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Huez at Alpe d'Huez

Intermediate · 725 m long with 179 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 25° at its steepest, facing SW.

25°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
725 mlength
179 mvertical
1780 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Huez

Lifts that reach the top: Huez Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Huez Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Huez Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alpe Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alpe Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alpe Express (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 44 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eau d'Olle Express
  2. Ride Poutran 1
  3. Ride Poutran 2
  4. Ski Boardercross Family (novice)
  5. Ski Le Lac Blanc (novice)
  6. Ski Léopold (novice)
  7. Ski L'Estacade (novice)
  8. Ski Léopold (novice)
  9. Ski Éclose (novice)
  10. Ski Huez (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Éclose, Village. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Huez Express (1 min), Huez Express (1 min), Alpe Express (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.