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Roche Noire at Alpe d'Huez

Advanced · 527 m long with 185 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 29° at its steepest, facing W.

29°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
527 mlength
185 mvertical
1567 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Roche Noire is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Roche Noire

Lifts that reach the top: Champ Clotury (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Poutran 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Poutran (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); TC Alpette (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Clos Giraud (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); TK Alpette (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 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. Ski Champ Clotury (easy)
  7. Ski L'Alpette (intermediate)
  8. Ski Chevreuils (easy)
  9. Ski Roche Noire (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Retour TC Alpette, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Poutran 1 (1 min), Olmet (1 min), TC Alpette (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.