Discover the pistes at Alpe d'Huez ski resort

Top of pistes: 3,330 m
Station: 1,510 m

Day (adult): 62 €
6 days (adult): 310 €

Top of pistes: 210 cm
Station: 177 cm
One of France’s lesser known ski resorts, perhaps due to its more southerly location, Alpe d’Huez still packs a great punch, with plenty to satisfy skiers and boarders of all levels.
Part of the Grand Domain ski area, it links to Auris-en-Oisans, Huez-en-Oisans, Oz-en-Oisans, Vaujany and Villard Reculas, offering 250km of pistes and great challenge for every level of skier and snowboarder. There are wide gentle slopes for beginners, but plenty of challenge for more experienced skiers too, with Europe’s longest black run, the 16km La Sarenne and Le Tunnel mogul field - the area’s most challenging piste. There’s great off-piste skiing in the Pic Blanc area, and a snow park for budding freestylers lower down.
Further afield, there’s skiing bwo the tree line in Vaujany and Oz-en-Oisans and some challenging reds and blacks in Auris En Oisans.
If you have non-skiers in your group, or if you just fancy a break from the slopes, other activities include glacier-walking, dog-sledding, ice-driving, sledging and snowmobiling. There’s an ice rink in Alpe d’Huez, and most of the large hotels offer spa treatments.
This busy year-round resort in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes sits at an altitude of 1869m, rising to 3300m on the Pic blanc glacier. Known as the Isle du Soleil, or Island of the Sun, it is renowned for having the most sunny days on the French slopes.