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Escargot at Alpe d'Huez

Novice · 56 m long with 8 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 7° at its steepest, facing SW.

7°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
56 mlength
8 mvertical
1487 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Escargot

Lifts that reach the top: Tapis Escargot (skiing novice terrain to get there); Cloudit (skiing novice terrain to get there); Tortue (skiing novice terrain to get there); Langaret (skiing easy terrain to get there); Petit Prince (skiing easy terrain to get there); Le Villarais (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 53 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eau d'Olle Express
  2. Ski Retour TC Alpette (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Canetons (novice)
  5. Ride Poutran 1
  6. Ride Poutran 2
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski Boardercross Family (novice)
  9. Ski Le Lac Blanc (novice)
  10. Ski Léopold (novice)
  11. Ski unnamed connector
  12. Ride Signal
  13. Ski Marcel’s Farm (novice)
  14. Ski Villard (easy)
  15. Ski Cloudit (novice)
  16. Ski unnamed connector
  17. Ski Escargot (novice)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed connector. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tapis Escargot (1 min), Cloudit (1 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.