{"id":95989,"date":"2025-09-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/?p=95989"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:49:51","slug":"chatel-five-signposted-routes-for-beginners-or-advanced-ski-tourers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/chatel-cinq-itineraires-balises-pour-sinitier-ou-progresser-en-ski-de-randonnee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e2tel: five signposted itineraries for beginners or advanced ski tourers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Just as summer hikers hit the trails as soon as the snow melts, ski tourers wait until winter to don their sealskins. \u00c0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chatel.com\/hiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ch\u00e2tel<\/a>With the introduction of five marked trails at different levels, the sport now benefits from a suitable environment for safe, progressive practice, right next to the ski area.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/chatels-schedule-of-major-events-for-winter-2025-2026\/\">Ch\u00e2tel: the winter schedule for 2025-2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Super-Ch\u00e2tel - Barbossine sector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>La Franco-Suisse (easy)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Departure: arrival of the Super-Ch\u00e2tel cable car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length: 4.5 km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ascent: 226 m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 2 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrival altitude: 1,840 m<br>An introductory route, ideal for a gentle introduction to ski touring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barbossine (quite difficult)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Departure: arrival of the Petit-Ch\u00e2tel chairlift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length: 3.6 km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ascent: 485 m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 3 h<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrival altitude: 1,962 m<br>A more demanding route, suitable for skiers with previous experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Le Morclan (fairly difficult)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Departure: arrival of the Super-Ch\u00e2tel cable car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length: 3.8 km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ascent: 305 m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 2 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrival altitude: 1 948 m<br>A sustained route, appreciated for its regular percentage of ascent, ideal for working on your cardio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pr\u00e9-la-Joux - Plaine Dranse sector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Happy Valley (easy)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Departure: arrival of the Pr\u00e9-la-Joux chairlift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length: 4 km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ascent: 400 m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 2 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrival altitude: 2,000 m<br>An accessible, gradual route leading to a panoramic view at altitude.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Serpentine (fairly difficult)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start: Pr\u00e9-la-Joux (to the right of the caterpillar garage)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length: 6 km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ascent: 341 m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duration: 3 h<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrival altitude: 1,640 m<br>With its winding route, this climb is a great physical challenge, while offering an unspoilt setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 l\u2019image des randonneurs d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 qui arpentent les sentiers d\u00e8s la fonte des neiges, les adeptes du ski de randonn\u00e9e attendent l\u2019hiver pour chausser les peaux de phoque. \u00c0 Ch\u00e2tel, la discipline b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d\u00e9sormais d\u2019un cadre adapt\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la mise en place de cinq trac\u00e9s balis\u00e9s de diff\u00e9rents niveaux, permettant une pratique progressive et<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":96013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[65,327,240,366,379],"class_list":{"0":"post-95989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-balades","8":"tag-a-la-une","9":"tag-alpes-du-nord","10":"tag-balades","11":"tag-chatel","12":"tag-portes-du-soleil"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95989"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96012,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95989\/revisions\/96012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petit-montagnard.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}