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The Grande Rochette lift Dou du Praz is mostly overlooked by visitors to La Plagne staying in Plagne Soleil or Plagne Villages – mainly because it doesn’t seem to serves any purpose. The main run to the side (Soleil blue) is short and uninteresting – and the other options (Bretelle Trieuse to the right and Dou du Praz) also seem rather pointless. And in many ways, they are – until you scratch the surface and realise these runs allow you access to areas that you’d otherwise have to take the Bergerie chair to get to.

Dou du Praz vs Bergerie

In the busiest times of the season, a ride on the Bergerie can take up to 25-30 minutes due to the sheer mass of people. Conversely, the Dou du Praz lift rarely sees any queues yet grants quick access across to Plagne Bellecôte (on the Bretelle Trieuse run) or Plagne 1800 (on the Dou du Praz piste, thereby avoiding the normally busy Écartée piste).

Just be aware this is an extending rope drag lift – which some riders find more difficult than the traditional pole variety. However the time-savings more than make up for this.

Pros
  • Avoids Bergerie chair
  • Queues very rare
  • Short & relatively fast
  • Quick route over to Bellecôte
  • Dou du Praz piste quiet option to get to 1800
Cons
  • Extending rope tow difficult for some

 

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Connecting lifts: Connecting pistes:
None Soleil blue (Plagne Soleil)
Dou du Praz blue (Plagne Soleil / 1800 / Centre)
Bretelle Trieuse blue

 

Lift stats

Length: 0.4km / 0.2m
Base alt: 2064m
End alt: 2138m
Vert ascent: 74m
Av gradient: 20%
Max gradient: 50%
Capacity: 1 person
People per hr: 850
Av travel time: 2min 35s
Type: Extending drag lift

 

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