Forêt Blanche : Vars/Risoul

France

Piste map

2 km
Lifts

Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 26 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.

Summit
2,722 m8,930 ft
Base
1,632 m5,354 ft
Vertical
1,090 m3,576 ft
Named runs
112
Length of named runs
118 km
Lifts
38

Runs by difficulty

  • Green 17 15% · 18.9 km
  • Blue 51 46% · 58.8 km
  • Red 31 28% · 31.9 km
  • Black 11 10% · 7.0 km
  • No grade mapped 2 2% · 1.6 km

Longest run

4.4 km

Les Chardons

Steepest run

54%

L'entonnoir

Steepest 100 m: 95%

Biggest drop

584 m

Peynier

Runs lit at night

1

0.4 km in all

The named runs add up to 118 km.

Every named run

The named runs of Forêt Blanche : Vars/Risoul, with their length, drop and gradients
Profile
Adroits640 m77 m12%22%
Alpet725 m245 m34%46%
Baby145 m10 m7%9%
Barres390 m123 m31%45%
Bergerie600 m167 m28%34%
Bouisset565 m168 m30%38%
Caribou480 m44 m9%17%
Casse725 m295 m41%61%
Chastardon975 m250 m26%41%
Chemin des Cassettes570 m38 m7%12%
Chemin des Florins1.4 km111 m8%11%
Chemin des Florins110 m4 m4%4%
Chemin des italiens355 m25 m7%12%
Chemin des Italiens1.1 km109 m10%17%
Choucas1.3 km298 m24%49%
Cimbros490 m87 m18%22%
Cimbros500 m151 m30%47%
Clos Chardon1.2 km247 m21%40%
Clos des Alpes1.6 km339 m22%36%
Col Sans Nom2.2 km360 m17%39%
Combe45 m1 m
Combe755 m122 m16%25%
Combe de la Mayt2.5 km353 m14%40%
Coni980 m353 m36%76%
Corniche Inférieure765 m192 m25%37%
Corniche inférieure150 m58 m38%45%
Corniche inférieure220 m93 m43%47%
Corniche Supérieure1.3 km221 m17%34%
Côte Belle1.6 km276 m17%39%
Côte de Berge750 m161 m22%30%
Crevoux1.3 km234 m18%36%
Ecureuil1.1 km225 m20%33%
Ecureuil775 m224 m29%41%
Ecureuil270 m107 m40%45%
Ecureuils795 m97 m12%24%
Edelweiss1.4 km300 m21%52%
Escondus1.4 km225 m17%28%
Eskimos1.6 km208 m13%25%
Evasion415 m190 m46%64%
Eyssina1.2 km216 m18%33%

Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.

Lifts

  • 2Gondolas
  • 18Chairlifts
  • 13Drag lifts
  • 5Magic carpets
Length of all lifts
36.6 km
Rise of all lifts together
9,640 m
The lifts of Forêt Blanche : Vars/Risoul
Baby G2 V7Drag lift110 m10 m
Bergerie R16Drag lift810 m257 m1
Bois Noir V12Chairlift1.9 km586 m66 mins
CentreMagic carpet35 m2 m
Chabrières V4Gondola1.3 km352 m64 mins
Claux V1Magic carpet145 m10 m
Clos Chardon R9Chairlift1.4 km363 m4
Clos du Vallon R2Chairlift1.1 km185 m2
Clos Fournier 2 (ESF)Drag lift80 m11 m
Clos Fournier R1Gondola350 m62 m6
Combals R15Drag lift1.3 km339 m1
Crévoux 1 V19Drag lift1.1 km227 m1
Crévoux 2 V20Drag lift1.1 km227 m1
Écrins V3Magic carpet90 m8 m1
Écrins V6Drag lift345 m64 m1
Escondus V15Chairlift1.4 km367 m46 mins
ExerciceDrag lift215 m20 m
Eyssina V18Drag lift560 m101 m1
Fontbonne V11Chairlift230 m85 m4
Homme de PierreChairlift2.0 km496 m64 mins
Mayt V5Chairlift2.2 km607 m6
Mélézet 1 R12Drag lift1.3 km291 m1
Mélézet 2 R12Drag lift1.3 km291 m
Mélézet R4Chairlift1.4 km318 m4
Orée du BoisDrag lift425 m73 m1
PelincheDrag lift580 m156 m
Peyniers V9Chairlift1.2 km476 m4
Peyrefolle R6Chairlift1.4 km429 m6
Peyrol V16Chairlift1.3 km390 m6
Piou Piou (ESF)Magic carpet30 m2 m
Plans V10Chairlift590 m148 m4
Platte de la Nonne R5Chairlift2.2 km556 m4
Pré du Bois R8Chairlift1.5 km371 m8
Razis R7Chairlift1.1 km368 m4
Sainte-Marie V18Chairlift1.5 km513 m4
Sibières V14Chairlift1.5 km361 m65 mins
Vars Speed MasterChairlift1.4 km514 m6
ZakopaneMagic carpet40 m4 m

Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.

Places to eat and drink

Places mapped on OpenStreetMap in and around the resort. Opening times, menus and reviews are in the map apps.

Weather

Summit, 2,722 m

Base, 1,632 m

Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.

Ski resorts nearby

10 km20 km 123456
Forêt Blanche : Vars/Risoul beside the ski resorts nearest to it
Forêt Blanche : Vars/Risoul1,090 m2,722 m112118 km38
1Crévoux6.8 km922 m2,537 m
2Queyras - Ceillac13.3 km797 m2,449 m
3Les Orres13.8 km1,146 m2,700 m
4Sainte-Anne la Condamine15.2 km574 m2,409 m1416.3 km5
5Queyras - Molines/Saint-Véran22.0 km1,066 m2,805 m3528.9 km13
6Larche22.1 km169 m1,854 m

Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.

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