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- Sleeps 14 - 15
- Terrace/Balcony
- Catered chalet
Location:
· 2 minutes walk to the bucket lift · 2 minutes walk to the resort centre
Rooms - sleeps 14 - 15 room numbers in brackets
Lower ground floor:
1 twin room with bath, shower and WC (1)
Sauna, whirlpool and shower.
Ground floor:
Open living area and balcony
2 twin room with bath, shower and WC (2&3)
First floor:
Single room with sloping roof, bath, shower and WC (4)
2 twin rooms
with bath, shower, WC, balcony and sloping roof (5&6)
2 twin rooms
with bath, shower, WC and sloping roof (7&8).
Facilities:
· sauna and whirlpool (available 4.00pm-7.00pm, 5 days per week) · nearby ski and boot rack store · living area with flat screen TV and DVD player · free WiFi access · services of chalet hosts
Meals:
· hearty breakfast with one cooked option · afternoon tea with home-made cakes · 3 course evening meal with house wine and coffee included (5 nights) · 4 course farewell feast (1 night) · early suppers for children available
Breakfast and dinner will be served on 6 out of 7 days and a continental breakfast will be left out on 1 morning.
Families:
Childcare is based in the Hotel Petit Prince, a 8-minute uphill walk from the chalet catering for children from 6 months to 11 years in age apporopriate groups.
All staff are UK-qualified, English-speaking and first-aid
trained. In addition they have had DBS and reference checks and adhere
to maintaining the
correct adult to child ratios.
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.
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