Club Med Alps D'Huez

Hi,

My boyfriend and I are going skiing (for the first time...) to Club Med at Alps D'Huez. We will be there Feb 4-11.

Has anyone been there lately or know how the place is? I heard the Club Med (La Sarenne) was renovated, but that it wasn't very good before.


If you have any tips for me about the area, food, apres ski etc., I would be very happy to hear.


Yael.

I am going there in a few weeks really excited, My mum went there a time ago and she said it was good skiing, a nice outdoor pool and an ice rink. and sorry thats all I know sorry I coundn't be more help. :-o

I'm going between the 10th of march til the 17th btw :idea:

yea i went huez in january, great skiin even tho not as much snow as there is now there!!! plenty to do as there's iceskating, swimmin, a brilliant sportscenter with a fair amount to do inside :)
and of course night life yea good, plenty of bars and couple of clubs, all in all there was lots to do for a week :)
get the visalp ski pass covers a lot of things for free
enjoy ur skiing :)

I can probably add a little here ? I returned from ADH on Saturday (3rd) after a weeks skiing! I was a little concerned that the snow would be patchy due to poor snow falls earlier in the season. However, it absolutely dumped when we were there ? I think it snowed every night except one (with an average of between 15-30cm each night). So we had some good skiing. Actually, there was so much snow that the main runs at the top of the resort were closed all week due to avalanche risk (avalanche canons were going non-stop for the entire week). ADH is a good resort for learning up to intermediate ? although advances skiers/boarders will still find something to please them ? there is a varied terrain and some great off-piste relatively close to a lot of the main piste areas. We had great snow for off-piste but I suppose we may have been lucky!

The only problem was that it rained the night we left but hopefully it was falling as snow further up the mountain the resort ill hold up! If your lucky you might even get some more snow! I am not sure what the forecast is!

The area is beautiful, with terrific view from the lifts all over the resort. The town itself though has been a little let down by some ugly 1960?s and 1970?s buildings that look like mini apartment blocks rather than the really nice chalet type buildings you get in other resorts! Having said that it is a great little place and there are a few nice restaurants, a couple of bars/pubs and a few little shops. Don?t expect anything massive and the town is sorta spread out with bars hidden down under building or in back streets so don?t go looking for a ?party area? ? its all sorta spread out. But it?s a small town so go wandering or have a look at a map and see what you can find!

Its also not that expensive ? we ate out 4-5 times and a main, dessert, drinks (wine/beer etc) would bring the bill to a total of about 25 euros each which I thought was not too bad for the alps.

There is an ice rink, pool etc which is covered by ytour lift pass (depending on what type of lift pas you get) ? although boys will need to wear speedo?s ? no board shorts allowed!! It?s a laugh for the girls though!

When you arrive go to Les Bergers end of town where all of the main ski hire shops are ? this is also the junction for many of the lifts ? there is a little shopping centre here with about 20 ski hire places, boot/ski/board shops, a little supermarket and a range of other things ? its also where you can get your ski passes and so on!

Any other questions people want answering let me know ? I may not know all the answers but I have just returned any might be able to help with anything you are worried about!

I'm trying to book a hol for three couples with kids. 2nd week of April - 8th
The choice is down to Les Deux Alpes or Alpe d'huez. Morzine was in there until recently but the weather doesn't look great there ( although has the best hotel on offer).

The weather looks ok for now and maybe some more snow for sure by then.

I've been to LDA and it was ok, but it is more expensive the ADH.

Can anyone say which resort is the best for a mixed group with kids?

Cheers :P