529 m away
Abricotine's line

Quick shortcut re-joining the same slope, with a technical entrance.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 704 m
- Ascent
- 1 m
- Descent
- 233 m
The Freeride World Qualifier face in Morgins.
Freeride Skiing Difficult
The Freeride World Tour hold a qualifying event on the Pierre Plate every winter. You can access the face from the Pointe des Mossettes (2,227m) by taking one of the Mossettes chairlifts from either the French or Swiss side. From the top of the lifts take the red piste towards Switzerland (Morgins and Les Crosets), which goes around the right side of the restaurant. Take the left split on the red piste, then almost immediately traverse leftwards away from the piste. This takes you onto a gentle ridge descending left for about 100m to reach the famous Pierre Plate (a flat rock, as the name suggests).
Once there, drop down rightwards onto the face. It is a short, shady north face, around 200m long, with a few optional rocks to jump off. It is also a great face to carve out big turns. It opens out to lovely easy slopes lower down. At the bottom, the slopes will lead you down past the Tovassière restaurant serving traditional alpine cuisine - reward yourself with a raclette perhaps?
Take the piste right next to the restaurant for two to three kilometres further to the Follieuse chairlift in Morgins. For those based in Avoriaz, it takes about one hour to ride the lifts back to the centre of the resort.
Difficult
Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.
529 m away
Quick shortcut re-joining the same slope, with a technical entrance.
Severe Freeride Skiing
544 m away
Short cut line under "Mossettes-Suisse" chairlift with some very steep ground.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
1.4 km away
Very lappable area of small drops and rollovers.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
1.7 km away
Short cut line close the slopes
Moderate Freeride Skiing
1.9 km away
A really steep line where a mistake can kill you; this is only expert steep skiers.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
1.9 km away
Great short day hike and ride for intermediate backcountry skiers.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
2 km away
Easily accessed line but really steep.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
2 km away
Great pitch that looks intimidating from above but offers a huge variety of lines that you can ride again and again.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
2 km away
Challenging line for experienced backcountry skiers with airy and exposed ascent.
Severe Freeride Skiing
2.1 km away
Classic off-piste route for experienced skiers with short but exposed hike.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
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