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Couloir at Alpe d'Huez

Easy · 2773 m long with 517 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 20° at its steepest, facing SW.

20°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
2773 mlength
517 mvertical
2617 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Couloir

Lifts that reach the top: Pic Blanc 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lac Blanc (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alpette-Rousses (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 42 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eau d'Olle Express
  2. Ride Poutran 1
  3. Ride Poutran 2
  4. Ride Pic Blanc 2
  5. Ski Couloir (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, unnamed intermediate trail, Agneaux, Chez Roger. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lièvre Blanc (1 min), Pic Blanc (2 min), Pic Blanc 2 (2 min).

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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.