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Combe Charbonnière at Alpe d'Huez

Advanced · 4042 m long with 759 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 31° at its steepest, facing SW.

31°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
4042 mlength
759 mvertical
2760 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Combe Charbonnière is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Combe Charbonnière

Lifts that reach the top: Chalvet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Marmottes 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 64 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eau d'Olle Express
  2. Ride Poutran 1
  3. Ride Poutran 2
  4. Ski Chez Roger (novice)
  5. Ski Agneaux (novice)
  6. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  7. Ride Marmottes 1
  8. Ride Marmottes 2
  9. Ski Combe Charbonnière (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Campanules, La Mine. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tapis Moutons (4 min), Marmottes 1 (5 min), Chalvet (5 min).

See Combe Charbonnière on the 3D mapAll runs at Alpe d'Huez
Measured 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.