chatel france

Looks awesome... what is the vertical? About 300m..?

RossF wrote:Looks awesome... what is the vertical? About 300m..?

330m drop over 1km - the piste even has it's own page on Wikipedia :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chavanette

Definitely not one for the faint-hearted and the ride down the chair to inspect it is something I'd highly recommend when approaching it for the first time.

The entry is narrow, often icy / scraped and steep. It also feels very exposed as you can see pretty much the whole slope falling away below you (only obscured by moguls the size of VW Beetles at the top). :shock:

Ta Admin Dave :D

The Wikipedia entry is not one I'd seen before. Seems I took the rather direct route close to the lift :mrgreen:

Yes it was :shock: steep. Though I have to say there were folks skiing the fall line going past me :lol:

I'm not sure about the Wikipedia "classification" mind you. Orange marking for a route, I have always understood to mean Itinerary, patrolled, not groomed, not marked but secured.

bandit wrote:I have always understood to mean Itinerary, patrolled, not groomed, not marked but secured.

Me too... although when I skied it <cough> years ago it was a Black run with a large hand-painted skull and crossbones, which I took to be warning me of pirates, nailed to a stick at the top. 8)

Admin wrote:

bandit wrote:I have always understood to mean Itinerary, patrolled, not groomed, not marked but secured.

Me too... although when I skied it <cough> years ago it was a Black run with a large hand-painted skull and crossbones, which I took to be warning me of pirates, nailed to a stick at the top. 8)

You are quite right, it used to be a regular Black grade slope. The skull and crossbones was probably a warning about the price of a decent coffee after you crossed that point :mrgreen:

Perhaps the sign should be amended, given the value of Sterling to the Euro right now )