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Glacier at Alpe d'Huez

Advanced · 954 m long with 258 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 31° at its steepest, facing S.

31°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
954 mlength
258 mvertical
3190 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Glacier is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Glacier

Lifts that reach the top: Pic Blanc 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 46 minutes, advanced 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. Ride Alpette-Rousses
  8. Ski unnamed connector
  9. Ski Le Belvédère (intermediate)
  10. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  11. Ride Pic Blanc 3
  12. Ski Sarenne (advanced)
  13. Ski Glacier (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed advanced trail, Sarenne. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Herpie (4 min), Chalvet (18 min), Lombards (20 min).

See Glacier 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.