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Alpe d'Huez
⛰️ 1250–3330 m (2080 m vertical) · 🎟️ €67 day pass · 📅 Dec 6 to Apr 26
8.3
Snowlist score
Photo: Wikipedia
Ratings
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Key facts
| Altitude | 1250–3330 m |
| Vertical drop | 2,080 m |
| Pistes advertised | 250 km |
| Pistes mapped on OSM | 189.8 km |
| Lifts (mapped near village) | 59 · 64% gondola/4+ chair |
| Day pass | €67 |
| Passes | none |
| Avg snowfall (mid) | 6.3 m / season |
| Nearest airport | GNB · 120 min |
Brochure vs map. Alpe d'Huez advertises 250 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 189.8 km of piste centrelines.
The brochure is 32% longer than the map. Resorts often measure the widest line down a slope or count ski routes and linked areas.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
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Fresh 72 h
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Next 7 days
7 cm
Snow depth top (model)
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Now at 3180 m
⛅ 1°
Now at 1250 m
13°
Gusts at top
20 km/h
Freezing level
3,200 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
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-2° / 2°
💨 23
Fri
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-4° / 0°
💨 21
Sat
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-5° / -1°
💨 45
Sun
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-9° / -4°
💨 76
Mon
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-9° / -2°
💨 51
Tue
🌨️
7 cm
-10° / -5°
💨 68
Wed
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-9° / -6°
💨 68
Thu
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-11° / -3°
💨 70
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3180 m (summit) and 1250 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2290 m
Avg snowfall / season
6.3 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
12
Snowy days
68
Avg temp at base
2°
Average snowfall by month · best: Dec
Nov
111
Dec
135
Jan
129
Feb
39
Mar
133
Apr
79
By season: 2022/23: 6.0 m · 11 powder days2023/24: 7.3 m · 13 powder days2024/25: 5.5 m · 12 powder days
When to go
| Month | Avg snowfall | Tuesday 11:00 | Saturday 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | 135 cm | ~1.6 min | ~1.4 min | SWEET SPOT |
| Jan | 129 cm | ~2.9 min | ~2.5 min | |
| Feb | 39 cm | ~6.5 min | ~5.6 min | |
| Mar | 133 cm | ~3.4 min | ~3 min | |
| Apr | 79 cm | ~1.6 min | ~1.4 min |
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Dec 6. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~6 min, worst 13 min.
Saturday changeover: chalets swap guests, slopes are quieterFrench school holidays (all zones rotate through February)UK half-term
🪑 Grande Sure
Chairlift · 4-seater · 480 p/h · 821 m
13 minpredicted
🚠 Télécentre
Gondola · 4-seater · 960 p/h · 760 m
11 minpredicted
🚡 Pic Blanc 3
Cable car · 93-seater · 1,015 p/h · 2,004 m
11 minpredicted
🚡 Vaujany-Alpette
Cable car · 160-seater · 1,500 p/h · 2,319 m
11 minpredicted
🪑 Maronne
Chairlift · 2-seater · 900 p/h · 881 m
9 minpredicted
🚠 Enversin
Gondola · 8-seater · 607 p/h · 567 m
9 minpredicted
🚠 Alpe Express
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,400 p/h · 215 m
9 minpredicted
⤴️ École 1
Button lift · 450 p/h · 313 m
8 minpredicted
🚡 Marmottes 3
Cable car · 33-seater · 1,056 p/h · 735 m
8 minpredicted
🚠 Eau d'Olle Express
Gondola · 10-seater · 1,100 p/h · 2,689 m
8 minpredicted
🚡 Alpette-Rousses
Cable car · 160-seater · 1,900 p/h · 1,474 m
8 minpredicted
🪑 Mont-de-Lans
Chairlift · 2-seater · 512 p/h · 1,075 m
8 minpredicted
🚠 Alpe Express
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,400 p/h · 614 m
7 minpredicted
⤴️ Poutran
Button lift · 1-seater · 720 p/h · 764 m
7 minpredicted
🚠 TC Alpette
Gondola · 12-seater · 1,600 p/h · 1,851 m · bubble
7 minpredicted
⤴️ Petit Prince
Button lift · 720 p/h · 1,049 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Tortue
Button lift · 600 p/h · 165 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Marmottes 2
Gondola · 6-seater · 1,650 p/h · 1,415 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Olmet
Button lift · 157 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Clos du Pré
Button lift · 600 p/h · 249 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Lama
Button lift · 700 p/h · 187 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Stade
Button lift · 900 p/h · 635 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ École 2
Button lift · 450 p/h · 182 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Huez Express
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,400 p/h · 478 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Louvets
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,000 p/h · 833 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Le Villarais
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,000 p/h · 1,773 m
6 minpredicted
🚞 Ascenseur Villard
Funicular · 117 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Cloudit
Button lift · 900 p/h · 317 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Sures
Chair-gondola · 6-seater · 2,650 p/h · 630 m
6 minpredicted
🚞 Unnamed funicular
Funicular · 41 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Piégut
Button lift · 315 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Col du Solude
Button lift · 125 m
5 minpredicted
🚠 Pic Blanc 1
Gondola · 23-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,452 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Sagnes
Button lift · 450 p/h · 121 m
5 minpredicted
🚠 Poutran 2
Gondola · 10-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,081 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Romains
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,200 p/h · 1,603 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Rif Nel 2
Gondola · 990 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Alpauris
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,298 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Fontfroide
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,700 p/h · 1,230 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Lièvre Blanc
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,800 p/h · 1,429 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Langaret
Button lift · 900 p/h · 564 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Auris Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,000 p/h · 1,708 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Forêt
Button lift · 370 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Vaujany-Villette
Gondola · 6-seater · 1,500 p/h · 968 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Signal
Chair-gondola · 8-seater · 3,370 p/h · 756 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Marmottes 1
Chair-gondola · 6-seater · 3,300 p/h · 2,156 m · bubble
4 minpredicted
🚠 Huez Express
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,400 p/h · 659 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Babars
Button lift · 1-seater · 650 p/h · 781 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Lombards
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,000 p/h · 589 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Champ Clotury
Button lift · 700 p/h · 168 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Chalvet
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,456 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Poutran 1
Gondola · 12-seater · 2,000 p/h · 1,525 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Lac Blanc
Chairlift · 2-seater · 2,000 p/h · 229 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Herpie
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,000 p/h · 939 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ TK Alpette
Button lift · 720 p/h · 587 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Rif Nel 1
Gondola · 10-seater · 3,500 p/h · 677 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Jeux
Chair-gondola · 8-seater · 3,900 p/h · 1,305 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Pic Blanc 2
Gondola · 23-seater · 3,000 p/h · 1,962 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ TKF des Auberts (✝)
Button lift · 331 m
3 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
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Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
Where to sleep 56 places mapped · 17 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
| Beginner | 42.6 km · 22% |
| Easy (blue / green) | 51.7 km · 27% |
| Intermediate (red / blue) | 49.1 km · 26% |
| Advanced (black) | 35.3 km · 19% |
| Expert | 0.6 km · 0% |
| Freeride / ski route | 10.4 km · 5% |
| 🌙 Floodlit (night skiing) | 0.9 km |
Longest named runs
| Sarenne | 8.2 km |
| Combe du Loup | 4.9 km |
| Pré-rond | 3.5 km |
| Combe Charbonnière | 3.4 km |
| Villard | 3.2 km |
| Chamois | 3.2 km |
| ancienne piste intermédiare "Bons" | 3.2 km |
| Tunnel | 3.1 km |
Après & food
Bars & pubs
15
Clubs
2
Restaurants
64
Mountain huts
1
🍺 Pub free ride🍸 Sharkey's🍺 Underground Pub🪩 Les Caves de l’Alpe🍸 Sphere Bar🪩 igloo🍺 Pacific Bar🍺 Smithy's🍸 Skob🍸 Le Barbichette🍸 Le Schuss Bar🍸 Le Ferme d'Oz🍸 La Causerie🍸 Le P'tit verre d'Oz🍺 Les gaufrettes🍸 Aux 3 Nains🍸 Café des 2 Mondes
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Getting there
Nearest major airport: GNB, about 120 min away by road. Directions · Flights
L'Alpe d'Huez is a ski resort in Southeastern France at 1,250 to 3,330 metres. It is a mountain pasture in the central French Western Alps, in the commune of Huez, which is part of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Wikipedia