Alpe d'Huez vs Les 2 Alpes
Les 2 Alpes scores 9.0 vs 8.4 for Alpe d'Huez. Snow: Les 2 Alpes. Terrain: Alpe d'Huez. Shorter queues: Les 2 Alpes. Value: Les 2 Alpes. Après: Les 2 Alpes.
| 🇫🇷 Alpe d'Huez | 🇫🇷 Les 2 Alpes | |
|---|---|---|
| Snowlist score ⓘ | 8.4 | 9.0 |
| Snow /10 ⓘ | 6 | 6.4 |
| Terrain /10 ⓘ | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| Queues /10 ⓘ | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| Value /10 ⓘ | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Altitude | 1250–3330 m | 1300–3568 m |
| Vertical | 2080 m | 2268 m |
| Mapped pistes | 189.8 km | 109.4 km |
| Advertised | 250 km | 200 km |
| Avg snowfall | 6.3 m | 6.2 m |
| Powder days | 12 | 12 |
| Lifts mapped | 59 | 28 |
| Modern lifts | 64% | 64% |
| Typical wait | 3 min | 2.7 min |
| Day pass | €67 (€67) | €60 (€60) |
| Pass | none | none |
| Ski-in/out places | 17 | 4 |
| Bars | 15 | 19 |
| Airport | GNB · 120 min | GNB · 105 min |
| Season | Dec 6 to Apr 26 | Nov 28 to Apr 26 |
What the scores mean
Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.
- Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
- Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
- Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
- Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.