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Chalet Louisa
Features
- Sleeps 16 - 18
- Terrace/Balcony
- Parking
- Catered chalet
Chalet Louisa offers a high standard of accommodation and excellent facilities. In addition to all rooms offering the comfort of en-suite facilities with heated towel rails, guest will enjoy the added luxury of both a hot tub and sauna. Built in a traditional wood and stone, this lovely chalet has a warming wood burning stove, TV, DVD and WiFi internet access and has a large balcony off the pleasantly decorated living/dining area offering fantastic panoramic views of Alpe d’Huez.
From the chalet, skiers can ski to Les Bergers, the ski school meeting point and the Marmottes gondola. 20 minutes (approx.) walk from the chalet where there are bars and restaurants and the free shuttle service (running until 17:00hrs) takes guests into the centre of Alpe d’Huez.
Chalet Layout:
Ground floor:
Room 1 = twin with shower and WC
Room 2 = twin with bath and WC
Hot tub
Sauna with shower
Ski storage
First floor:
Rooms 3 & 4 = 2 twins with shower and WC
Open-plan kitchen/living/dining area with large balcony
Separate WC
Second floor:
Rooms 5 & 6 = 2 twins with shower, WC and balcony
Room 7 = twin (plus additional bunk bed) with shower, WC and balcony
Room 8 = twin with shower and WC
Room 7 (see below) is a perfect room for a family with additional bunk beds that can
be used by children only - early booking is
recommended as this is a popular chalet.
Meals:
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Warming vin chaud upon arrival
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A cooked breakfast with a daily variety of hot options such as poached
eggs, sausages, tomatoes and hash browns with croissants and pain au
chocolat (or local breads, ham and cheese in Austria and Switzerland)
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A fresh fruit bowl throughout your stay
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Aperitifs and canapes on 5 nights
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A selection of Silver level wines, unlimited coffee
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A freshly cooked 4 course, locally inspired, menu including a cheeseboard
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After-dinner chocolates to accompany your freshly made coffee
Breakfast and dinner will be served on 6 out of 7 days and a continental breakfast will be left out on 1 morning.
Chalet staff live out.
Alpe d'Huez Resort Info
Alpe d'Huez skiing
Alpe d’Huez is set on a high sunny plateau, at 1,860m in the Grande Rousses area of the Southern French Alpes. Surrounded by an amazing snow bowl, it has mile after mile of varied pisted and off piste opportunities. With over 250km of skiing to choose from, it provides endless choices for all levels of skiers and boarders. The resort boasts an excellent snow record due to its high altitude – high altitude goes hand in hand with breathtaking views and a wonderful starting point for the Sarenne descent, officially one of the longest black runs in Europe.
Alpe d'Huez is known as Island of the Sun ('Lile au Soleil') and most of the main slopes face south benefiting from the claimed average of 300 sunshine days a year! The resort spreads down a gentle slope in a triangular shape from the main lift station at the top corner. Access roads enter the village at the lower two corners. The main Avenue des Jeux is used as a central focus and this is where you will find some of the shops, bars and restaurants along with the swimming pool and ice rink. Towards the bottom of the town is the older, original core of the resort which has a slightly more traditional feel to it.
Alpe d'Huez has skiing suitable for everyone. The large network of lovely wide green runs immediately above the village is as good a beginner area as you will find anywhere. For intermediates there is a fine selection of blue and red runs, the variety being difficult to beat with trees, valleys and a range of terrain to explore. The slopes divide into four areas with good connections between them. Every section of the resort has some challenging red runs to test the adventurous as well as some serious off-piste routes for the experts to enjoy. Gondolas and fast chairs are the main access to the lifts, although there are a few older chairs and drag lifts scattered around.
There are two terrain parks, one near the bottom of the slopes for novices with various jumps and rollers and another 1.5km advanced park close to the Lac Blanc drag which has a half-pipe, jumps, rails, big air and boardercross course. Above Vaujany there is another beginners park. Experienced boarders are well catered for with lots of good freeriding to be had, together with vast and varied off-piste to be tried with a guide. For cross country skiers there are 50km of snow sure trails with varying degrees of difficulty.
The resort is linked to Vaujany where there is some great runs and some lovely little cafes - well worth making the effort to get there as only a short ski away from the main slopes of Alpe d'huez.
More Alpe d'Huez resort information
Alpe d'Huez Snow & Weather
| Snow Report - 19 Apr 2018 | | Last snowed | 10-Apr-2018 |
| Fresh snow | 10 cm |
| Lower slopes | 195 cm |
| Upper slopes | 390 cm |
| Pistes | | Piste state | Good |
| Runs to resort | Slushy |
| Off piste snow | Spring snow |
| Comments | Spring conditions across the resort |
| Lifts open | 22 |
| Lifts total | 49 |
Snow Overview - France (snow news updated 04-Dec-2017)
Lots of fresh snow was falling all around the French Alps on Thursday 27th April. With a lowering freezing level and heavy snow falls continuing, many French mountain villages are looking very Christmas like. On snow conditions are generally fresh, although the lower slopes are still very spring like. Up top powder conditions are abundant, however, poor visibility and limited lift access is keeping the options restricted. The current snowy and cloudy weather will break for the weekend, presenting an excellent chance to get in one last lift access powder day for the season.
Many resorts will be closed next week, but there is still loads of fresh snow in the forecast. With a good knowledge of the avalanche problem, touring conditions will be exceptional well into next weekend.
European Weather Outlook
Across the central European Alps, snow and cold temperatures are forecast to stick around until Saturday. Accumulations of snow on the upper slopes could be huge for the time of year, with some Swiss resorts predicting around 80cm over the course of today and Friday. By the weekend the snow is predicted to subside in many regions and a mixture of sun and cloud is expected for much of Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland.
In the Pyrenees, Saturday should be the pick of the day for any skiing in Andorra. Our featured resorts are now closed for the season, but for anyone strapping on their skins, you can expect a mixture of sun and cloud, with temperatures around +3C
In Germany, 44cm of fresh snow is being forecast for Garmisch (0/380cm), who will be in disbelief at the moment for all the snow they have received of late.
Further north you can expect temperatures of around -3C and snow showers in Norway, which are set to continue right through to Sunday for resorts such Trysil. Across the border in Sweden, the weather should be fairly similar, but any snow that does fall is likely to be light and bring only 1-2cm.
Despite some recent biting temperatures and cold winds in the UK, any snow that does fall on the Scottish mountains is most likely to be on Thursday. Thereafter, rain could destroy any hopes of some late season turns.