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Alpe d'Huez

France · Delfinat · Single resort

Alpe d'Huez is a ski resort in Delfinat (France). It has 250 km of downhill runs, mostly easy and 77 lifts. The runs go from 1100 to 3330 m (2230 m vertical).

Piste length
250 km
Lifts
77
Base station
1100 m
Top station
3330 m
Vertical drop
2230 m
Country
France

Piste difficulty split

  • Easy: 135 km (54%)
  • Medium: 90 km (36%)
  • Hard: 25 km (10%)

Details

  • Night skiing: Yes (6 floodlit runs)
  • Steepest spot: 73% (36°)
  • Mostly facing south-west (24% of run length). South-facing slopes are sunny and warm — firm in the morning, softer in the afternoon.

Lifts: 77

Gondola / cable car: 26 · Chairlift: 20 · Drag lift: 19

  • Jeux · Chairlift · 3,900 pers./h · 1864–2092 m
  • Rif Nel 1 · Gondola / cable car · 3,500 pers./h · Seats: 10 · 1811–1917 m
  • Rif Nel · Gondola / cable car · 3,500 pers./h · Seats: 10 · 1917–1921 m
  • Signal · Chairlift · 3,370 pers./h · Seats: 8 · 1861–2109 m
  • Marmottes 1 · Chairlift · 3,300 pers./h · Seats: 6 · 1810–2336 m
  • Romains · Chairlift · 3,200 pers./h · Seats: 6 · 1811–2144 m
  • Pic Blanc 2 · Gondola / cable car · 3,000 pers./h · Seats: 23 · 2100–2604 m
  • Chalvet · Chairlift · 3,000 pers./h · Seats: 6 · 1641–2211 m
  • Pic Blanc 1 · Gondola / cable car · 3,000 pers./h · Seats: 23 · 1861–2099 m
  • Poutran 2 · Gondola / cable car · 3,000 pers./h · Seats: 10 · 1880–2095 m

On site

  • 237 car parks (1 paid · 60 free)
  • 75 restaurants & bars by the slopes
  • 1 mountain huts
  • 1 ski schools
  • 7 rental shops
  • 102 stops

Ski schools and rental shops

  • Chalet des enfants
  • Precision Ski
  • Skimium
  • Ski a Oz
  • Skiset

Historical conditions and snowfall

  • November: Snowfall in the month (average) 43 cm, Snow depth 15 cm
  • December: Snowfall in the month (average) 66 cm, Snow depth 25 cm
  • January: Snowfall in the month (average) 56 cm, Snow depth 37 cm
  • February: Snowfall in the month (average) 43 cm, Snow depth 43 cm
  • March: Snowfall in the month (average) 49 cm, Snow depth 30 cm
  • April: Snowfall in the month (average) 29 cm, Snow depth 13 cm

Average of the 2005–2024 seasons for the resort area (≈50 km grid cell, about 1937 m). It shows the shape of the season well but is not a slope measurement — the upper runs usually have more snow. Data: NASA POWER.

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