Fontfroide at Alpe d'Huez
Intermediate · 1211 m long with 439 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 27° at its steepest, facing N.
27°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
1211 mlength
439 mvertical
2149 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Fontfroide is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Fontfroide
Lifts that reach the top: Fontfroide (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 82 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Eau d'Olle Express
- Ski Retour TC Alpette (easy)
- Ski Chevreuils (easy)
- Ski Chemin de l'Orgière (easy)
- Ride TC Alpette
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Alpette-Rousses
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ski Le Belvédère (intermediate)
- Ski Chamois (intermediate)
- Ski Couloir (easy)
- Ski Boulevard des Marmottes (easy)
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ride Marmottes 2
- Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
- Ski Promontoire, Combe Charbonnière (intermediate)
- Ski Combe Charbonnière (advanced)
- Ski La Mine (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Le Gua (easy)
- Ski Lys (easy)
- Ride Lombards
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ski Lys (easy)
- Ski Pré-rond (easy)
- Ski Les Demoiselles (novice)
- Ride Fontfroide
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ski Fontfroide (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Les Demoiselles, unnamed connector. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Alpauris (1 min), Louvets (1 min), Fontfroide (1 min).
See Fontfroide on the 3D mapAll runs at Alpe d'HuezMeasured 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.