Alpe d'Huez or Les Deux Alpes?
These two are close on 7 of 9 measures. That is the honest answer: the numbers will not choose for you, so the difference below that matters to you is the one to decide on.
France
Alpe d'Huez
300 days of sun a year, a huge south-facing bowl and the 16 km Sarenne run. The sun that sells it also wrecks the lower pistes by March afternoon.
Worth knowing. South-facing, so the lower pistes are wrecked by a March afternoon.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,133 a week from London
France
Les Deux Alpes
Europe's largest skiable glacier and a park scene that draws boarders all season. The layout is odd: the beginner terrain is at the top, the hard runs come home to the village.
Worth knowing. Beginner terrain at the top, hard runs home — backwards for a mixed group.
Choose it if
Budget and après
About £1,066 a week from London
Side by side
| Alpe d'Huez | Les Deux Alpes | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 83/100 | 80/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 250 km | 225 km |
| Top lift | 3330 m | 3600 m |
| Cost before travel | €1085 | €1005 |
| Families with young kids | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Snowboarders | 8/10 | 9/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 5/10 | 4/10 |
| Budget and après | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Off-piste | 8/10 | 7/10 |
Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.