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Blue · Portes du Soleil · near Avoriaz

Place Centrale length, vertical drop and steepness

Place Centrale starts near Avoriaz, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,807 m and drops 3 m over 94 m, to 1,804 m; difficulty: Blue. Its steepest 20 m reach 5 %, #378 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 3 %. Lifts to its top: Dromonts 1, Dromonts 1, Dromonts 2, and Dromonts 2; it ends near Avoriaz.

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

In feet and miles: 308 ft long; 10 ft vertical drop, from 5,928 ft to 5,919 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Place Centrale 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
94 m 308 ft
Vertical drop
3 m 10 ft
Average gradient
3 %
Steepest 20 m
5 %
Difficulty
Blue
In the area
#378 by steepness, of 380

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Avoriaz

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Steepest 20 m: 5 %, 20 m from the top

top · 1,807 m94 mbottom · 1,804 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 Place Centrale?

Place Centrale is 94 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 3 m, from 1,807 m to 1,804 m.

How steep is Place Centrale?

Its average gradient is 3 %; its steepest 20 m reach 5 %, 20 m from the top.

Which lift goes to the top of Place Centrale?

The top of Place Centrale is reached by Dromonts 1 (Drag lift), Dromonts 1 (Drag lift), Dromonts 2 (Drag lift), and Dromonts 2 (Drag lift).

Where does Place Centrale end?

It ends at 1,804 m, near Avoriaz.

What difficulty is Place Centrale?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Blue.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)94 m 308 ft
Top1,807 m 5,928 ft
Bottom1,804 m 5,919 ft
Vertical drop3 m 10 ft
Average gradient3 %
Steepest 20 m5 %
DifficultyBlue (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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