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

Lynx length, vertical drop and steepness

Lynx starts near La Chapelle-d'Abondance, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,730 m and drops 320 m over 948 m, to 1,410 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 34 %. 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: 0.59 mi long; 1,050 ft vertical drop, from 5,676 ft to 4,626 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Lynx 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
948 m 0.59 mi
Vertical drop
320 m 1,050 ft
Average gradient
34 %
Steepest 20 m
45 %
Difficulty
Red
In the area
#101 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 45 %, 700 m from the top

top · 1,730 m948 mbottom · 1,410 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 Lynx?

Lynx is 948 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 320 m, from 1,730 m to 1,410 m.

How steep is Lynx?

Its average gradient is 34 %; its steepest 20 m reach 45 %, 700 m from the top.

Where does Lynx end?

It ends at 1,410 m, near La Chapelle-d'Abondance.

What difficulty is Lynx?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Red.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)948 m 0.59 mi
Top1,730 m 5,676 ft
Bottom1,410 m 4,626 ft
Vertical drop320 m 1,050 ft
Average gradient34 %
Steepest 20 m45 %
DifficultyRed (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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