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

Recon length, vertical drop and steepness

Recon starts near La Chapelle-d'Abondance, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,731 m and drops 397 m over 1.85 km, to 1,335 m; difficulty: Blue. Its steepest 20 m reach 48 %, #78 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 21 %.

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

In feet and miles: 1.15 mi long; 1,302 ft vertical drop, from 5,679 ft to 4,380 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Recon 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
1.85 km 1.15 mi
Vertical drop
397 m 1,302 ft
Average gradient
21 %
Steepest 20 m
48 %
Difficulty
Blue
In the area
#78 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 48 %, 310 m from the top

top · 1,731 m1.85 kmbottom · 1,335 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 Recon?

Recon is 1.85 km long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 397 m, from 1,731 m to 1,335 m.

How steep is Recon?

Its average gradient is 21 %; its steepest 20 m reach 48 %, 310 m from the top.

Where does Recon end?

It ends at 1,335 m.

What difficulty is Recon?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Blue.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)1.85 km 1.15 mi
Top1,731 m 5,679 ft
Bottom1,335 m 4,380 ft
Vertical drop397 m 1,302 ft
Average gradient21 %
Steepest 20 m48 %
DifficultyBlue (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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