Skiing & Boarding

Summary

Opening dates
www.les2alpes.com

Winter 2005-2006 Season:
from Saturday 26th of November 2005 to Saturday 29th April 2006.

Night skiing
From 8.30pm to 10.30pm - Free night skiing - Piste des Lutins in the middle of the resort.
Flood-lit piste Tuesday and Thursday (excluding school holidays)
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (during school holidays)

With over 200 km of marked runs and Europe’s largest skiable glacier at an altitude of 3600 metres offering guaranteed snow, Les Deux Alpes is one of the leading ski resorts in Europe.

The recent huge investments made by the lift company in new lifts, snow cannons and restaurants makes it a wonderful ski area, the snow cannons making it possible to ski right down to resort even when snow conditions would not normally allow.

The ski area spans from 1650 metres down in the village to 3,600 metres at the top of the glacier, and during good snow conditions, there is even skiing down to two of the mountain villages below Les Deux Alpes. The sunshine record is enviable, with an average of 300 days of sun per year.

Skiing

Beginners
Les Deux Alpes is a great resort for beginners with snow-cannoned nursery runs at the foot of the ski area. Beginners should quickly progress to “Les Crêtes” or the gentle green and blue runs on the glacier allowing novice skiers to experience the true delight of mountain-top skiing almost immediately.

Here the dome express funicular ‘underground train’ takes you to what feels like the top of the world, with amazing views of Mont Blanc and the Ecrins.

Intermediates
With 200kms of piste intermediates are spoilt for choice. The imposing Mont de Lans glacier ensures year round snow and provides spectacular high altitude skiing with the added bonus of runs that lead directly back to the village.

Intermediate skiers have access to just about every part of the mountain, with miles and miles of perfectly pisted motorway blue and red runs allowing you to improve your technique as well as enjoying the different characteristics and scenery of different parts of the mountain.

Les Deux Alpes also lets intermediates get their first taste of off-piste skiing, as most areas between marked pistes are skiable, allowing you to deviate from the marked runs and connect back on to them when the going gets too tough.

Advanced
For advanced skiers, Les Deux Alpes opens up into an amazing ski area. As well as having 15 marked black runs, including “Super Diable” the “Belle Etoile” and the snow cannoned Valentine leading right into the village, the off-piste skiing is remarkable, with more and more areas opening up as new lifts are put in.

From the end of January, the linked resort of La Grave opens up with its world renowned adventurous off piste runs down the village of La Grave

Ski area linked to La Grave- La Meije
From the top of the Dôme de la Lauze drag lift (3520 m), there is a snow bus connection to the Vallons de la Meije (2150 m of off piste descent in majestic surroundings)

(Access from January subject to weather conditions, it is advised to go in the company of a guide)

Snowboarding

The boardpark at mid-station is well worth checking out kickers, spines, rails and boardercross course.

The off piste is huge and challenging, try Serre Chevalier for a day if you like trees. Beginners couldn’t ask for a better place for a speedy progress.

Recent developments include the Les Ateliers Slide, with runs such as the gulley, the canyons, the waterfalls, and the ledges as well as boardercross and a massive halfpipe are all designed to require different techniques and give different challenges.