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Resorts · France
Alpe d'Huez
Alpe d'Huez is a large south-facing ski area in the Isère Grandes Rousses, reached by a famous 21-hairpin road, linking five villages (Alpe d'Huez, Auris-en-Oisans, Oz-en-Oisans, Vaujany, Villard-Reculas) with 250km of pistes from 1,869m up to the 3,300m Pic Blanc glacier.
Top lift 3300 m
Village 1869 m
250 km of pistes
3 places to stay
The resort map
The ski area
- Vertical
- 2,182 m (1,124 to 3,306 m)
- Runs
- 330
- Longest run
- Sarenne, 8.0 km
- Lift capacity
- 109,218 people an hour
- Lifts
- 22 gondolas, 17 platters, 15 chair lifts, 15 magic carpets, 5 mixed lifts, 4 cable cars, 2 funiculars, 1 rope tow, 1 drag lift
OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · the resort's official piste maps: skimap.org ↗
- Summer lifts from
- 2026-06-27 ✓ checked · alpedhuez.com
- Summer lifts until
- 2026-08-30 ✓ checked · alpedhuez.com
- In summer
- bike park, 45 marked trails / ~100km, hiking at altitude (Pic Blanc), Tour de France 21-bend road cycling climb ✓ checked · bikeparkfrance.fr · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Bike park
- https://www.alpedhuez.com/en/selections-apidae/… ✓ checked · alpedhuez.com
- Official site
- https://www.alpedhuez.com/en/ ✓ checked · alpedhuez.com · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Base
- 1869 m ✓ checked · seealpedhuez.com
- Top
- 3300 m ✓ checked · seealpedhuez.com
- Pistes
- 250 km ✓ checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Lifts
- 67 ✓ checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Season opens
- 2026-12-05 being checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Season closes
- 2027-04-25 being checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Lift pass, a day (adult)
- 68.0 being checked
- Lift pass, 6 days (adult)
- 336.5 ✓ checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Lift pass, 6 days (child)
- 259.0 being checked
- Lift pass currency
- EUR being checked
- Lift pass prices for
- 2026/27 ✓ checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
- Piste map
- https://skipass.alpedhuez.com/hiver/en/slopes-r… ✓ checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
Lift passes
| Pass | Adult | Child |
|---|---|---|
| 6 days Family Early booking price per person | 259 | — |
| 6 days Group Early booking price per person (also referred to as 6 jours Tribu) | 310 | — |
| 1 day Saturday Early booking price per person | 33.5 | — |
| SEASON PASS Valid until 20 November 2026 | 930.5 | — |
| ANNUAL PASS Valid until 20 November 2026 | 1038.5 | — |
| SUPERNOVA PASS Valid until 20 November 2026 | 1155.5 | — |
Prices in EUR. Early booking prices available. Buy online ↗
The ski area brings together 5 village resorts: Auris-en-Oisans, Villard-Reculas, Oz-en-Oisans, Vaujany, and Alpe d’Huez.
Read from the ski area's own pages on 2026-10-02: https://www.alpedhuez.com/en/ https://skipass.alpedhuez.com/hiver/en/home-2/ https://skipass.alpedhuez.com/ete/tous-les-forfai…
Health and emergencies
Conditions
Weather now, base to top
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What it is usually like
The same week in each of the last three summers: pick a month.
Look back: what happened on any dates
The avalanche rating and the weather at the top and the base, day by day. Handy for picking a week, or checking what you rode.
The way in
D211 - Route des 21 virages (Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez)
- Winter rules
- Winter tyres, snow chains or socks required (loi Montagne), Nov-Mar; equipment checks carried out ✓ checked · alpedhuez.com
- Notes
- 14km climb with 21 numbered hairpin bends and about 1,100m of ascent; regularly snow-ploughed but a genuine mountain road, used in the Tour de France so kept in good surface condition. ✓ checked · bestbikingroads.com · alpedhuez.com
RD1091 (Grenoble - Vizille - Le Bourg-d'Oisans)
- Winter rules
- Valley road, subject to the same winter-tyre/chains 'loi Montagne' requirement when continuing up to the resort ✓ checked · alpedhuez.com
- Notes
- From Grenoble take the A480 towards Vizille/Briançon, exit at Vizille, then the D1091 to Le Bourg-d'Oisans, where the climb to Alpe d'Huez begins on the D211. ✓ checked · skipass.alpedhuez.com
Tunnel on the access road to the Altiport car park
- Winter rules
- No specific winter closure found; height-restricted year-round ✓ checked · alpedhuez.com
- Notes
- Maximum height 4.5m on the final stretch of road leading to the Altiport motorhome area. ✓ checked · park4night.com
Where to stay with a van
Official
Open in summer
How busy is it now?
A winter night€10 per day/night (figure repeated across several listings over sever…
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No ski back
☀ Good winter sun
How busy is it now?
A winter nightapprox. €17-€39 per night (2 adults, pitch, electricity, local tax)
- Heated block
- Pool
- Spa or sauna
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Videos: Alpe d'Huez by van
Alpe d'Huez Motorhome Ski Aire Tour - UPDATED 2021
Updated tour of the Alpe d'Huez motorhome aire, noting the original aire closed and showing the new overnight parking area plus other park-up options.
A Campervan Trip Up The Alpe D'Huez, French Alps
Shows what the drive up to Alpe d'Huez in a campervan is actually like, useful for judging the ascent in a larger vehicle.
Alpe d'Huez 2024 - Full Winter Campsite tour / Aire - Winterised Campervan and Motorhome skiing
Motorhome aire Alpe d'huez in France on the famous Tour de France mountain. Automatic barrier & pay
Au pied de l'Alpe d'Huez, à quelques heures du Tour, en camping-car
Covers camping-car parking at the foot of Alpe d'Huez near Bourg-d'Oisans, including how crowded the area gets with motorhomes.
Videos open on YouTube · picked from creators who travel by van, and by our research
Something wrong or missing? Ask for a resort · researched 1 Oct 2026