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Le Gua at Alpe d'Huez

Easy · 3037 m long with 272 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
3037 mlength
272 mvertical
1795 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Le Gua is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Le Gua

Lifts that reach the top: Lombards (skiing easy terrain to get there); Louvets (skiing easy terrain to get there); Auris Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Fontfroide (skiing easy terrain to get there); Chalvet (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Herpie (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 64 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 Le Gua (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Col de Cluy, Sarenne. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chalvet (1 min), Lombards (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.