Col at Alpe d'Huez

Easy · 2255 m long with 269 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 20° at its steepest, facing S.

Snow and sun

Col is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Col

Lifts that reach the top: Auris Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sures (skiing easy terrain to get there); Louvets (skiing easy terrain to get there); Fontfroide (skiing easy terrain to get there); Maronne (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 87 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

1. Ride Eau d'Olle Express
2. Ski Retour TC Alpette (easy)
3. Ski Chevreuils (easy)
4. Ski Chemin de l'Orgière (easy)
5. Ride TC Alpette
6. Ski unnamed connector
7. Ride Alpette-Rousses
8. Ski unnamed connector
9. Ski Le Belvédère (intermediate)
10. Ski Chamois (intermediate)
11. Ski Couloir (easy)
12. Ski Boulevard des Marmottes (easy)
13. Ski unnamed trail
14. Ride Marmottes 2
15. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
16. Ski Promontoire, Combe Charbonnière (intermediate)
17. Ski Combe Charbonnière (advanced)
18. Ski La Mine (intermediate)
19. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
20. Ski Le Gua (easy)
21. Ski Lys (easy)
22. Ride Lombards
23. Ski unnamed trail
24. Ski Lys (easy)
25. Ski Pré-rond (easy)
26. Ski Les Demoiselles (novice)
27. Ride Fontfroide
28. Ski Le Rosai (intermediate)
29. Ski Escapade (intermediate)
30. Ski Col (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Crocus, unnamed connector, unnamed trail, unnamed novice trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sures (1 min), Piégut (1 min), Bauchets (1 min).

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