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L'Estacade at Alpe d'Huez

Novice · 178 m long with 28 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 10° at its steepest, facing SW.

10°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
178 mlength
28 mvertical
1813 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to L'Estacade

Lifts that reach the top: Télécentre (skiing novice terrain to get there); unnamed magic carpet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Grenouilles (skiing novice terrain to get there); École 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Sagnes (skiing novice terrain to get there); Rif Nel (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 43 minutes, novice 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)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed novice trail, Léopold. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Télécentre (1 min), Alpe Express (1 min), Huez Express (3 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.