Sectors: Les Crêtes/Le Diable
A recent and welcome improvement to the ski-lift network: departing from the Lac du Plan area and serving the
Bellecombes, the
Tête Moute, and the
Grand Couloir; as well as providing an albeit flat link to the
Toura 2600 sector interchange via the
Liaison Super Diable a Toura track.
The base terminal is reached by the
Séa Grand Nord traverse and by all variations of the
Grand Nord, as well as by all of the above-mentioned pistes.
The lift journey begins horizontally across the Lac du Plan tarns area. These tarns are used as reservoirs for the snowmaking system: the bubbles breaking the surface are created by loops of underwater air hoses, agitating the water in order to prevent thick surface-ice forming, thus keeping the water supply accessible.
The lift then climbs up a rocky chute containing the ungroomed
Grand Couloir run, providing a mobile vantage point from which to check out the best lines of descent.
On Arrival: at the upper terminal, U-turn either right or left on dismount, down to the wide
Liaison Super Diable a Toura track just below: turning to the skier's right here to follow this flat traverse will take you towards Toura 2600; otherwise, cross the track and then veer to the skier's right to reach the nearby
Bellecombes and
Tête Moute; or, veer to the skier's left for the
Grand Couloir run, which begins by ranging across the open snowfield closest to the line of the lift.
You can also turn immediately to the skier's left to traverse against the flow of the
Liaison Super Diable a Toura track for a ‘back-door’ link to the
Super Diable slopes, although this is a very laborious way of reaching that area.
