New start 24-25: Pont de Bachat-Bouloud - Croix de Chamrousse - not secured

Equipment : Skiing, Ski touring route

Challenging ski touring ascent to La Croix, approx. 3.5 km and 630 m ascent.
⚠ New starting point: Pont de Bachat: put on your skis at the Ecrin chairlift, then join the other side of the piste.

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Possible descent via downhill ski slopes (red or blue level).
Mainly forest and alpine route from the Bachat-Bouloud bridge.
Two escape routes are possible, one close to the Ours and the other close to the Crêtes alpine slopes. Conversion not compulsory but strongly recommended.

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Free parking on route de Bachat-Bouloud or recommended 800/900 meters away on avenue du père Tasse.


Rates

Free access. Hiker" pass valid for 1 trip on 2 of the 3 lifts: Casserousse chairlift, La Croix gondola or Lacs Robert chairlift (for the Vans circuit, for example).

Rates winter 2024-25 :
- Adult / Senior : €13
- Child / Youth / Student: €10
- Senior Plus : 7€.

Opening periods

From 02/12 to 14/04 between 8.30 am and 6 pm.
⚠ Do not go down the alpine ski slopes at night - danger damage winch with cable from 6pm to 8.30am.

Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.

Equipments and characteristics

  • Pets refused

Access

Public transport - main stop Chamrousse 1750 - Roche Béranger + 9 minutes approach time (or secondary stop Chamrousse 1700 - Village du Bachat + 5 minutes) :
- regular bus service all year round: N93 (to/from Grenoble), "Chamrousse 1750" stop [merger of former bus routes T87, Transaltitude and Destination neige Skibus / nature Estibus 707].
- bus line / shuttle on reservation weekdays excluding public holidays: Flexo 57 to/from Uriage [former TAD TouGo transport on demand - line G701].
- resort shuttle in winter: "Centre Commercial (1750)" stop (to/from Chamrousse 1650 - Recoin and Chamrousse 1600 - plateau de l'Arselle/nordic area)

Resort road access from Grenoble: Rocade Sud > exit no. 2 "Uriage" > Route départementale 111 (RD 111) on the Luitel side.
Recommended parking: main parking lot (P3), 390 avenue du Père Tasse.

  • Latitude: 45.103591
  • longitude: 5.882633

Environnement

  • Mountain location
  • Ski resort

Track characteristics

Level:
Level red – hard
Type:
One way

See also

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