Les Deux Alpes - World Snowboard Guide

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Les Deux Alpes ranks amongst France’s biggest and most friendly resorts. Not just friendly, but snowboard-friendly. The resort has plenty of testing and rider-friendly terrain, and an excellent terrain park. The pistes are big and wide, pretty featureless, but great for beginners and intermediates.

As a glacial resort, when other areas are suffering from a lack of the white stuff, Les Deux Alpes has no such problem although the lower slopes can get pretty icy. Once freeriders have exhausted the local area, and if you’ve got the guts, you can hike or snowcat and drop into neighbouring resort La Grave. Deux Alps, summer park

A great time to visit this place is summer, as the glacier allows for some fine summer riding in T-shirts, plus there’s a huge array of jumps and rails, not to mention 2 half-pipes. A lot of camps are held here in June and July, with camp programmes mainly aimed at freestylers.

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Les Deux Alpes, France
15/Dec , Stansted

Residence Le Flocon d'Or - Self Catered
Located next to the piste and set above the town of Les Deux Alpes in the Venosc area, these residences enjoy panoramic views of the resort and are

Property	Date	From	Basis	Price
Chalet Les Rouses	26/Jan/13	Manchester	Cater	£ 718
Chalet Les Rouses	05/Jan/13	Birmingham	Cater	£ 618
Chalet Les Rouses	05/Jan/13	Stansted	Cater	£ 618
Chalet Chamois Volant	26/Jan/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 708
Chalet Alice	05/Jan/13	Manchester	Cater	£ 568
Chalet Alice	05/Jan/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 548
Chalet Alice	26/Jan/13	Birmingham	Cater	£ 648
Chalet Alice	05/Jan/13	Gatwick	Cater	£ 548
Chalet Alice	19/Jan/13	Birmingham	Cater	£ 618
Chalet Alice	19/Jan/13	Manchester	Cater	£ 628
Residence Le Flocon d'Or	02/Mar/13	Gatwick	SC	£ 484
Residence Le Flocon d'Or	22/Dec	Gatwick	SC	£ 494
Residence Le Flocon d'Or	29/Dec	Gatwick	SC	£ 674
Residence Le Flocon d'Or	23/Feb/13	Manchester	SC	£ 504
Residence Le Flocon d'Or	05/Jan/13	Gatwick	SC	£ 368

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Dec to April
Summer: 19th june/28th Aug

Lifts

Total Lifts: 54
Cable cars: 2
Gondolas: 4
Chair lifts: 20
Drag lifts: 26
Other lifts: 1 Funicular, 1 Sloping Lift
Max people per hour: 61,000
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 75
Total ride area: 125miles (200km)
Longest run: 12 km

Top lift: 3568m
Vertical drop: 2298m
First lift: 1270m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 24%
Red runs: 60%
Black runs: 16%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes:
Super Ski 51 lifts
1 Day pass 35.5 euros
6 Day pass 168.50 euros + free la Grave access
Season 750 euros
Ski Sympa (21 lifts)
1 day only 17.50 euros
2 Alps + La Grave day 45 euros
Lift times:8.30am to 4.30pm

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 20%

Facilities

Snowboard Schools: 120 euro 5x3hrs
The Maison des 2 Alpes offer off-piste guiding days for 60 euros per person, including bleepers. Contact guides2alpes@yahoo.fr tel: +33(0)4 761 13629
Snowboard Hire: Atelier du Snowboard charge:
Board & Boots 28 euros per day, standard kit 108 euros for 6 days. Add another 10 euros for 6 days riding the better stuff.
Night Riding: : Yes

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Yes
Snowmobiles: Yes

Further information

www.les2alpes.com/
Email:les2alp@les2alpes.com

Decent all-year, all-style resort, with some great carving terrain and good off-piste, but the place can be hellishly busy at weekends and over holidays.

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ON THE SLOPES: Good
OFF THE SLOPES: Good
MONEY WISE: This is not a cheap resort, but with prudence you can manage.

HALFPIPE: Yes - 1 (Maintai
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 1 (Maintained year-round)
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:No

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