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Green · Portes du Soleil · near Les Gets

Retour station length, vertical drop and steepness

Retour station starts near Les Gets, in Portes du Soleil, at 1,470 m and drops 40 m over 640 m, to 1,430 m; difficulty: Green. Its steepest 20 m reach 18 %, #317 of the 380 named runs of Portes du Soleil measured by GeoPeaks; its average gradient is 6 %.

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

In feet and miles: 0.40 mi long; 131 ft vertical drop, from 4,823 ft to 4,692 ft.

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Shaded relief map of Retour station 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
640 m 0.40 mi
Vertical drop
40 m 131 ft
Average gradient
6 %
Steepest 20 m
18 %
Difficulty
Green
In the area
#317 by steepness, of 380 · tied

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Steepest 20 m: 18 %, 10 m from the top

top · 1,470 m640 mbottom · 1,430 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 station?

Retour station is 640 m long, measured horizontally along its line, and drops 40 m, from 1,470 m to 1,430 m.

How steep is Retour station?

Its average gradient is 6 %; its steepest 20 m reach 18 %, 10 m from the top.

Where does Retour station end?

It ends at 1,430 m.

What difficulty is Retour station?

OpenStreetMap marks it as: Green.

Measured by GeoPeaks on the 3D terrain (not figures of the ski area)
Length (horizontal)640 m 0.40 mi
Top1,470 m 4,823 ft
Bottom1,430 m 4,692 ft
Vertical drop40 m 131 ft
Average gradient6 %
Steepest 20 m18 %
DifficultyGreen (As mapped in OpenStreetMap)

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