Col des Mines / Vallon d'Arbi
Both Col des Mines and Vallon d'Arbi are listed as yellow itineraries, not blue pistes.
Previously listed as “Col des Mines to Vallon d'Arbi”.
Know the route before you go.
This entry is not included in our local blue-piste recommendations. Read the corrected grade or route-scope note below.
Withdrawn from blue-run recommendations. A marked itinerary should not be treated as a groomed beginner descent.
We checked the piste identity and published grade against the sources below on . This is a desk review of official information, not an on-snow survey or a report of today’s conditions.
Sources & review details
The official grade alone does not establish how comfortable this piste will feel to a less confident skier.
- Official named piste inventory and grades ↗Téléverbier / Verbier 4Vallées
- Official 4Vallées piste map ↗Téléverbier / Verbier 4Vallées · 2025/26
Reviewed 19 October 2026. A 2025–26 map is labelled as such where a later winter map was not available.
No single-piste video with a matching creator label is available for this entry.
Related area video — not a single-blue preview
The creator chapters identify off-piste Lacs, yellow Col des Mines and Vallon d’Arbi itineraries, then blue and red connectors. This is not an all-blue journey.
The creator’s description includes harder or mixed-grade terrain. Do not copy this journey as an all-blue route.
Watch on YouTube ↗[4K] Skiing Incredible Vallon d'Arbi 7.7km Verbier to La Tzoumaz, 4Vallées Switzerland, GoPro HERO11 — Chasing Snow
The creator’s title and description were reviewed; this is not evidence of an all-blue route or a comfortable return. Playback opens on YouTube because embedding is unavailable or not confirmed. Watch original on YouTube ↗
From the piste
What it felt like, what to look out for, and a view of the way down. First-hand contributions are reviewed before publication; they describe one person’s day and sit alongside our source-based guides.
Every good guide starts with someone’s day out.
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Add your run →Other documented blue pistes
Official-source gradeVerbier – 4 ValléesVerbier – 4 Vallées
Esserts
The operator lists Esserts as blue and identifies Les Esserts as a village learning area.
Official-source gradeVerbier – 4 ValléesVerbier – 4 Vallées
Chaux (blue variant)
This record is limited to the operator's blue Chaux piste. A separate red Chaux piste also exists.
Official-source gradeVerbier – 4 ValléesVerbier – 4 Vallées
Etiértses
The operator lists Etiértses as blue.