| winter
season |
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| summer
season |
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| resort height |
| 1860m |
| highest lift
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| 3330m |
| snow range |
| 6,102 - 10,989 ft |
| snow
probability |
| very good |
| transfer
times |
| Chambery 2hrs |
| Lyons 2.5hrs |
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click map for larger picture
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| State
of the art ski technology combines with extensive skiing to make
Alpe d'Huez a top choice. Alpe d'Huez
is a modern and buzzing resort set on a sunny balcony above the
Oisand valley near Grenoble in the southern alps.
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| Set high
in the Grandes Rousses mountains, Alpe d'Huez is the fifth largest
skiing area in France linking villages Vaujany, Oz, Villard-Reculas
and Auris-en-Oisans. |
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| Varied
pistes offer easier slopes nearer the resort and long testing runs
from peaks with impeccable views. A new run down to l'Enversin d'Oz
offers the longest vertical drop in the Alps.
The resort offers lots of amenities, including an
excellent sports centre. The large outdoor pool and skating rink are
both free with a full area lift pass.
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| good points |
bad points |
- extensive skiing
- sunny attractive views
- snow cannons
- modern lift system
- beautiful scenery
- sunny position
- variety of mountain restaurants
- widespread artificial snow
- ideal for families and mixed ability groups
- varied off-piste skiing
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- limited tree line skiing
- weekend crowds
- uninspired nightlife
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aprés ski |
| for
a british atmosphere try Crowded House Bar in the Hermitage. try
Smithies Tavern, the Underground Bar in the Hotel Charmois and the
Road House Bar in the Vallee Blanche. For a resident pianist try
L'Avalanche. |
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activities |
sports
centre with tennis and squash courts * archery * gym * indoor golf *
handball * basketball * volleyball * indoor football * outdoor swimming pool (free with
full weekly liftpass) * cinema * parapenting * ski-dooing * Ice
skating (free with full weekly Visalp lift pass- skate hire extra) * ice climbing
* ice driving * dog sledding |
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eating out |
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more than 40 restaurants. * 3 course set menu approx
€17-30 * Pizzas
€6 * try L'Outa for an
excellent à-la-carte menu and La Pomme de Pin for french cuisine.
try Smithy's for Tex Mex and Pinnochio for pizza |
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other amenities |
| marked
walks * boutiques * excursions to historic
university town of Grenoble |
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children |
| ski
school for
those 4-12 years |
| tourist
office |
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Place Paganon, BP 54, 38750 Alpe
d'Heuz |
| tel
04 76 11 44 44 |
| fax
04 76 80 69 54 |
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