 Poster: A snowHead
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Snow on the high mountain peaks, winter is coming!
Interesting article on what's new in the next couple of years...https://www.alpedhuez-mairie.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Huez_LesEchos78_2Trim24.pdf
DMC this year
Remplacement des cabines, débit et modernisation . Reprise complète de la gare de départ à 1860 : confort et fluidité .
Identité du DMC: nouveau nom à venir. Now called Telecabine de Pic Blanc.
L'objectif de décembre 2025
- livraison de la gare G2 du DMC à 2100 m;
– Lièvre-Blanc (reliant Marmottes II): télécabine;
– Poutran (inséré dans la gare G2): télécabine;
– Sarenne (de l'Herpie au Pic Blanc): télécabine;
– Villarais (remplacement du télésiège débrayable avec un départ de Villard-Village et une jonction directe avec la gare d'arrivée du TMX du Signal): télécabine;
– aménagement de pistes (combe Charbonnière/Brèche /Balme /Oz… entre décembre 2024 et décembre 2025)."
Tomorrowland 5 edition in March 25
TDF hopefully in July 2026!(I know it's not skiing but still exciting)!
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 16-10-24 16:24; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks @Alpinebear, great news. Always good to see investment plans for the resort.
I wonder what the intentions are for developing the listed slopes?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Don’t think Alpe d’Huez had as much snow as others. Will see tomorrow.
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Heading over for Feb half term. How busy does ADH get ?
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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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Will be busy but plan your day. We are hopefully bringing in a reservation system(limited spaces) for the pic blanc cable car so keep an eye on this.
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I did see somewhere there is an early mornig escorted run down the Sarenne - that's now firmly on my must do list when I'm there in March!
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Some news for the future….
After the work in L2A work will now turn to ADH.
Poutran lift from Oz will be refurbished next year as needs to be done before TDF 2026
This means Villarais lift refurb from Villard Reculas will now be done in 2026
Levre Blanc lift to be upgraded
Sarenne Glacier lift to be a télécabine.
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Thanks Alpinebear.
Any idea if the Poutran refurb will be done before or after the summer season, or will it be out of action for the whole summer? It would make it hard to get mountain bikes up to AdH from Oz if so.
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If it was out of service you could go up the Alpette and then ride the boucle des lacs which is great.
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Good point, I hadn't thought of that. We've walked past the lakes many times from the top of Alpette to the top of Poutran and vice versa, but I've never ridden it.
Do you find hikers get in the way, or are you mainly on different paths?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Generally not. There is a dedicated circuit, xc11 I think. From Alpette it goes up behind La Grange and is mostly on the service road but the route back is nearer the lakes and more fun with boardwalks and tricky rocky sections.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I just received an email from the owner of the apartment we rented for Christmas week. She mentioned that she’s part of a landlord program, and with a specific code, we can purchase ski passes at a discounted rate. Does anyone know if this is actually the case? I checked the website but only found information about other discounts, not for ski passes.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Layne wrote: |
| https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=171108&highlight= |
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| turms2 wrote: |
| I just received an email from the owner of the apartment we rented for Christmas week. She mentioned that she’s part of a landlord program, and with a specific code, we can purchase ski passes at a discounted rate. Does anyone know if this is actually the case? I checked the website but only found information about other discounts, not for ski passes. |
Based on https://skipass.alpedhuez.com/hiver/en/ownership-programme-tenants/, it sounds like if you use the code when buying your ski passes, you will then be given a voucher for other things (rental, restaurants etc.), but it doesn't suggest the passes themselves are discounted.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| shrew wrote: |
| turms2 wrote: |
| I just received an email from the owner of the apartment we rented for Christmas week. She mentioned that she’s part of a landlord program, and with a specific code, we can purchase ski passes at a discounted rate. Does anyone know if this is actually the case? I checked the website but only found information about other discounts, not for ski passes. |
Based on https://skipass.alpedhuez.com/hiver/en/ownership-programme-tenants/, it sounds like if you use the code when buying your ski passes, you will then be given a voucher for other things (rental, restaurants etc.), but it doesn't suggest the passes themselves are discounted. |
Yeap...exactly. thats the only i can find also
But i hoped that there is a discount for ski pass also.
the owner wrote "You can benefit from certain price reductions on ski passes by going to the website...."
That why i asked
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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For owners who rent their property SATA give them a discount code which guests can use to get a discounted day pass and for longer durations outwith the school holidays.
When they go online to buy a pass, they use the code and the discount is applied.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Alpinebear wrote: |
For owners who rent their property SATA give them a discount code which guests can use to get a discounted day pass and for longer durations outwith the school holidays.
When they go online to buy a pass, they use the code and the discount is applied. |
Thanks for that Alpinebear. I will contact our booking agent as 2 weeks of lift passes for 7 people are a reasonable amount!
I was thinking 5% off at Chantebise would be quite useful as my group tend to stop there for lunch a few times over the fourtnight.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Layne wrote: |
| https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=171108&highlight= |
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It's a question from a newbie about boot fitters in ADH. I thought somebody who watches this thread may be able to help.
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| Layne wrote: |
| turms2 wrote: |
| Layne wrote: |
| https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=171108&highlight= |
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It's a question from a newbie about boot fitters in ADH. I thought somebody who watches this thread may be able to help. |
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@turms2, but maybe not 
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How are things looking on the slopes, does anyone know? it seems to be heading in the right direction?
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Forecast looks incredible for the weekend.
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@Wilip, yes I noticed that. also noticed on the webcams that the snow cannons are full blast even low down this morning. should be enough to be getting on with !
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Layne wrote: |
| @turms2, but maybe not |
what do you mean?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Back to work tomorrow so will see what the snow cannons have been up to. Then hopefully a big storm over the weekend.
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Fingers crossed! Thanks @Alpinebear for all the useful stuff on here. Great information. I’ve just arrived in Vaujany for a couple of weeks so will post with what happens.
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks like a decent amount of snow according to the webcams today 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Yes, some good snow yesterday. Poor visibility today but great snow up top. So far you can’t go down the Sarenne past the Herpie chair, I guess not enough snow on the road at the bottom but the cannons are going and probably the lower slopes will open soon.
A bit more piste bashing and with cold temps and the brighter weather, should be a good week.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I’m a bit worried about the new DMC cabins. Lovely with 10 seats but when it’s busy I can’t see as many people squeezing on as the old ones. Maybe there will be more of them.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I was hoping the cabins would be more frequent as it won't take quite so long to load each one, so keeping the same throughput overall (or maybe even increasing it!) but isn't that the case at the moment?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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In case anyone is interested, an email newsletter today suggests a start date of December 21st for the "Direct au Pic" service for booking a cable car place for Pic Blanc. No information that I can see regarding how to actually book it yet though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks @Alpinebear, I must admit I had only read the newsletter and not re-checked the website. The English page is https://skipass.alpedhuez.com/hiver/en/direct-peak-pic-blanc/ if anyone wants to jump straight there.
Looks like it could be a useful service. I quite like the fact that slots only open 24 hours in advance, so there's no need to try booking a week in advance before knowing what the conditions are likely to be.
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I think the idea is instead of customers having to wait in a queue which can be long at times, people can be skiing instead and plan to be there for their booked time.
It’s all new so fingers crossed it works well!
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How much time does it take for an average skier to get from Montfrais to Pic Blanc? It mostly involves switching from one lift to another, but generally speaking, how much time should I plan for?
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Do you mean to the bottom of the Pic Blanc lift, or to the top of Pic Blanc itself?
Either way, it will depend on lift queues, which in turn depends on when you're going (time of day, school holidays and so on).
Best case you're looking at something like 10 minutes for the Clos Giraud chair/bubble, then 5 minutes to get on to the TPH2 and 10 minutes to travel up to Dome des Rousses, 5 minutes to kit up and push across the flat bit before a quick ski down to the Pic Blanc cable car, then 10 minutes to get on to that and up to the top of Pic Blanc itself. So maybe 40 minutes total?
However, there may be queues for any of those lifts. Probably not much for the first one (5 mins typical), could be more for the TPH if you time it wrong (10 mins maybe), but could easily be 30 to 45 minute queues (or worse) for Pic Blanc at the wrong time of day/year. So perhaps add an hour to the previous estimate if you're unlucky.
Of course, the new booking system for the Pic Blanc lift should hopefully take away the worst of the uncertainty if you've booked a slot and can time it to get there at the right moment. Or was that why you're asking?
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Thats really interesting about the Pic Blanc - Last time we went we didn't get a change to do Serenne because we only had a window when the kids were in lessons and each time the queue was huge so hopefully this will help us do it.
Was just looking at the latest piste maps and notice that DMC is now marked as Pic Blanc 1 / Pic Blanc 2 and Pic Blanc 3 - Is that a recent change? Has the DMC name been dropped now?
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@Rob_Quads, yes we are not allowed to call it the DMC at work!
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