Alpe dHuez
www.alpedhuez.comGPS 6.0811 E 45.097198 N
Region Oisans en Isere
State Isere
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GPS 6.0811 E 45.097198 N
Region Oisans en Isere
State Isere
Ski resort ratings for Alpe dHuez compared to all other ski resorts. Based on 200 reviews.
| Overall 77 | Skiing 80 | Skiregion 79 |
| Novice | Advanced | Expert | Offpiste | Snow-sure |
| 7.8 6.9 | 8.0 7.6 | 8.5 7.7 | 7.7 7.1 | 7.8 6.8 |
| Family | Atmosphere | Nature | Walking | Lifts |
| 7.6 7.6 | 7.2 7.8 | 7.3 6.7 | 7.5 7.7 | 6.1 7.0 |
| Variety slopes | Snowparks | Crosscountry | Slope preparation | Slope orientation |
| 7.7 7.1 | 9.0 7.3 | 9.0 7.5 |
The amazing Sarenne route is the longest in Europe. It offers challenging black sections and magnificent views! Everybody should do this one once in their lifetime. Alpe d' Huez offers more black pistes at high altitude, but those are quite short, but definatelly challenging. The lower sections are mostly red and blue. Alpe d'Huez is not a pretty resort, but offers some nice entertainment at night. Don't expect to find here apres-ski austrian style. Be ware if the drinks scam over here. For instance a large coke is a glass containing one liter, and it costs you a lot of money! I don't think this is the resort for families with children. It is catered more towards young people, and groups.
Review by Maria Belkin from Warsaw on Friday Sep 12th. Visited Alpe dHuez in february 2008 as friends
A large sprawling resort. One of the older resorts it does not have the walkways you get with the newer custom built resorts. Getting about is not a problem though as there is the usual free bus that runs about every twenty minutes through out the resort. There are plenty of shops and bars, a good outdoor ice skating rink which is 4 euros with your ski pass, a excellent outdoor swimming pool free with your ski pass and good indoor swimming pool also free with your ski pass at the large sports centre. The resort doesn't appear to suffer from drunken yobs roaming the streets at night like I've seen recently at places like Tignes. The are a mix of chalets and smaller to medium sized hotels. It
Review by Jason K. from Ny on Saturday Jun 21st. Visited Alpe dHuez in january 2008 as friends
Going back to Alpe again in a few days and just had to do a bit of advertisement for this fantastic place! Been back to Alpe at least once (sometimes more) a year for the last 6 years. In my opinion it's a fantastic resort - it's got a great variety of pistes, so that both the beginners and the advanced skiers can enjoy the holiday. The village is very charming, and the nightlife is great fun. (Can recommend Underground bar - live music 2-3 nights a week). Been to a lot of french resorts, but keep returning to Alpe - it's irresistible :-) Can't wait to go back and check out the massive amounts of snow in the Alps - it's been too many years of too little snow...
Review by Skibummess from Denmark on Wednesday Feb 6th. Visited Alpe dHuez in february 2007 as couple
Back again from a lovely weeks skiing from the 12th to 19th Jan. Big dump of snow first day and sprinklings in the week made the conditions perfect with loads of sun too. Great resort I thought, lot's of bars although quite quiet from 11pm onwards but I was tucked up in bed with a poor James Herbert novel by that point. Stayed in the L'Eclose bit, Maeva Horizons d'Huez. Can ski right to the ski lockers so it is ski in, not ski out but a short walk to the lift. A sherpa near by and a ski rental place too. 5 min walk to town too so quite recommended. Great choice of beginner slopes and blues for the beginners/intermediates. Get further up and there is top off-piste options, no trees but that's
Review by Michelle from Paris on Wednesday Jan 23rd. Visited Alpe dHuez in january 2008 as family
Have been skiing in Alpe d'Huez for the last five years and it ranks as one of my favourites - a great variety of terrain that suits all abilities, generally the higher you go the steeper the terrain, although some great off piste can be had lower down when conditions are good - see the back side of Signal. Best runs are those from Pic Blanc with the Sarenne glacier and those alongside being great for a long run (18K's!). Fantastic resort for beginers too, but can get busy on the last run down from the DMC 2 bubble. For the intermediate skiers Combe Charbonniere (sp?) is a great run also but beware of some reds which should really be graded black (Canyon). There is also a great chair lift ov
Review by Crissy from Oberhausen on Thursday Aug 9th. Visited Alpe dHuez in december 2006 as group