Alpe-d'Huez
Alpe d'Huez is in the Isère department of the Rhone Alps, at one hour from Grenoble and almost 1900 metres above sea level. it is the central resort of the Grandes Causses ski region.
There are a few original villages around (and now more or less part of) the Alpe d'Huez resort - Villard Reculas, Auris en Oisans, Vaujany and Oz-en-Oisans among them.
There are two claims to fame for the resort:
1) It is a very popular - and very extensive - winter ski and winter sports resort.
As a ski resort it is now best known for the off-piste opportunities it provides, although the lower slopes are also very popular with those learning to ski and the inexperienced.
Alpe d'Huez ski resort is extensive and offers a wide range of accommodation, and all facilities. There are ample aprés-ski bars and restaurants to keep you entertained.
2) The road ascent to Alpe d'Huez appears very often as one of the mountain stages in the Tour de France.
The ascent by bike covers approximately 14km and Tour de France leaders complete it in around 40 minutes. A mere 21 hairpin bends and a trifling average gradient of more than 8% make it one of the grand challenges of the Tour de France, and one of the best places to watch a stage of the race if you are in the region. The names marked at the hairpin bends are the previous winners of this arduous mountain stage.
A lot of cyclists like to cycle the Alpe d'Huez climb because of this fame - rest assured, it is a long difficult climb unless you are an experienced cyclist. Remember also that the weather at the top of the climb can be very different to that at the bottom.
Other activities in the region during the summer are numerous as you would expect of an attractive mountain destination and include hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, rafting etc.
If you have a head for heights you can try rock-climbing or paragliding, and if you have a large wallet you will enjoy taking a helicopter ride over the surrounding region.
And if you are a lot more brave than me you can even try ice-diving near Alpe d'Huez - diving under the ice of Lake Besson to admire an underwater spectacle of fabulous ice-formations (so they tell me)!
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