The Alpe d'Huez ski area

Alpe d'Huez has 143 km of pistes, 44 lifts carrying 53,650 people an hour, 1,470 m of vertical, from 1,860 m to 3,330 m. 37 green runs, 30 blue, 29 red and 16 black.

Alpe d'Huez is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Huez. The village sits at 1,860 m and the ski area rises to 3,330 m, a skiable vertical of 1,470 m.

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Runs by level

112 runs over 143 km:

37 green 30 blue 29 red 16 black

Vertical drop: 1,470 m — from 1,860 m to 3,330 m
Slope aspect: 41 % west · 28 % south · 21 % north · 10 % east — computed from the fall line of 144 runs
Night skiing: 1 floodlit run

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine Ski
Pistes: 142.718 km · 112 pistes
By grade: 37 green · 30 blue · 29 red · 16 black
Lifts: 68 in total · 9 gondolas · 24 chairlifts · 23 drag lifts · 8 conveyors
Altitude: 1,860 m → 3,330 m
Snowmaking: 70 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 2 sledge runs · fun zone
Nordic: 20.69 km
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €58 · Senior, 1 day (linked-area pass) €52.50 · Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €48 · Adult, 2 days (linked-area pass) €113 · Adult, 3 days (linked-area pass) €164 · Adult, 4 days (linked-area pass) €210 · Adult, 5 days (linked-area pass) €260.50 · Adult, 6 days (linked-area pass) €292 (official page)

Figures entered by the resort itself in the ANMSM feed. Our own survey (OpenStreetMap, STRMTG register) is shown above; when the two differ, the resort usually counts its whole linked area.

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

8 kmLongest piste — Sarenne (black), 1,657 m of vertical

1,657 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 3,306 → 1,650 m, 8 km

3,318 mHighest lift top — Pic Blanc (aerial tramway), national lift register

53,650Total lift capacity, people per hour — 44 installations: 2 aerial tramways, 6 gondolas, 12 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 13 magic carpets

23 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1962, newest 2022

3,900Biggest lift, people per hour — Jeux (chair-and-gondola lift, 2013)

60 kmTotal length of lifts — 70 lifts mapped

5,890 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,244Inhabitants — Huez (INSEE 38191)

Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.

Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Alpe d'Huez only (“ALPE D'HUEZ (L')”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

44 lifts , carrying 53,650 people an hour in total , 23 years old on average (from 1962 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	2	1,095
Télécabines	6	10,162
Télésièges	12	30,283
Téléskis	11	7,210
Tapis roulants	13	4,900

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Jeux	Télémix	3,900	1355 m	345 m	2013	POMAGALSKI
Signal	Télémix	3,370	770 m	254 m	2016	POMAGALSKI
Les Romains	Télésiège débrayable	3,200	1648 m	337 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
Marmottes 1	Télémix	3,028	2228 m	528 m	2009	POMAGALSKI
Chalvet	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1570 m	585 m	2021	POMAGALSKI
Grandes Rousses 1-2	Télécabine double monocâble	2,900	3550 m	753 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
Paganon-Bergers (Alpe Express)	Télécabine	2,400	872 m	28 m	2018	POMAGALSKI
Grenouilles	Tapis roulant	2,400	130 m	8 m	2013	TUSA (IDM)
Rifnel Express	Télémix	2,400	665 m	109 m	2012	LEITNER
Alpauris	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1437 m	493 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
Lac Blanc	Télésiège	2,000	245 m	104 m	2003	SKIRAIL
Herpie	Télésiège	2,000	993 m	326 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
Villarais	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1890 m	543 m	1997	LEITNER
Grande Sure	Télésiège	1,650	893 m	342 m	2016	POMAGALSKI
Marmottes 2	Télécabine	1,650	1474 m	428 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
Marmottes	Tapis roulant	1,500	48 m	6 m	2016	SUNKID
Lièvre Blanc	Télésiège	1,335	1520 m	447 m	1998	G.M.M.
Huez Express	Télécabine	1,200	1168 m	293 m	2022	POMAGALSKI
Loupiots	Téléski à corde	1,200	40 m	2 m	1996	PELLAT-FINET
Marmottes 3	Télécabine double monocâble	1,052	788 m	291 m	2004	DOPPELMAYR

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ALPE D'HUEZ (L')” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 4.6 MB) ↗

Published by Alpe d'Huez Tourisme · file dated 14 November 2025 · link checked on 10 October 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October