Aiguillette Trees
Tree skiing at its best – well spaced larch forest spread over a huge area.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 844 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 327 m
Serre Chevalier (or Serre Che as it’s popularly referred to) is one of France’s oldest and biggest ski areas, although unless you’ve been here you may be forgiven for not knowing this particular piece of trivia. The first lift, built in 1941, was a cable car that went up to a hitherto largely unimportant peak called Serre Chevalier. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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Tree skiing at its best – well spaced larch forest spread over a huge area.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
A wide, gently undulating off piste slope suitable for less advanced off piste riders.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
Classic steep couloir, enclosed on both sides by huge cliffs.
Severe Freeride Skiing
Steep and often deep at the start then cruisy open glades lower down. The route finding is very tricky though so going with an instructor or guide who knows the area well is preferable.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
A tree lined ridge, gentle at first then with a long steep pitch. Perfect for those bad weather days.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
A narrow, steep couloir that isn’t always easy to access. A dream in the right conditions.
Severe Freeride Skiing
A beautiful wide open bowl leading into some wild and wonderful tree skiing
Difficult Freeride Skiing
A beautiful north facing open bowl followed by perfectly spaced larch trees.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
Epic, wild terrain with tricky route finding. If in doubt, go with a local instructor or guide.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
The other La Balme couloir – less well known, less skied and shorter than its illustrious neighbour but epic all the same.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
Easy access and quick rotations - a good place to head to first thing after a snowfall.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
A steep slope with no-fall zones if the snow is hardpacked. Can either be wide open or a series of couloirs depending on your line.
Severe Freeride Skiing
Short and sometimes technical lines splitting the rocks on La Balme’s north face.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
A black run steepness north face right next to the button lift. Ride up, ride down and repeat as many times as you or your legs can handle.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
Never far from the piste but with a wild feel to it
Difficult Freeride Skiing
Serre Chevalier’s most well known couloir and for good reason. Steep, long and a joy to ski.
Severe Freeride Skiing