is 32 %; its steepest 20 m reach 48 %, 120 m from the top.

Where does Cerf Bas end?

It ends at 1,178 m, near La Chapelle-d'Abondance.

What difficulty is Cerf Bas?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Red.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)273 m 896 ft
Top1,266 m 4,154 ft
Bottom1,178 m 3,865 ft
Vertical drop88 m 289 ft
Average gradient32 %
Steepest 20 m48 %
DifficultyRed (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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