Alpe d'Huez Lift System & Passes

Alpe d'Huez offers a number of lift pass options catering for everyone, from walkers and occassional skiers, to families and year round powder hounds. There are a number of discounts available so plan ahead and buy the right pass for you. ... see "Alpe d'Huez Lift Pass Options - Winter" for more

Lift Pass Prices - Winter
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Alpe d’Huez lift passes operate on a “hands-free” system which automatically detects and scans your lift pass as you approach the lift turnstiles. The hands free card can be obtained online or from the cash desk in resort, for a €2 refundable deposit. It can be recharged online for subsequent visits meaning you don’t need to wait in line. For day passes, there is also a disposable (recyclable) hands free pass available with no deposit required. The Alpe d'Huez ski pass includes access to the whole of the Grandes Rousses. ... see "Alpe d'Huez Lift Pass Prices - Winter" for more

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Lift Pass Options - Winter

There is no shortage of activities to do in Alpe d'Huez during the summer and so to help you make the most of the surrounding terrain, it is worth considering one of the following lift pass options that will save you on leg power and offer great value for money. The prices below are for summer 2008 (June 28th to 31st August). ... see "Alpe d'Huez Lift Pass Options & Prices - Summer" for more

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The Alpe d'Huez lift system links together the compenent parts of the 5th largest ski area in France where over 200km of piste awaits you! The lift system is renowned for being one of the best in the Alps with long lift queues rarely posing a problem. The 87 lifts that make up the network can be accessed from 7 different parts of the resort, meaning that you never have to face a long trek home at the end of a hard day up the mountain!

The lifts marked on the piste map using straight black lines are of four types; button tow/drag, chair, télécabine and téléphérique. They have the corresponding abbreviations:

• TK - téléski (drag)
• TS - télésiège (chair)
• TC - télécabine (gondola)
• TPH - téléphérique (cable car)

For télécabine think bubble car and for téléphérique think cable car. Anything prefixed/suffixed with “Express” means a 6 person modern fast chair lift.

The 87 lifts of the Alpe d'Huez ski domain consist of 6 cable cars, 10 gondolas (bubbles), 25 chair lifts, 41 drag lifts and 3 travelators (magic carpets), as well as the 'lobster pot'!

The lift system operates during the winter and summer seasons, giving access to a huge range of mountain activities.

Alpe d'Huez Lift System - Winter
Alpe d'Huez Lift System - Summer