La Plagne Gd Rochette to 1800 via Mira > Boulevard > Loup Garou
The runs around La Plagne’s Grande Rochette are some of the resort’s best but there’s no reason to just limit your riding from here down to the hub of lifts in Plagne Centre. Rather, if you combine a number of different pistes, you’ll be able to take in just over 700m of vertical if you hook from one run to another (we’ve chosen intermediate blues and a green in this example) to get down to Plagne 1800 where you can then take the 1800 chair up to Aime 2000 and link into the Biolley / Aime 2000 runs.
This route also has the advantage that it typically stays pretty quiet avoiding queues while also letting you explore more of La Plagne’s huge piste network. Remember to subscribe to the iRide / LaPlagne360 YouTube channel for more tips like this – or check the snow reports videos on this site.
Take the Mira off Grande Rochette
As is common across much of La Plagne, it’s often difficult to work out where one run ends and another starts. Most skiers and snowboarders will intuitively follow the Mira blue piste thinking it goes all the way down to Centre (as this video demonstrates) where actually the lower part takes in the Bridge blue piste.
Regardless of the details, take the Mira piste but then continue onto the green . . .
Boulevard green piste through Plagne Centre
The Boulevard is a gentle green piste that runs under the Le France one of the bigger of La Plagne’s accommodation buildings. This piste is served by the slow Boulevard chair and is one of La Plagne’s best beginner areas. If you keep your speed from the last section of the Mira descent (actually Bridge as noted above), you’ll be able to blast along the piste under the building before turning left onto the . . .
Loup Garou blue towards Plagne 1800
Better skiers and snowboarders may choose to drop off the blue Loup Garou piste and join the more direct and steeper Les Mines red instead – but they’re both much of a muchness in terms of the end destination. Whichever you pick, if you want to avoid the slow Mélézes chair back in the direction of Plagne Centre, you should hold your speed on the bottom section and instead head for the 1800 chair out of Plagne 1800 which will take up to just below Aime 2000 after which you could ride the Edmond Blanchoz (formerly Cornegidouille) blue or Emile Allais red or André Martzolf red down to La Roche near the Olympic bobsleigh track.
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