Petit Prince at Alpe d'Huez
Easy · 1157 m long with 231 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 17° at its steepest, facing SW.
17°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1157 mlength
231 mvertical
2103 mtop elevation
SWfaces
Snow and sun
Petit Prince is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.
How to get to Petit Prince
Lifts that reach the top: Petit Prince (skiing novice terrain to get there); Signal (skiing novice terrain to get there); Le Villarais (skiing novice terrain to get there); Grande Sure (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 45 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Eau d'Olle Express
- Ride Poutran 1
- Ride Poutran 2
- Ski Boardercross Family (novice)
- Ski Le Lac Blanc (novice)
- Ski Léopold (novice)
- Ride Signal
- Ski Marcel’s Farm (novice)
- Ski Petit Prince (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Villard. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Petit Prince (1 min), Le Villarais (5 min), Ascenseur Villard (6 min).
See Petit Prince on the 3D mapAll runs at Alpe d'HuezMeasured 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.