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Variante Poutran at Alpe d'Huez

Easy · 277 m long with 63 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
277 mlength
63 mvertical
1917 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Variante Poutran

Lifts that reach the top: Jeux (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rif Nel 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pic Blanc (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Poutran 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pic Blanc 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Romains (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 32 minutes, intermediate 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. Ride Poutran 2
  7. Ski École (novice)
  8. Ski Boulevard des Lutins (easy)
  9. Ski Poutran (intermediate)
  10. Ski Variante Poutran (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Poutran. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Champ Clotury (1 min), Olmet (5 min), Poutran 1 (5 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.