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L'Alpette at Alpe d'Huez

Intermediate · 2061 m long with 463 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 20° at its steepest, facing SW.

20°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
2061 mlength
463 mvertical
1932 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to L'Alpette

Lifts that reach the top: TC Alpette (skiing novice terrain to get there); TK Alpette (skiing novice terrain to get there); Vaujany-Alpette (skiing novice terrain to get there); Clos Giraud (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lama (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lac Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, intermediate 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 Carrelet (novice)
  7. Ski L'Alpette (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins L'Olmet. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Olmet (2 min), Poutran 1 (2 min), Tapis Olmet (2 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.