Les Gentianes at Alpe d'Huez

Easy · 747 m long with 166 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 25° at its steepest, facing NE.

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Les Gentianes

Lifts that reach the top: Sures (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 94 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 Chamois (intermediate)
11. Ski Couloir (easy)
12. Ski Boulevard des Marmottes (easy)
13. Ski unnamed trail
14. Ride Marmottes 2
15. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
16. Ski Promontoire, Combe Charbonnière (intermediate)
17. Ski Combe Charbonnière (advanced)
18. Ski La Mine (intermediate)
19. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
20. Ski Le Gua (easy)
21. Ski Lys (easy)
22. Ride Lombards
23. Ski unnamed trail
24. Ski Lys (easy)
25. Ski Pré-rond (easy)
26. Ski Les Demoiselles (novice)
27. Ride Fontfroide
28. Ski Le Rosai (intermediate)
29. Ski Escapade (intermediate)
30. Ski Col (easy)
31. Ride Sures
32. Ski Les Gentianes (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Col, Farcis, Gentianes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sures (1 min), Piégut (2 min), Bauchets (2 min).