Les 2 Alpes is a leading ski resort in the French department of Isere. The village is at 1,650 m with lifts running to 3,560 m. It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is the second oldest ski resort in France (since 1940). It is the highest ski area in France.
Les Deux Alpes offers over 200 km of pistes and more than 2,200 m of vertical drop. The resort also boasts one of the most extensive and revered snowparks in Europe, with a halfpipe, multiple kickers, two boardercross courses and many grinding rails. The snowpark is re-modelled with new features added each season.
The lift system has a combined up hill capacity of 66,000 people per hour. In total there are 59 lifts serving the resort. At peak times lift queues can be very long, and it can take over an hour to travel from the village to the top of the glacier, which is sometimes closed due to blizzards, high winds, avalanche risks, or a combination of both.
The glacier enables year-round skiing (although the lifts are only open from mid-June to the end of August in Summer and December to end of April in Winter with some dates in October too). A funicular railway tunnelled under the ice transports skiers and, in summer, tourists to 3,450 m, with breathtaking panoramic views, including Mont Blanc, L'Alpe d'Huez and much more.