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Alpe d`Huez

There are many resorts and beautiful places in the Alps, but few of them have style and peculiar atmosphere like Alpe d’Huez. You can go there and have fun all year round, not only during the winter. There is a 2230 m of vertical drop and a 16 km of black run (these two are the largest pulls). The snow cover is excellent during the whole winter. Only in cases when the weather is very bad, the tougher ski runs become unusable. They say any time of the year is a good choice to visit Alpe de Huez, here is a short review: December is the peak of the ski holidays. Spending Chrismas and New Year in Alpe d’Huez will surely remain as an unforgettable experience for you.
January is not enough appreciated – you should have in mind, that French people don’t usually take their vacations then, so the resorts are not crowded. Weather can be sunny, the snow is perfect for skiing.
February, on the contrary, is very busy, because of the French school holidays.
March witnesses a decline in the quality of snow already. But for compensation, days become longer, and you can have lunch in the open air. The festival ChamJam also takes place in this month.

Surprisingly, in April it snows the most. It is a quiet month, far from the madding crowd, so if you plan to enjoy a peaceful and quiet holiday, come precisely in April.

With May and June the summer season already starts. In Alpe d’Huez it can be very hot. In September the weather is just great. October and November is the time when local people take their vacations, or prepare for the new season.

Alpe d’Huez is considered the most famous of the mountain climbs on the Tour de France, the biggest annual sporting event on the planet. It happens so that the preliminary route changes from year to year, yet l'Alpe d'Huez has been a stage finish nearly every year since 1976. The first time when Tour de France finished a stage in Alpe d’Huez was in 1952.

The climb towards Alpe d'Huez is 14 km at an average gradient of 8% with 21 hairpin bends signed with panels honouring the winners of each stage that has finished there. Having finished there for the 22nd time in 2001, the organizers started again at the bottom with a double sign-post for Fausto Coppi and Lance Armstrong.

Alpe d'Huez is also poluar with the name the "Dutch Mountain", because a Dutchman having won there 8 of the first 14 finishes of Tour de France. The peak also serves as the finish of La Marmotte - a one-day, 175km cyclosportive ride with well over 5000m of climbing.

During the summer you can hike in the magnificent nearby vicinities, with breath-taking views. You can do sports like golf, tennis, swimming, walking, themed trails, fishing, canyoning, mountain-hiking, children’s clubs, horse-riding, paragliding, mountain-biking, paragliding lessons, climbing, mountain and ice-climbing with a guide, taking the lifts to the summits...

Whenever you come to Alpe d’Huez, you won’t regret your choice of holiday destination!

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