Boulevard des Lacs at Alpe d'Huez
Easy · 1720 m long with 126 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 19° at its steepest, facing W.
19°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
1720 mlength
126 mvertical
2153 mtop elevation
Wfaces
Snow and sun
Boulevard des Lacs is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.
Grooming: classic.
How to get to Boulevard des Lacs
Lifts that reach the top: Lac Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pic Blanc 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Alpette-Rousses (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 41 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Eau d'Olle Express
- Ski Retour TC Alpette (easy)
- Ski Chevreuils (easy)
- Ski Chemin de l'Orgière (easy)
- Ride TC Alpette
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Alpette-Rousses
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ski Le Belvédère (intermediate)
- Ski Chamois (intermediate)
- Ski Boulevard des Lacs (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Chavannus, Chamois. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Champ Clotury (2 min), Olmet (6 min), Poutran 1 (6 min).
See Boulevard des Lacs on the 3D mapAll runs at Alpe d'HuezMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.