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Retour TC Alpette at Alpe d'Huez

Easy · 456 m long with 29 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 6° at its steepest, facing N.

6°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
456 mlength
29 mvertical
1404 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Retour TC Alpette is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Retour TC Alpette

Lifts that reach the top: Olmet (skiing novice terrain to get there); Champ Clotury (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Poutran (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Poutran 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Jeux (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rif Nel 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 22 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eau d'Olle Express
  2. Ski Canetons (novice)
  3. Ride Tapis Olmet
  4. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  5. Ride Olmet
  6. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  7. Ski Retour TC Alpette (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Chevreuils. Nearest lifts from the bottom: TC Alpette (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 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.