Les 2 Alpes - one of the oldest ski areas in France has something for everyone.
A center for lively action on and off the mountain, skiing within the beautiful French Isere Mountains at Les 2 Alpes is a surreal experience for all types of skiers.
Les 2 Alpes terrain Sitting at 1,650 meters in elevation with lifts reaching 3,600 mountain tops, Les 2 Alpes boasts not only the largest skiable glacier in Europe but 220 kilometers of terrain, from long-linked groomers to steep moguls and vast powder fields.
The developed 51-lift system is impressively built to take 66,000 people up the hill per hour to 2,300 meters of vertical drop within famously breathtaking panoramic views of the French Alpes.
Marked slopes cater towards intermediate and beginner levels, with enough fresh corduroy snow, relaxing trails and wide-open glacier territory to satisfy and hold comfortably the large fan base Les 2 Alpes has developed.
The resort also offers the largest ski school in France, with a wide beginner slope area wrapping around the mountain base and open to all learners.
Advanced and expert-level skiers have an endless assortment to test their skills on.
In the backcountry, natural gullies, narrow chutes, cliff drops, steep moguls, and endless ungroomed powder outline the intense and rip-roaring terrain offered on the mountain.
A 2,000-meter off-piste run leading straight to the village of La Grave is a popular extreme course and requires hiking at the start.
Still, Glacier de Mantel and other areas on the mountain easily offer spine-tingling skiable landscape alternatives.
In addition, Les 2 Alpes also offers class in its freestyle park creations -- complete with a halfpipe, large kickers and a number of boxes and rail features.
Local shapers keep conditions well maintained throughout the year, as summer park-and-pipe camps are a popular retreat for the young and restless freestyle skiers.
Snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ice climbing, hang gliding, snowmobiling, heli-skiing, and even ski joering (being towed on skis by horses) are extra sports winter enthusiasts find irresistible at the mountain.
In addition, summer skiing is a big feature of Les 2 Alpes, with Glacier de Mantel offering year-round skiing on 110 hectares of snow even during the warmest of months in the warm sun.
A center for lively action on and off the mountain, skiing within the beautiful French Isere Mountains at Les 2 Alpes is a surreal experience for all types of skiers.
Les 2 Alpes terrain Sitting at 1,650 meters in elevation with lifts reaching 3,600 mountain tops, Les 2 Alpes boasts not only the largest skiable glacier in Europe but 220 kilometers of terrain, from long-linked groomers to steep moguls and vast powder fields.
The developed 51-lift system is impressively built to take 66,000 people up the hill per hour to 2,300 meters of vertical drop within famously breathtaking panoramic views of the French Alpes.
Marked slopes cater towards intermediate and beginner levels, with enough fresh corduroy snow, relaxing trails and wide-open glacier territory to satisfy and hold comfortably the large fan base Les 2 Alpes has developed.
The resort also offers the largest ski school in France, with a wide beginner slope area wrapping around the mountain base and open to all learners.
Advanced and expert-level skiers have an endless assortment to test their skills on.
In the backcountry, natural gullies, narrow chutes, cliff drops, steep moguls, and endless ungroomed powder outline the intense and rip-roaring terrain offered on the mountain.
A 2,000-meter off-piste run leading straight to the village of La Grave is a popular extreme course and requires hiking at the start.
Still, Glacier de Mantel and other areas on the mountain easily offer spine-tingling skiable landscape alternatives.
In addition, Les 2 Alpes also offers class in its freestyle park creations -- complete with a halfpipe, large kickers and a number of boxes and rail features.
Local shapers keep conditions well maintained throughout the year, as summer park-and-pipe camps are a popular retreat for the young and restless freestyle skiers.
Snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ice climbing, hang gliding, snowmobiling, heli-skiing, and even ski joering (being towed on skis by horses) are extra sports winter enthusiasts find irresistible at the mountain.
In addition, summer skiing is a big feature of Les 2 Alpes, with Glacier de Mantel offering year-round skiing on 110 hectares of snow even during the warmest of months in the warm sun.
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