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Blue · Portes du Soleil · near Avoriaz

Place du Snow length, vertical drop and steepness

Place du Snow starts near Avoriaz, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,805 m and drops 1 m over 297 m, to 1,803 m; difficulty: Blue. Its steepest 20 m reach 9 %, #364 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 0 %. 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: 974 ft long; 3 ft vertical drop, from 5,922 ft to 5,915 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Place du Snow 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
297 m 974 ft
Vertical drop
1 m 3 ft
Average gradient
0 %
Steepest 20 m
9 %
Difficulty
Blue
In the area
#364 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Avoriaz

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Steepest 20 m: 9 %, 100 m from the top

top · 1,805 m297 mbottom · 1,803 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 du Snow?

Place du Snow is 297 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 1 m, from 1,805 m to 1,803 m.

How steep is Place du Snow?

Its average gradient is 0 %; its steepest 20 m reach 9 %, 100 m from the top.

Where does Place du Snow end?

It ends at 1,803 m, near Avoriaz.

What difficulty is Place du Snow?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Blue.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)297 m 974 ft
Top1,805 m 5,922 ft
Bottom1,803 m 5,915 ft
Vertical drop1 m 3 ft
Average gradient0 %
Steepest 20 m9 %
DifficultyBlue (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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