The Champagny lift Verdons Sud is a high-speed, detachable, 6-person chair that is used as an access to Plagne Centre and most of the skiing and snowboarding in the Grande Rochette sector of La Plagne plus the bulk of the riding back in the Champagny sector – including some of the best and most accessible La Plagne off-piste. It also accesses some of La Plagne’s best intermediate pistes and many of La Plagne’s best advanced runs.

Rising around 650m in just over 5 minutes, the chair whisks riders from the valley floor up to the summit of Les Verdons, where there are numerous options for either riding back into the Champagny side on some great intermediate pistes or crossing over to Plagne Centre taking the Verdons blue or Mercédès black.

As with all lifts and runs in the Champagny sector, the views are dramatic over Grande Casse, Trois Vallées and the Pralognan-la-Vanoise valley – just remember to look behind you as you ride up. This is definitely one of La Plagne’s best view lifts.

Verdons Sud: Fast access to Les Verdons, with dramatic views and a wide choice of routes towards Champagny or Plagne Centre. Queues are generally rare outside the busiest early-morning periods.

Options at the top: Continue from Verdons Sud towards Verdons blue, Mercédès black, Bozelet blue, Hara-Kiri red, Bosses black, Kamikaze red, Mont de la Guerre red.

Verdons Sud lift stats: The detachable chair climbs from 1829m to 2479m, gaining 650m in altitude.