Col de Cluy at Alpe d'Huez

Advanced · 2333 m long with 502 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 31° at its steepest, facing NE.

Snow and sun

Col de Cluy is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Col de Cluy

Lifts that reach the top: Fontfroide (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 82 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 unnamed trail
29. Ski Col de Cluy (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Le Gua, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chalvet (2 min), Lombards (3 min).