The Best Backcountry Skiing Routes in La Plagne

This is a beautiful run with incredible views and a real backcountry, big mountain feel. It can get tracked out very quickly as its popular with guides but that takes nothing away from the adventure....

A fantastic off-piste adventure through wild terrain, but with relatively easy access. The skiing is varied with a combination of open slopes at the top and spaced trees lower down. Never too hard, but this a big mountain environment, so make sure you are properly prepared and aware of the snow conditions and avalanche risk....

A fabulous off-piste adventure, with reasonable skiing but very careful route-finding required. A good snowpack is necessary to avoid bare south-facing slopes at the end. The top sections is prone to windslab....

Several variations of route exist through slightly complex terrain linking the easiest slopes through a steep mountainside. Careful route-finding is required and the whole area should be avoided after heavy snowfall....

A brilliant companion to the Couloir de Pramain, leaving that route beyond the col to find an even more secluded bowl to the north. Again the skiing is not too hard, but you're a long way from the crowds and any help here, so make sure you're prepared....

Another big north face classic, and the easiest line on the main face, but still a serious and committing proposition. A wild, steep face in a true big mountain environment, with all that goes with that....

The Cairn Couloir is one of the more popular lines on the main Bellecôte North Face. It is steep and serious, with a narrow section near the top, and particular care required to pick a safe line through the small cliffs that criss-cross the bottom of the face....