Les 2 Alpes

Les 2 Alpes is an alpine ski area above the resort plateau at about 1,650 m. The official plan separates Belle Étoile, Diable, La Fée, Toura, Jandri and the Puy Salié–Lauze high-altitude terrain, with Vallée Blanche on the opposite side. Mont-de-Lans and Venosc are distinct lower villages. La Grave is a separate area, even where a pass offers benefits there; this guide gives no access or off-piste permission across that boundary.

The inspected original is labelled 2026. Its legend uses local green, blue, red and black grades. Demoiselles is green, Jandri 1 blue and Vallons du Diable 1 red: three selected names only. The tourist office advertises 96 runs and 220 km, while the map gives 39 lifts and 415 hectares and the current area page contains both 410 and 420 hectare figures. These differing editions and measures are not combined into a new total.

Beginner pistes exist above the village as well as on the snow front. The plan nevertheless warns that resort returns are for intermediate to advanced skiers, particularly at busy times or in poor snow, and advises using the lifts down. Check your ability, the actual open return and the permitted download lift before going higher. Neither archived photography nor community geometry establishes current snow or grooming.

The two Jandri stages provide the main 3S cable-car access through 2,600 m towards 3,200 m. The original plan also shows a funicular towards 3,400 m and an inclined elevator. Belle Étoile and Diable are mixed chair/gondola installations serving other resort starting points; Pierre Grosse connects La Fée to the upper mountain. Vallée Blanche, Super Venosc and the Venosc village gondola have different roles and bases.

At the actual 28 October check, the status page with Winter selected still listed autumn VTT and pedestrian terrain, a 0/2 lift summary, and Venosc hours of 07:00–18:00. These are not a winter inventory or a verified skier timetable. The linked pedestrian-hours PDF explicitly covers winter 2025/26. Its hours and final ascents must not be rolled into 2026/27.

The operator advertises winter from 28 November to 2 May. The tourist office distinguishes high-altitude skiing from 3–30 May and a training period from 31 May–4 July; the broader spring contract does not establish general public use of every training lift. The advertised Champamé replacement also needs current operational confirmation. Ask staff about your exact installation, permitted downhill carriage and final boarding on the day.

The operator road approach is via Grenoble and RD1091 through Le Bourg-d’Oisans, then D213 at the Chambon dam. Grenoble railway and coach stations are the public-transport connection; there is no claim of a railway at the ski base. Select the actual accommodation, lesson and return stop before choosing a service. The base marker does not verify parking availability or a step-free journey.

Transaltitude’s linked PDF now covers 19 December 2026–28 March 2027 and has day-specific columns, reservation-only village stops and some departures still marked to come. The carrier page says ticket sales open in early November; its EUR 14.50 headline is a restricted subscriber fare, while the displayed general web single is EUR 23.50. Point Info and Maison du Tourisme stops differ by direction. Do not extend this timetable to the whole ski season.

Local shuttle sources differ: the English page retains service until 3 May 2026; the current French page covers 1 September–27 November 2026 and reports L2A Express interrupted during avenue works. The detailed parking PDF is also last winter’s. Confirm new winter timetables, charges and badge conditions. Transaltitude requires wheelchair-access requests at least 48 hours ahead; the tourist office describes Jandri lifts at every station, but its handiski map has prohibited and companion-advised areas. Arrange equipment assessment, assistance and the complete snow-surface transfer individually.

All four winter tariff tabs were checked in the rendered operator page. For adults aged 19–64, the displayed full-area day fare is EUR 54.50 for 28 November–4 December, EUR 58 for 5–18 December, EUR 68 for 19 December–9 April, and EUR 58 for 10 April–2 May. These are dated planning tariffs, not a completed booking or a guarantee that every sector will operate.

The operator separates full-area passes, First Rides, Vallée Blanche, pedestrians and Venosc access. Consecutive-day passes differ from Freedom products, whose unused days have their own expiry rules. The morning product ends at 12:30 and requires a refundable deposit returned at the point of sale before 13:00. Confirm the chosen age category, product, date and return arrangements rather than relying on the lowest headline price.

The 7 October 2026 contract describes a personal rechargeable transport card, an indicative EUR 2 card charge, proof for age-related concessions and optional insurance. Keep the sales receipt and check the actual current terms and cover. Reduced-rate handiski or companion arrangements require individual proof and confirmation. Benefits at another resort do not create a continuous piste connection or include transport between resorts.

Follow local signs, barriers, patrol advice and the current operating report. The plan identifies closed pistes, no-entry signs, grooming hazards and dangerous mountain terrain beyond the marked limits. Its avalanche scale is a legend, not today’s bulletin. The local Ski Safe programme describes patrol presence and prevention; its transceiver-training park does not make off-piste terrain safe or open.

The tourist office’s separate touring guidance prohibits touring between 16:00 and 09:00 for grooming and winch-cable safety, and prohibits marked-route and downhill access during preventive avalanche operations. Read the rules at the route start and verify current permission; these hours do not authorise an arbitrary uphill line on an alpine piste. Backcountry and freeride geometry is excluded from this guide’s map.

The inspected plan gives piste rescue as +33 (0)4 76 79 75 02 and emergency 112. Report the precise piste, sector and location. Rescue costs and insurance benefits must be checked separately. For the village return, confirm the appropriate north, centre or south download installation and last boarding before leaving an upper sector; a locally easy piste elsewhere does not promise an easy or available descent to your own base.

The tourist-office directory lists ski schools and independent ski/snowboard instructors, with separate kindergarten and lesson offers. Agree on the actual meeting point, ability group, language, age and equipment before arrival. Confirm fitting, rental collection and return, storage, lesson prices and any adaptive support with the selected provider; a directory listing is not a verified booking or a uniform service tariff.

General resort enquiries go to the tourist office at 4 Place des 2 Alpes, telephone +33 (0)4 76 79 22 00. The original plan lists lift-area information at +33 (0)4 76 79 75 01; Transaltitude uses +33 (0)4 8000 7000 for transport assistance. These information numbers are separate from piste rescue and 112. The adapted-tourism page asks wheelchair users to arrange a slopes-service equipment assessment before relying on lift access.

The photograph is Rémih’s genuine 20 March 2025 view of the ski area from Mais, under CC BY-SA 4.0. It provides winter archive context, not present conditions. The operator’s 2026 plan and handiski artwork remain direct external originals under their own terms; no local artwork, tracing or recolouring is supplied. Use their detailed restrictions together with staff advice, especially for an assisted visit.