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Blue · Portes du Soleil · near Châtel

Chaux Longe length, vertical drop and steepness

Chaux Longe starts near Châtel, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,978 m and drops 74 m over 616 m, to 1,904 m; difficulty: Blue. Its steepest 20 m reach 19 %, #311 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 12 %. Lifts to its top: Chaux Longe and Tour de Don.

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

In feet and miles: 0.38 mi long; 243 ft vertical drop, from 6,490 ft to 6,247 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Chaux Longe 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
616 m 0.38 mi
Vertical drop
74 m 243 ft
Average gradient
12 %
Steepest 20 m
19 %
Difficulty
Blue
In the area
#311 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 19 %, 10 m from the top

top · 1,978 m616 mbottom · 1,904 m
  • under 15 %
  • 15–25 %
  • 25–35 %
  • 35–50 %
  • over 50 %

Similar runs nearby

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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 Chaux Longe?

Chaux Longe is 616 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 74 m, from 1,978 m to 1,904 m.

How steep is Chaux Longe?

Its average gradient is 12 %; its steepest 20 m reach 19 %, 10 m from the top.

Which lift goes to the top of Chaux Longe?

The top of Chaux Longe is reached by Chaux Longe (Drag lift) and Tour de Don (Drag lift).

Where does Chaux Longe end?

It ends at 1,904 m.

What difficulty is Chaux Longe?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Blue.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)616 m 0.38 mi
Top1,978 m 6,490 ft
Bottom1,904 m 6,247 ft
Vertical drop74 m 243 ft
Average gradient12 %
Steepest 20 m19 %
DifficultyBlue (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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