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Hi snowheads,
I'm thinking of a trip to Alpe d'heuz next season and I'm hoping there's people here with experience of the resort. We'll hire a small apartment and ideally we'd be fairly close to kids ski school meeting place, which areas should i look at? Does the yoghurt pot people mover work pretty well? Any other top tips for Alpe d'Heuz?
Thanks very much
Dave
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@grumpygargoyle, we've just got back.
Can't help too much with area names, but the frontage is very long, and slopes (a gentle green sort of slope) at right angles to the main pistes, from left to right on the piste map. Bergeres (sp?) is at the 'bottom' end (furthest from Yoghurt pots drop off). There does appear to be slope-side accommodation along most of it.
The yoghurt pots are slow. I mean painfully slow. They were there 20 years ago, when we first visited (and they were slow then...), and don't appear to have changed much in between times. There are free buses running various circular routes around the town that are far more effective if you are not based on the front line.
As an aside, there's a lot of ski removals when on the slopes, as a lot of the uplift is by gondola: be prepared for some walking around in boots unless you are staying on the green slopes with the kids. Can see it is a great place to learn though.
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Thanks @Arctic Roll, I'll keep an eye on where the buses run. I'm not totally fixed on ADH but it does seem to have a good range of pistes.
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Les Bergers might be an idea for you. There are some apartment blocks where you can ski down to the lifts. The ski schools also have a meeting area here.
I work in Alpe d'Huez so any questions fire away and I'll try and answer them for you.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Stay in Oz.
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Thanks for the advice!
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@grumpygargoyle, We've just got back for the area and I have to agree with @Layne, stay in Oz en Oisans... The village itself is very 'attractive' and the access up and out to both AdH and the Oz/Vaujany side is awesome. Two telecabines (one to each area) will take you up in no time at all. If snow is ok, the village is pedestrian and you ski through it...
We were a mixed party of couples and families. Ski school was arranged in Oz, and getting out and back for the 11:30 pick up was no problem... For the vast majority of the days we all met at 11:30 back in Oz, had a beer whilst waiting, and then spent the afternoon playing about with the kids on tow...
The Poutran lift takes you immediately up to the top of green run heaven, down into AdH, or you can then get higher up straight from the top of this lift...
OK, you wont have the apres that AdH offers but there are still several small bars with a good vibe that you can have a beer or 2, and if you've got kids, there is a great little sledging area at the bottom of the freebie magic carpet in Oz (directly under the Poutran lift).
AdH is a big, long town... I walked in for a lunchtime bevvie one day and had to endure the yoghurt pot things once... and that was once too much... As @Arctic Roll said... they are painfully slow and I would hate to have to get them up every day...
If there are enough of you, I can highly recommend Chalet Jonquille in Oz... Amazing location and beautiful inside... with simply the best vistas... 
Enjoy whatever you decide...
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Thanks so much for the advice, I'll look into Oz.
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Love Oz en Oisans, are you tied to school holidays? I can highly recommend a lovely chalet there, which we loved when we went as a group of 13. Here is the link should you be interested https://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/accommodation/p8076170
Lovely town and great access to the slopes in Alp
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Adh is great place to learn -my first ski trip was there 25 years ago. think there are 2 ski school meeting areas - les burgers and nearer the main town. Have stayed in a chalet apartment near the top of youghurt pots and that was ok but otherwise wouldn't recommend staying somewhere at the bottom of adh that relies on youghurt pots.
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We've stayed in twice in the Majestic apartments close to the bottom of the lobster pots and tourist office. A few mins walk to the pots in the morning (kids didn't moan it was too far) and only a few mins wait during 1/2 term. It's a quiet area with a few shops and restaurants nearby, the bigger supermarket is a 5mins walk. I wouldn't stay at the mid point of the lobster pots though, the queues in the morning were much longer.
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