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Blue · Portes du Soleil · near Les Gets

Mélèzes length, vertical drop and steepness

Mélèzes starts near Les Gets, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,247 m and drops 36 m over 283 m, to 1,211 m; difficulty: Blue. Its steepest 20 m reach 27 %, #276 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 13 %. It ends near Les Gets.

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

In feet and miles: 928 ft long; 118 ft vertical drop, from 4,091 ft to 3,973 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Mélèzes 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
283 m 928 ft
Vertical drop
36 m 118 ft
Average gradient
13 %
Steepest 20 m
27 %
Difficulty
Blue
In the area
#276 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 27 %, 10 m from the top

top · 1,247 m283 mbottom · 1,211 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 Mélèzes?

Mélèzes is 283 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 36 m, from 1,247 m to 1,211 m.

How steep is Mélèzes?

Its average gradient is 13 %; its steepest 20 m reach 27 %, 10 m from the top.

Where does Mélèzes end?

It ends at 1,211 m, near Les Gets.

What difficulty is Mélèzes?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Blue.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)283 m 928 ft
Top1,247 m 4,091 ft
Bottom1,211 m 3,973 ft
Vertical drop36 m 118 ft
Average gradient13 %
Steepest 20 m27 %
DifficultyBlue (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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