Les Deux Alpes ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Les Deux Alpes is a ski area in La Grave, Hautes-Alpes, France. Its 228 mapped downhill runs add up to 108 km, which ranks it #24 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 1.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 475 m long.

Slopes at Les Deux Alpes

About 76% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 15% intermediate and 7% advanced or expert, which makes Les Deux Alpes a good choice for beginners and families.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 46 lifts: 13 chairlifts, 8 magic carpets, 6 t-bars, 6 button lifts, 5 gondolas, 3 funiculars, 3 combined lifts, 2 drag lifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,284 m up to 3,511 m, a vertical drop of 2,227 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Les Deux Alpes

The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF), about 73 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 35 min by car; Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) is 75 km away. Nearby ski areas include La Grave (3.6 km), Le Chazelet (9.4 km), Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine (162.9 km) and Domaine Alpin du Col d'Ornon (7.1 km), which together add 220 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.