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Étourneaux at Alpe d'Huez

Easy · 853 m long with 227 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 26° at its steepest, facing NW.

26°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
853 mlength
227 mvertical
1943 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Étourneaux

Lifts that reach the top: Montfrais (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 42 minutes, easy 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. Ski Chalets (easy)
  8. Ski Les Travers (easy)
  9. Ski Ecureuils (easy)
  10. Ride Montfrais
  11. Ski Cascade (easy)
  12. Ski Étourneaux (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Ecureuils, Snowpark Montfrais. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Montfrais 1 (1 min), Clos Giraud (1 min), Montfrais (1 min).

See Étourneaux 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.