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La Balme at Alpe d'Huez

Advanced · 1843 m long with 523 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 32° at its steepest, facing SW.

32°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
1843 mlength
523 mvertical
2452 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to La Balme

Lifts that reach the top: Lièvre Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Marmottes 2 (skiing intermediate 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 unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Canetons (novice)
  5. Ride Poutran 1
  6. Ride Poutran 2
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ride Lièvre Blanc
  9. Ski Déversoir (intermediate)
  10. Ski La Balme (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Campanules. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tapis Moutons (3 min), Marmottes 1 (4 min), Tapis Bergers (4 min).

See La Balme 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.