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Blue · Portes du Soleil · near Morzine

Retour des Nants length, vertical drop and steepness

Retour des Nants starts near Morzine, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,155 m and drops 171 m over 1.72 km, to 984 m; difficulty: Blue. Its steepest 20 m reach 21 %, #302 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 10 %. It ends near Morzine.

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

In feet and miles: 1.07 mi long; 561 ft vertical drop, from 3,789 ft to 3,228 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Retour des Nants 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. Relief: GeoPeaks, from IGN LiDAR HD and swisstopo swissALTI3D. Runs and lifts: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Length
1.72 km 1.07 mi
Vertical drop
171 m 561 ft
Average gradient
10 %
Steepest 20 m
21 %
Difficulty
Blue
In the area
#302 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Morzine
  • this run
  • lifts
  • ▲ top
  • ○ end
  • north is up
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Steepest 20 m: 21 %, 1,520 m from the top

top · 1,155 m1.72 kmbottom · 984 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 Retour des Nants?

Retour des Nants is 1.72 km long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 171 m, from 1,155 m to 984 m.

How steep is Retour des Nants?

Its average gradient is 10 %; its steepest 20 m reach 21 %, 1,520 m from the top.

Where does Retour des Nants end?

It ends at 984 m, near Morzine.

What difficulty is Retour des Nants?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Blue.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)1.72 km 1.07 mi
Length of all its branches2.08 km 1.29 mi
Top1,155 m 3,789 ft
Bottom984 m 3,228 ft
Vertical drop171 m 561 ft
Average gradient10 %
Steepest 20 m21 %
DifficultyBlue (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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