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What's on in Alpe d'Huez this week 1st March 2017

March is here and there's a full programme of events taking place

featured in Nightlife reviews Author Rob Wood, Alpe d'Huez Reporter Updated

Whether you fancy a trip to the ice grotto, trying curling or visiting the museum, there’s always plenty going on away from the slopes.

Here’s your guide to the latest entertainments in resort up to 10th March 2017.

fireworks over the pistes

Wednesday 1st March

  • 9.30am to 11.30am – Boarder cross competition for under 16’s up at the base of the DMC slope. Free to enter
  • 10am to 12pm – Glass painting workshop at the museum. €5 per person
  • 10am to 1pm – Ice garden and games at the ice rink. For 5 to 12 year olds. Free entry, but skate hire is required
  • 2.30pm – Guided tour of the historic church of our lady of the snow. 1 hour 30 minutes in duration. Open to all. €5 cost
  • 6pm – Badminton tournament at the leisure centre. 12 years and over. 2 hour duration. Free entry
  • 6.45pm to 8pm – Fabulous fireworks, ski demonstration and torchlight descent at the signal slope at the top end of town

a mountain view in alpe dhuez

Thursday 2nd March

  • 10am to 1pm – Ice garden and games at the ice rink. For 5 to 12 year olds. Free entry, but skate hire is required
  • 10.30am – Guided tour to the summit of the Pic Blanc at 3300 metres. 2hour duration. Open to all. €2 cost
  • 4pm to 7pm – Local produce market in front of the ice rink in the main street
  • 4.30pm to 7pm – Musical wandering band the Bryan Brothers playing all around town
  • 5pm – Night luge on the floodlight Eclose slope, behind the leisure centre. For 8 years and over. Free with a lift pass or €1.50 for 1 run or €5 for runs without a lift pass
  • 5.30pm – Indoor adults football tournament at the leisure centre. Free entry. 2 hours duration
  • 5.30pm – Night/floodlight skiing on the Signal slope at the top end of town until 7.30pm. Free with your lift pass or €11 without a lift pass
  • 6.15pm – Classical music concert at the church, behind the leisure centre. €10 entry or €5 for students, over 65’s and carte premium holders

Patinoire Exterieure Municipale (Ice Rink)

Friday 3rd March

  • 2.30pm – Discover curling session at the ice rink – 1 hour minutes in duration – Free entry
  • 10am to 12pm – Calligraphy workshop at the museum. €5 per person
  • 10am to 1pm – Ice garden and games at the ice rink. For 5 to 12 year olds. Free entry, but skate hire is required
  • 6pm to 7pm – Ice skating gala at the ice rink. Free entry
  • 6pm to 8.30pm – Indoor football tournament for under 16’s at the leisure centre. Free entry

a poster for an event in alpe dhuez

Saturday 4th March

  • 9am to 2pm - 2nd Derby du Loup – The race of the wolves. A thrilling no-holds barred off-piste, any route, race from the top of the Pic Blanc down to the bottom of the Sarenne Gorge. Not for the faint-hearted
  • 10am to 1pm – Ice garden and games at the ice rink. 5 to 12 year olds. Free entry, but skate hire is required

A person in a cow costume is riding a ski lift

Sunday 5th March

  • 4pm to 6pm – Ice garden and games at the ice rink. For 5 to 12 year olds. Free entry, but skate hire is required
  • 4pm – Milka Chocolate promotion. Les Bergers slope. 1.5 hours. Free to all
  • 7pm – Exhibition of ice hockey at the ice rink. Free entry. 2 hours

two shuttle cocks

Monday 6th March

  • 6pm – Welcome drinks at tourist office in the old town. 1 hour duration. Free entry
  • 6pm to 8.30pm – Adults table tennis tournament at the leisure centre. Free entry
  • 6pm to 8.30pm – Badminton evening at the leisure centre. 8 years and over. Free entry

Night skiing & night sledging in Alpe d'Huez

Tuesday 7th March

  • 2.30pm – Discover curling session at the ice rink – 1hour minutes in duration. Free entry
  • 5pm – Night luge on the floodlight Eclose slope, behind the leisure centre. For 8 years and over. Free with a lift pass or €1.50 for 1 run or €5 for runs without a lift pass
  • 5.30pm – Night/floodlight skiing on the Signal slope at the top end of town until 7.30pm. Free with your lift pass or €11 without a lift pass
  • 6pm – Badminton and volley ball evening at the leisure centre. For 8 years and over. 2 hours duration. Free entry

a church with a  mountain view

Wednesday 8th March

  • 2.30pm – Guided tour of the historic church of our lady of the snow. 1 hour 30 minutes in duration. Open to all. €5 cost
  • 5.30pm – Guided visit and tour of the museum of local Huez and Oisans region. 1 hour 30 minutes in duration. Open to all. Free entry with a carte premium pass or €5 without a pass
  • 6pm – Badminton tournament at the leisure centre. For 12 years and over. 2 hour duration. Free entry

a ski area

Thursday 9th March

  • 10.30am – Guided tour to the summit of the Pic Blanc at 3300 metres. 2 hour duration. Open to all. €2 cost
  • 5pm – Night luge on the floodlight Eclose slope, behind the leisure centre. For 8 years and over. Free with a lift pass or €1.50 for 1 run or €5 for runs without a lift pass
  • 5.30pm – Indoor adults football tournament at the leisure centre. Free entry. 3 hours duration
  • 5.30pm – Night/floodlight skiing on the Signal slope at the top end of town until 7.30pm. Free with your lift pass or €11 without a lift pass
  • 6.15pm – Classical music concert at the church, behind the leisure centre. €10 entry or €5 for students, over 65’s and carte premium holders.

men playing curling on the ice

Friday 10th March

  • 2.30pm – Discover curling session at the ice rink – 1 hour minutes in duration – Free entry

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Find more things to see and do on our events calendar.

Location

Map of the surrounding area