Val Thorens to La Folie Douce: the turn-by-turn ski route

Val Thorens already gives you a good map — on the mountain, in the resort's own app, and on its website, with live lift and piste status. What none of them do is plan the way there. Tell Glidr where you are and where you want to get to, and it works out the exact sequence of pistes and lifts to ride, then guides you turn by turn. Here is that sequence for one of the resort's best-known stops, La Folie Douce.

The computed route

2.9 kmTotal distance

1.1 kmOn pistes

1.7 kmOn the lift

126 mDescent (pistes)

~13 minEstimated time*

EasyDifficulty†

Piste · La Voie de la boucle Head down La Voie de la boucle 275 m · −19 m vertical Easy
Piste · Plein Sud Bear left onto Plein Sud 439 m · −67 m vertical Easy
Piste · Combe de Thorens Continue on Combe de Thorens 193 m · −9 m vertical Novice
Lift · Plein Sud Ride the Plein Sud lift up 1,747 m · +375 m ascent
Piste · Plein Sud Keep left onto Plein Sud, arriving at La Folie Douce 225 m · −31 m vertical Easy

*Model estimate, includes the lift ride — not a measured descent.

†Difficulty as tagged in OpenStreetMap; untagged pistes are treated as intermediate.

A map shows the mountain — a route shows the way

The resort map, app or website

Shows every piste and lift, and which ones are open.
You still trace the way down yourself and guess which lift climbs back.
No route from where you're standing to a specific lift, bar or restaurant.
Nothing tells you the next turn as you ride.

Glidr's computed route

Works out the actual sequence from where you are to La Folie Douce.
Names every leg: this piste, then that lift, then this piste.
Distance and vertical for each leg, so nothing is a surprise.
Speaks each turn as you go, with a buzz on your watch.

More than a map: what else Glidr does

Routing is the start. Glidr also keeps the parts of a ski day a piste map never touches — all private by default, so you decide what's shared:

An end-of-day recap. When your day wraps up, Glidr shows your vertical, distance, runs, top speed, time on snow and lifts taken, a map trace of every run you skied, and any personal bests you set — with a one-tap card you can share.
Your season stats. Lifetime distance, vertical, runs and days ridden add up over the season, alongside personal bests like your longest descent and biggest-vertical day.
Friends on the mountain. Add friends by QR code, @handle or a shared link, see them live on the map while you ride, and share runs and recaps with photos, likes and comments.
A live crew leaderboard. Skiing together? Glidr can rank your group's top speed and run count on each piste in real time, so there's a running scoreboard on the chairlift.
Group trips. Organise day trips and meetups with your crew right in the app.

Turn-by-turn ski navigation in the Glidr app

Turn-by-turn guidance in the Glidr app. Illustrative — a different, longer route than the one above. Map tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA).

How this route was made — and what it is not

This route was computed by Glidr's routing engine from a dated snapshot of OpenStreetMap data for Les 3 Vallées. It is a map snapshot, not live cartography, and the mountain can change.
Piste difficulty here comes from OpenStreetMap tags — it is not measured or verified by Glidr, and pistes without a tag are treated as intermediate.
The estimated time is a model estimate, not a measured descent, and it includes the lift ride.
Glidr is a navigation aid, not a safety device. It does not replace resort signage, piste markers, closures, or ski-patrol instructions — always follow those.
Glidr does not know lift opening hours or seasonality, and this route does not account for closed lifts or pistes. Check opening hours and status locally.

Data & attribution

Ski-area, piste and lift data on this page is derived from OpenStreetMap. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL).

Val Thorens → La Folie Douce

The computed route

A map shows the mountain — a route shows the way

The resort map, app or website

Glidr's computed route

More than a map: what else Glidr does

Get the whole mountain, one route at a time

How this route was made — and what it is not

Data & attribution

Val Thorens → La Folie Douce

The computed route

A map shows the mountain — a route shows the way

The resort map, app or website

Glidr's computed route

More than a map: what else Glidr does

Get the whole mountain, one route at a time

How this route was made — and what it is not

Data & attribution

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