These are ideas for professionally guided outings, not route directions. Beyond the marked pistes, avalanches, cliffs and glacier hazards demand specialist judgement. Choose the day’s route with an appropriately qualified local professional; carry a transceiver, shovel and probe and know how to use them.

Icons describe terrain, skiing demands and walking, including route variants. Skiing labels are descriptive, not official grades. Open terrain describes the landscape, not the snow conditions; a missing terrain icon does not mean that feature is absent.

Palet · Val Claret

Skiing: Gentler, rolling terrain
Walking: Guide to confirm

Rolling terrain, little steps and changing gradients make the off-piste around Lognan a playful place to develop your rhythm with an instructor. Terrain traps and sun-affected snow make the day’s conditions important.

Fredrik’s experience

A broad slope above Val Claret

For me, Lognan is the descent back towards Val Claret from the Tichot lift. It is a very broad slope, with lots of possible variations. That width and the easy access are the first things that stand out.

Sustained skiing and stopping places

The pitch is substantial on the lines I’m describing, and this is avalanche-exposed terrain. I have not found many protected places to stop on the way down. You need the stamina for sustained stretches of skiing, rather than reaching a point where tired legs force an unplanned stop in exposed ground.

Easy access, serious terrain

That is the important distinction with Lognan: it is very easy to get to, but it is not harmless. The ability to keep skiing matters here, while the decision about whether to enter the slope and where to stop still has to come first.

Have your guide assess the chosen variation and stopping places; stamina does not make an avalanche-prone slope safe.

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