{"id":49394,"date":"2022-09-16T11:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=49394"},"modified":"2022-10-11T07:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T06:56:54","slug":"new-piste-above-meribel-mottaret-under-bouquetin-chairlift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/new-piste-above-meribel-mottaret-under-bouquetin-chairlift\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNew\u201d Piste above M\u00e9ribel Mottaret under the Bouquetin Chairlift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" data-attachment-id=\"49395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/new-piste-above-meribel-mottaret-under-bouquetin-chairlift\/6ef786e6-7bf6-4cd3-8be3-2e74967fc6b2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?fit=1990%2C1284&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1990,1284\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1663333448&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?fit=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?fit=640%2C413&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?resize=640%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?resize=640%2C413&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?resize=100%2C65&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?resize=1536%2C991&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?w=1990&amp;ssl=1 1990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Our guess at the location of the new piste in August 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" data-attachment-id=\"50325\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/10\/11\/2023-piste-maps-analysed-and-latest-news-on-the-energy-crisis-ski-lifts\/ibex\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?fit=772%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"772,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ibex\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?fit=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?fit=640%2C381&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?resize=640%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?resize=640%2C381&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?resize=100%2C60&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ibex.jpg?w=772&amp;ssl=1 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Ibex piste on the 2023 Official Piste Map released in October 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Bouquetin Charlift in Mottaret (new for most last year after the pandemic) replaced the old Plattieres 3 gondola \u201ceggs\u201d a couple of years ago and the popular off piste run practically underneath it is to be made an official piste. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" data-attachment-id=\"49396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/new-piste-above-meribel-mottaret-under-bouquetin-chairlift\/ad82d299-8f34-4f2d-bd24-41f2e6425515\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?fit=700%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,431\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?fit=640%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?resize=640%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?resize=640%2C394&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?resize=100%2C62&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AD82D299-8F34-4F2D-BD24-41F2E6425515.png?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This \u201cnew\u201d black piste named <strong><em>IBEX<\/em><\/strong> will become another \u201cVertical Experience\u201d area like the <em>Grand<\/em> <em>Couloir<\/em> and <em>Couloir Tournier<\/em> off the Saulire Summit complete with cameras and social media posting opportunities no doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The piste descends from 2700m and is 600m long with a 300m vertical drop that makes for a fairly decent slope angle (average overall) of 30\u00b0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The piste is actually not new and existed in the 1990s when it was named <em>Bouquetin<\/em>. This from an early 90s M\u00e9ribel piste map with the run marked under the Plattieres 3 gondola. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"232\" data-attachment-id=\"49397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/09\/16\/new-piste-above-meribel-mottaret-under-bouquetin-chairlift\/b8f6f682-896a-448d-ab3e-c6e6adf3a925\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925.jpeg?fit=277%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"277,232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925.jpeg?fit=277%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925.jpeg?fit=277%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925.jpeg?resize=277%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925.jpeg?w=277&amp;ssl=1 277w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/B8F6F682-896A-448D-AB3E-C6E6ADF3A925.jpeg?resize=100%2C84&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>PS. Bouquetin or Ibex (or even Steinbeck) are all names given to the wild mountain goats that inhabit the Alps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bouquetin Charlift in Mottaret (new for most last year after the pandemic) replaced the old Plattieres 3 gondola \u201ceggs\u201d a couple of years ago and the popular off piste run practically underneath it is to be made an official piste. This \u201cnew\u201d black piste named IBEX will become another \u201cVertical Experience\u201d area like the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":49395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6EF786E6-7BF6-4CD3-8BE3-2E74967FC6B2.jpeg?fit=1990%2C1284&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49394"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50338,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49394\/revisions\/50338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}